All instructors will have the option to pull grades from Brightspace into SOLAR at the end of the semester.
The feature only works IF all students have a final grade in your Brightspace site.
Please take some time now to check that your gradebook is set up properly. You can find information at: Prepping Your Gradebook Before Importing it to Solar
We hope you were able to join us yesterday at the “Bulk Editing in Brightspace” workshop.
If not, we have a treat for you this Halloween!
Visit the slides and video to review what you missed:
You can change what images appears for a module in the visual TOC on the Brightspace Course Home by adding/changing the image in each Module’s description.
When choosing images, here are some things to look for:
For more information: https://it.stonybrook.edu/help/kb/customizing-each-modules-picture-in-the-visual-toc-in-brightspace
Wednesday Wisdom: Question Pools
It is best practice to add questions to the Question Library. If you need help creating a section of questions in the Question Library, please see The Brightspace Question Library.
You can use a section the Question Library to have a specified number of questions randomly selected for each student’s quiz. For instance, if the folder contains 100 questions, we can set it so that 20 questions will be randomly chosen for each student’s quiz.
For more information: https://it.stonybrook.edu/help/kb/creating-a-quiz-question-pool
Question Library: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwM7pVB77bw
A rubric is a tool used to evaluate and assess student work. It is a scoring guide that lists the criteria for evaluating a particular assignment or task and provides a range of possible scores for each criterion. Rubrics can be used for a wide range of assignments, including essays, presentations, research papers, and projects. They can be designed to evaluate various aspects of student work, such as content, organization, grammar and mechanics, creativity, and critical thinking.
For more information: https://www.stonybrook.edu/celt/academic-assessment/assessment_tools_methods/rubrics
Upcoming CELT workshop:
The Power of Rubrics: A Comprehensive Workshop on Creation & Usage:
Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM (ET) on Zoom
This training will cover types of rubrics, the benefits of using rubrics, the steps to creating and using a rubric, as well as an overview of the rubric norming process. Participants completing this training will be able to: Distinguish between a holistic and analytical rubric to determine which is most appropriate for their assessment(s), create and use a rubric for one of their course assignments, and articulate the steps to a rubric norming session.REGISTER HERE: https://stonybrook.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYpf-2vrjIjE9dzfuiE8MJcheGXfNZ_awXV
Do you need to set up appointments?
Create an appointment schedule!
On your computer, you can create an appointment schedule in Google Calendar.
Your appointment schedule syncs automatically with Google Calendar.
More information here.
The Announcements widget can help you to boost engagement by scheduling announcements for frequent and regular communication to all learners enrolled in a course.
Learners can set notification preferences to be made aware of important updates.
For more information: https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/3444-view-and-manage-announcements?Highlight=create%20announcement
Do your students know about the Brightspace Mobile App?
The app is called Pulse!
Brightspace Pulse is a mobile app that can help learners stay connected and on track with their courses in Brightspace. It provides one easy view of course calendars, readings, assignments, evaluations, grades, and announcements.
For more information: https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/16502-about-brightspace-pulse
Students like how course content is organized into modules, making it easier to navigate and understand the progression of the course.
Faculty actively teaching in Brightspace have found that this layout of modules and sub-modules makes it easy for students to navigate the course and find needed materials. (Please note that the Course Overview section cannot be viewed in the Pulse mobile app. It is recommended that if the syllabus is included in the Course Overview area, you also include it in another section.)
EXAMPLE:
COURSE ORIENTATION (module)
WEEK 1 (module)
WEEK 2 (module)