Early this summer Brightspace introduced the Work To Do widget. While targeting student success and keeping students up-to-date with their work the tool can help instructors too. A common complaint we hear from instructors is that students don’t read before class or submit assignments on time. When students read the…
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This month in addition to regularly scheduled updates occurring on August 18th, we’ll also be tweaking the environment to address some concerns identified over the past few months. Changes to the Brightspace Navbar and default Course homepage include: The Course Tools menu option will be slimmed down to the most…
Leave a CommentReflections are personal + exploratory pieces of writing (or audio or video) that a student is asked to complete after an experience in the course. It “closes the loop on learning”, because it asks students to look back, gain insight into their own progress, and make connections for going forward.…
Leave a CommentRubrics are used to help students meet the grading criteria for each assessment. Not only do they set clear criteria for success, but they make grading better for all. Rubrics also provide the instructor with specific and consistent standards for giving clear feedback to students based on their observations. [wmd-divider…
Leave a CommentZoom has been the mainstay of many instructors’ toolkits during the pandemic. And although we are transitioning back to face-to-face classes, Zoom won’t be going away anytime soon. Zoom can be very useful for things like individual calls or virtual office hours. Zoom can also be used to bring outside…
Leave a CommentWelcome! Instructions: Use the scroll bar at the bottom of the slides to advance. If you are on a mobile or tablet, swipe to advance the slides. This short module was made using Microsoft Sway, one of the apps included in our Microsoft 365 subscriptions. They are easy to make…
Leave a CommentHave you ever felt like Ben Stein in the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off? Standing awkwardly in front of your silent class and staring at blank faces (or blank Zoom screens)? How can it be that no one besides you has any idea why the Smoot-Hawley Tariff was so terrible?…
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Leave a CommentWhat is plagiarism? Plagiarism is the “submission or inclusion of someone else’s words, drawings, ideas, or data (including that from a website) as one’s own work without giving credit to the source” (from wit.edu website: Academic Honesty Policy). One common example of plagiarism in student papers is copying and pasting…
Leave a CommentWhat is Gradescope? Gradescope is an online grading platform used to grade homework, quizzes, group projects, and exams. It reduces grading time, increases grading consistency, and provides statistical summary for every assignment. Gradescope helps you seamlessly administer and grade all of your assessments, whether online or in-class. Save time grading…
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