LMS Weekly Update: Course assistance and Brightspace training

Posted on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019

Happy New Year from your LMS team, which is ready to assist faculty prepare for their Winter 2019 courses and to provide Brightspace training.

Anyone scheduled in Genesis to teach a Winter course will find it listed in “My Courses” in Brightspace under the 2019W tab. Faculty can use the course readiness checklist available here to ensure their course is ready for the new term. The checklist links to useful tip sheets about preparing content.

Training opportunities for Brightspace are readily available for faculty. These include one-hour sessions on grading learners, using quizzes, setting up grades, using TurnItIn, and using rubrics.

The three-hour Brightspace Essentials workshop is for returning faculty who have not yet completed any Brightspace training. New faculty are invited to complete training via the Part-Time Faculty Orientation program. Registration is through the PD registration system here.

Faculty can also book appointments for one-on-one support here or drop in to C123 Mondays to Thursdays from 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. and Fridays from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

For more information about Brightspace at Algonquin College, call x2501 or email brightspace@algonquincollege.com


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