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June 2023

Brightspace Migration: First Steps

June 13
Microsoft Teams
Free 12 spots left

Your fall Blackboard course has been migrated (copied) to Brightspace. So now what do you do? Join us for a 30 minute overview that describes what you can expect and will help you assess your course holistically, identify which of your migrated materials need attention, and what your next steps might be. Want to test it out? You are welcome to stay for an additional 30 minutes after the scheduled workshop time to explore your migrated space and ask questions.

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Brightspace: Content and Course Organization

June 13
Free

In this session we’ll focus on how content can be added and organized in Brightspace to best support student learning. We'll show the wide variety of content types that are supported, important settings, and powerful tools like Video Note and the Accessibility Checker.

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Brightspace Essentials

June 14
Microsoft Teams
Free

This session introduces Brightspace and focuses on:

Finding your way in the Brightspace environment
Course settings and personal profiles
The course navigation bar, home page, and table of contents
A brief look at content and course tools e.g., Announcements, Calendar, Discussion, Assignments, and Quizzes

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Brightspace Assignments

June 15
Microsoft Teams
Free

In this session we’ll focus on:

Creating and previewing Assignment (individual and group)
Settings and connecting Assignments to Grades
Editing and reordering Assignments
Evaluating student submissions (including annotations and rubrics)
Using the Submission Log for tracking student work

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Brightspace Quizzes (Tests)

June 21
Microsoft Teams
Free

In Brightspace, the Quiz tool is used for both quizzes and tests.  In this session we’ll show the workflow for creating quizzes, including:

Creating questions and question types
Creating a question library
Building a Quiz
Grading a Quiz
Quiz statistics and logs

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Brightspace Grades

June 21
Microsoft Teams
Free

This workshop covers how to set up and manage the Grade Book in your Brightspace course. We will demonstrate the best ways to organize the Grade Book and the best ways to enter grades. Some instructors may find it beneficial to create their Grades area anew rather than editing what has been migrated from Blackboard, and this session will help you decide which option is best for your course.

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Brightspace Migration Lab: Spotlight on Content & Course Organization

June 22
Microsoft Teams
Free 13 spots left

How your content displays in your migrated Brightspace course depends on your Blackboard organizational choices. In this lab, we’ll show you strategies for handling some of the common organizational challenges. This session will be particularly helpful if your Blackboard course contained a multi-level folder structure, multiple Blackboard “Items” in folders, and had a complex Course Menu. Enrollment is limited so we can better your address specific questions.

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Brightspace Essentials

June 22
Microsoft Teams
Free

This session introduces Brightspace and focuses on:

Finding your way in the Brightspace environment
Course settings and personal profiles
The course navigation bar, home page, and table of contents
A brief look at content and course tools e.g., Announcements, Calendar, Discussion, Assignments, and Quizzes

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