Do you ever look at a website and think, “I wish I could build something like that”? Now’s your chance! Join us for our Mini Challenges with JavaScript workshop on Wednesday, January 21st, at 10 am – 11:30 am, where we’ll walk through the basics of coding with JavaScript using short, interactive exercises. The session will be led by Amritpreet Singh, a Master of Science student in Computer Science with a strong passion for programming. All skill levels are welcome, just bring your curiosity and desire to begin coding cool and unique websites!

During this live Zoom session, participants will explore core programming concepts such as variables, conditionals, loops, functions, and arrays. We’ll also look at how JavaScript brings web pages to life by updating content, responding to user actions, and interacting with HTML. Say goodbye to static and read-only pages; instead, let’s bring your websites to life!

We’ll be using CodeSandbox, an online coding environment, so everyone can write and test JavaScript code instantly. Each concept will include a quick mini challenge so you can apply what you learn right away, and documentation and resources will be provided to all participants. 

If you’ve been wanting to try programming or begin to understand how websites work behind the scenes, this workshop will be a great hands-on introduction. Come ready to experiment, learn, and have fun!

There are only T-3 days till the end of the semester on Thursday, December 18th. That also means there’s only a few days left to submit your Course Evaluations! Course Evals are an important part of the academic ecosystem, students can share their experiences and professors can take that feedback and make future semesters even better.

As a student you can write as much or as little as you want, so don’t be intimidated and help out fellow students! 

And for professors, don’t forget that students can teach as well!

Tech Skills, Student Style: Workshops by Student Technologists!

Our Hands-on Student Led Technology Workshops are now on it.stonybrook.edu!

Unlock Your Digital Potential: Learn Canva, Figma, Python, HTML/CSS, GitHub, Adobe Express, and Video Editing from our talented Undergraduate Student Technologists!  Sign up today!

Learn how to create marketing materials, social media content and other basic designs in an accessibility compliant manner.

InDesign Accessibility Robust tools for accessibility compliance (e.g., tagging for screen readers, defining reading order). Supports advanced features like accessible forms and navigation in PDFs. Can create documents that adhere to accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG, PDF/UA).

In this session, you will

1. Create an accessible flyer ready for distribution
2. Showcase InDesign’s ability to create inclusive and professional designs

REGISTER today!

Our intercession updates to Brightspace are complete!

To learn how to utilize OpenStax, Advanced Assessment, & Course Overview tools, visit our news article 

It’s Halloween week and we have some TRICKS to help you save time while evaluating your students in Brightspace!

Join us for an upcoming session on “Bulk Editing in Brightspace” this Wednesday, October 30th 12:00 – 12:45 PM!

In this session, you will

1. Learn how to use the Set Grades feature in the gradebook
2. Learn how to grade offline using the import/export tool

Register HERE.

In order for student to see their grades in Brightspace, you’ll need to automatically or manually release final grades. (Note, releasing final grades in Brightspace does not send grades to SOLAR; you can either import your final grades Or enter them in SOLAR)

Before releasing final grades to students, you must first check your Grades settings to determine which type of grade will be release and if final grades are set to be released automatically. Alternatively, you can choose to manually release final grades.

For more information: https://it.stonybrook.edu/help/kb/releasing-final-grades-in-brightspace

Welcome to the Spring 2024 semester! ☀️

We hope you had a relaxing break.

As we embark on a new semester, we wanted to share some useful Brightspace tips.

Have you ever wondered what your course looks like from your students’ perspectives? Wonder no more! Brightspace allows you to easily view your course in a learner view, giving you an insight to what your students see. Click here to learn more!

In addition, instructors can also use another preview option in Grades to see exactly what a specific student sees in their Grades for a course.

Check back every Wednesday this semester for updates/tips!

So, in my last post, I showed how users can opt in and out of notifications.  In this post we get around students being able to opt out of announcement notifications and also help keep your course site a little cleaner.

As opposed to sending an Announcement, you can email the whole class by going to “Course Admin” in the NavBar -> Learner Management section and click on “Classlist”.

Then select from the top “Email Classlist”

Click on “Send Email”

and compose your email to the whole class here.  Click “Send”.

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