For anyone looking for training on how to use Brightspace, we have multiple ways for you to get training. Training Opportunities: On-Demand and Guided Faculty interested in using Brightspace subscription training should go to https://community.brightspace.com and sign up for an account using their Wentworth email address. Use of your Wentworth…
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Get ready to teach as many of your Spring 2021 courses with Brightspace as you can. Attend zoom webinars to learn about the Brightspace Implementation strategy for Spring and Summer. Learn how to use Brightspace to prepare your Spring 2021 courses. Attend an Information Session to learn about what to…
Leave a CommentThis is a series of short tutorials Dr. Ella Howard, Associate Professor in the College of Sciences and Humanites, put together covering the basics of building a course in Brightspace. For assistance in setting up your gradebook, please consult an LIT team member (lit@wit.edu). Getting Started with Brightspace: How to…
Leave a CommentWentworth’s pilot of D2L Brightspace is in full swing and we’ve been learning a lot as we go. One question we’ve been asked is can I just import my Blackboard course into Brightspace? The easy answer is yes, exporting a course from Blackboard is easy. Importing that package into Brightspace…
Leave a CommentEarlier in the year, the Institute Curriculum Committee (ICC) approved changes to the grading scale used for graduate courses. This unfortunately means that any courses created for Fall 2020 created before the announcement, have an out-dated schema. We explored the possibility of having Blackboard run a backend database query to…
Leave a CommentMeet the Brightspace Faculty Champions! Brightspace is generating a lot of interest with almost 60 faculty volunteering to pilot courses in Brightspace this fall. Due to the nature of our phased implementation, LIT could support approximately 20 (we wish everyone could support everyone!). Pilot faculty were selected from volunteers with…
Leave a CommentWe are excited to share an organizational realignment to unify the WIT Online and Learning Innovation &Technology Teams within Technology Services. Please continue using the current communications channels this fall to contact LIT lit@wit.edu for full-time and WIT Online online@wit.edu for part-time course support. The realignment supports the strategic focus…
Leave a CommentLIT and WIT Online look forward to cross-disciplinary conversations and sharing in the workshops to start the fall 2020 term: Tues 9/8 at 11am Best Practices: Managing Your Online Course Tues 9/8 at 12pm Best Practices for Using Zoom for Remote Teaching Tues 9/8 at 4pm Boost Study Time through Anytime Anywhere…
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…
Leave a CommentJoin us virtually for a half day teaching and learning event on September 4th from 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM. Wentworth faculty and staff will present best practices, share examples, tools and strategies that can be implemented for the upcoming Fall semester. Please note that event information and details will…
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