A community of practice for anyone using Brightspace within the Higher Education setting. Ask questions, connect with peers and share ideas!
Thank you for being part of this group and for the conversations, questions, and insights you’ve shared here. We’ve truly appreciated the ways you’ve come together to support one another and share your experiences. To make it even easier to connect across the Brightspace Community, we’re transitioning discussions from this…
Thank you to everyone who was able to attend Bright Ideas: PART 2 of the Assessment Mini-Series: Creating Quizzes in Brightspace! Lets keep the conversation going! We'd love to hear from you: 👉 How are you currently using quizzes in your course? 👉 Are there any features we covered in the session that would enhance how…
Hi everyone! 👋 We wanted to let you know that the Higher Education Faculty Group is now a public space within the Brightspace Community. This means that any Brightspace Community member can view the group and its content—no request to join required. This change makes it easier for our teams to support the group and keep…
Thank you to everyone who was able to attend Bright Ideas: PART 1 of the Assessment Mini-Series: Creating Assignments and Discussions in Brightspace! Lets keep the conversation going! We'd love to hear from you: 👉 What are some ways you’ve been successful in encouraging student participation in discussions? 👉 What themes…
Thank you to everyone who was able to attend Bright Ideas - Competency Based Education in Brightspace this week! We had a great discussion in the webinar, so lets keep the conversation going! What challenges have you faced with CBE in Brightspace, and how have you addressed them? What Brightspace tools are you currently…
Thank you to everyone who was able to attend Bright Ideas - Evaluation in Brightspace this week! We had a great discussion in the webinar, so lets keep the conversation going! What is one key takeaway from today’s session that you plan to apply or implement? Share a specific challenge you've faced at your institution…
Thank you to everyone who was able to attend Bright Ideas - Evaluation in Brightspace yesterday! We had a great discussion in the webinar, so lets keep the conversation going! What evaluation tools have you found get the best response from your students? How do you think you can use some of the evaluation tools discussed…
Thank you to everyone who was able to attend Bright Ideas - Assessment and Feedback in Brightspace today! We had a great discussion in the webinar, so lets keep the conversation going! Which type of feedback (written, audio, video, or annotations) do you find most effective for student engagement? Why? If you have used any…
Hi! I teach accounting in the CUNY system. We are in the midst of a transition to BS. Often we have HW that require the students create financial statements or schedules. In BlackBoard I always suggested that the students do their work in Excel and then copy and paste into BB. This reduces math errors and makes their work…
Thank you to everyone who was able to attend Bright Ideas: PART 3 of the Assessment Mini-Series: Assessment and Feedback in Brightspace! Let's keep the conversation going! We'd love to hear from you: 👉 Which typed of feedback do you find most effective for learner engagement? Why? 👉 Share any success stories or best…
As an instructor, I am able to create the following example as part my Assignment description. As a learner, I am NOT able to recreate this same example in my submission. This is because learners CANNOT insert images or audio files into a page in the same ways as an instructor can (see images below). Is this something that…
Hi! One of our instructors said they were notified of the New Quiz experience . . . but I cannot figure out where that person found the news. Could a kind soul help point me in the direction? I'm registered for updates and I try to attend as many trainings as possible. Thanks in advance for helping me with the continuous…
Has anyone had any success uploading items into the question library that contain images and are anything other than true or false or multiple choice? I've run into a snag with matching questions, ordering questions, fill in the blank which also contain images. If you've had success, did you upload a zipfile? We were using…
Thank you to everyone who was able to attend the Bright Ideas - Creating Assessments in Brightspace! We ran out of time to have our live discussion so lets keep the conversation going here! 👉 Which quiz question types have you experimented with? Which have been most effective? For example: Multiple-choice, Short answer,…
Hi everyone! We wanted to share the recordings and resources from the webinar series. We have our general resource area for these sessions - linked below: 💻 Brightspace Community page: Bright Ideas for Higher Education - Series Overview This resource has each session listed. The associated pages have the corresponding…
Thank you to everyone who was able to attend the Bright Ideas - Getting Started with Brightspace Webinar! Lets keep the conversation going! Share how your institution uses one of the following tools to create a consistent leaning experience; Homepage layout Navbar Course Module What is your favourite Homepage Widget? In…
Join the brand new D2L CBE Client Connection Group! D2L is committed to supporting Competency-Based Education and wants to provide a space for clients with CBE initiatives to share resources, ideas, workflows, and knowledge. The goal of this group is to connect clients who have existing CBE programs or want to develop CBE…
Join us for an exciting event coming up TODAY🤩 🗓️ May 28th from 12-12:45pm ET to explore the Portfolio tool! We will dive into: 🔨 A Tool Overview 🤷♀️ Who uses it and how? 🚌 Walk through of a brand new Learning Center resource Getting Started with Brightspace Portfolio; showcasing teacher and learner views How you can…
