Fall 2021 – Midterm Preparation
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Every Ending is a new beginning…Whether you’re focused on wrapping up the current semester, or getting ready for the next, we have the tools to guide you on your way. Highlights in this Newsletter:1) Zoom Cloud Recordings – What to do? HighlightsZoom Cloud Recordings – What to do?Zoom Cloud Recording is not a long-term recording storage solution. If you record your class sessions or other zoom meetings using “record to the cloud”, please note that those recordings will be deleted automatically 30 days after the term ends. If you need to maintain any of your cloud recordings, please download those recordings in a timely manner to avoid losing them.
New In BrightspaceAlly is Coming to Brightspace – Summer Pilot and Fall RolloutAlly is an accessibility tool that seamlessly integrates with Brightspace to make digital course content more accessible for students. The tool automatically checks content for accessibility and generates alternative formats for students to consume the content, including PDF, HTML, Audio, and even electronic Braille.
Ally Summer PilotSelect courses will be part of a pilot this summer. Training and information sessions will be scheduled on the upcoming dates below. If you would like to be included, please contact sassignon@ccc.edu
Ally Fall RolloutAlly will be turned on in all courses in the fall term. Information, training, and details will be provided. Prepare for the start of next semester
If you’ve already been assigned a course for Summer or Fall 2021 in CS9, you can access it now in Brightspace. New courses can be found in your course list, click on the tab for the term to easily sort. Explore fun and effective ways to customize your course in Brightspace
For more help, visit the knowledge base. |
Upcoming TrainingAccess the complete list of drop-ins and register here. Zoom Link for all drop-ins: https://cccedu.zoom.us/j/91263470950
· Brightspace Assessment Knowledge Base Resources |
What’s New in Brightspace?Every month D2L publishes notes on new features released in Brightspace. Keep informed and see below! |
Help and Resources
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Tech 4 U: Making Technology Work for You |
Keeping You Up-to-DateThe remote world is always changing, always progressing. Below are highlights of new features and settings in a variety of tools that you can take advantage of. Highlights in this Newsletter:1) Zoom – New features and settings 2) Brightspace – New experiences and updates 3) Lockdown Browser & Respondus – New features for proctoring exams 4) Virtual Drop-in Help for Brightspace and Zoom HighlightsZoom – New Features and SettingsThere are some exciting new features and settings from Zoom that can enhance you and your student’s experience.
Reminder: Zoom Cloud Recordings will be deleted 30 days after the term ends.Zoom Cloud Recording is not a long-term recording storage solution. If you record your class sessions or other zoom meetings using “record to the cloud”, please note that those recordings will be deleted automatically 30 days after the term ends. If you need to maintain any of your cloud recordings, please download those recordings in a timely manner to avoid losing them.
New In BrightspaceNew Assignment Creation Experience You can opt-into a new assignment creation experience. This feature provides an opt-in experience for users to familiarize themselves with the new experience. There are some limitations with this tool*.
New Assignment Grading Experience
Word Count now visible in Discussions
Lockdown Browser and Respondus Monitor UpdatesThere is now an additional option for remote proctoring. The new Instructor Live Proctoring option enables instructors to use a video conferencing system (Zoom, Microsoft Teams, or Google Meet) for live, remote testing. LockDown Browser prevents cheating on the computer or device itself, while the instructor watches students via video conferencing. This mode of testing is recommended for small, synchronous classes where instructors can effectively manage and observe students during the exam.
Explore fun and effective ways to customize your course in Brightspace
For more help, visit the knowledge base. |
Upcoming TrainingAccess the complete list of drop-ins and register here.
· Brightspace Assessment Knowledge Base Resources |
What’s New in Brightspace?Every month D2L publishes notes on new features released in Brightspace. Keep informed and see below! |
Help and Resources
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Tech 4 U: Making Technology Work for You |
Every ending is a new beginning…Whether you’re focused on wrapping up the current semester, or getting ready for the next, we have the tools to guide you on your way. Highlights in this Newsletter:1) Zoom Cloud Recordings – What to do? 2) Wrapping up the fall semester 3) Preparing for the spring semester 4) Fun and effective ways to customize your course 5) Virtual Drop-in Help for Brightspace and Zoom HighlightsZoom Cloud Recordings – What to do?
Wrap up the fall semester
Prepare for the start of next semester
If you’ve already been assigned a course for Spring 2021 in CS9, you can access it now in Brightspace. New courses can be found in your course list, click on the tab for the term to easily sort. Explore fun & effective ways to customize your course
For more help, visit the knowledge base. |
Upcoming TrainingAccess the complete list of drop-ins and register here.
· Brightspace Assessment Knowledge Base Resources |
What’s New in Brightspace?Every month D2L publishes notes on new features released in Brightspace. Keep informed and see below! |
Help and Resources
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(Brightspace Newsletter, rebranded for YOU)
Below are direct links to the most common middle-of-the-semester tasks:
Every month Brightspace releases a video of new features. Keep informed and watch below!
View training course descriptions and recordings here
TRAINING ZOOM LINK
https://cccedu.zoom.us/j/93999292561
Meeting ID: 939 9929 2561
Dial by your location
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
DROP-IN HELP ZOOM LINK**
https://cccedu.zoom.us/j/91263470950
Meeting ID: 912 6347 0950
Dial by your location
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
**Please check the training schedule to verify the Zoom room and times.
*Thursdays from 12:30-1:30pm have a different zoom link and are hosted by WR Faculty Champion Dr. Laurie Alfaro
This month we highlight Valerie Pell from Wilbur Wright’s English department. One of the many hats she wore was Wright’s Brightspace Faculty Champion in 2018.
Tenacious, critical, and kind, Valerie made the Brightspace community stronger. While her focus was always her students, she shared her struggles and solutions to Brightspace quirks with us through office hours, videos, and workshops.
She passed away on August 9, 2020. She will be missed. You can contribute to a support fund for Valerie’s family here.
Doing something great with Brightspace? Share it with us!
We are always looking for innovative ways that instructors use Brightspace within their classes. Do you have an assignment that translates well to Brightspace? Have you incorporated some of Brightspace’s more advanced features? Do you have unique ways to communicate with students via Brightspace? We would love to showcase the great work that you’re doing.
(Brightspace Newsletter, rebranded for YOU)
These past several months have put additional demands on all of you, including the need to make a rapid change to the way you deliver instruction or engage students. As your instructional technology support team, our job is to make sure you are aware of all of the resources available to you, and to provide you the support you need to feel comfortable introducing them into your classroom.
New this fall: You have the opportunity to engage students in new ways with tools like VoiceThread, encourage academic integrity with alternative assessment ideas through tools like Turnitin and Respondus, or take advantage of the most recent updates in Brightspace. Whatever your goals, we are here to help you.
Psst…hidden in this newsletter is an error, find it, share it with your Brightspace team, and you’ll be eligible to win a prize.
At the end of the spring semester, CCC surveyed our students on how they were coping with the challenges brought on by COVID19. We wanted to share the two key take-aways:
We have compiled the following resources to help you address these needs.
How do I create online office hours with my Zoom?
Engage students while saving yourself time and energy
How do I set up Intelligent Agents (automated emails to students)?
Brightspace course shells are created on http://brightspace.ccc.edu before the beginning of the semester. Enrollment in Brightspace course shells corresponds to your assignment in my.ccc.edu. If there is an error, please contact the helpdesk at http://ccc.edu/help. Once a Brightspace course shell is created, students are automatically enrolled and dropped based on the records in CS9.
You must be listed in CS9/my.ccc.edu as the instructor or you will not have access to your course shell. Check the waffle icon if you do not see all your courses on the homepage because they may be “unpinned”.
Below are direct links to the most common beginning of the semester issues:
For more help, visit http://brightspaceresources.ccc.edu
Voicethread with Brightspace and Zoom
Do you know about Voicethread? VoiceThread is an interactive, collaborative, web-based tool that that allows user to communicate through images, audio recordings, videos, and text. People can use VoiceThread to set up a discussion board, record a lecture, or show images. Users can add text, audio, or video comments to a VoiceThread, so students can ask questions at a specific point in a lecture or respond to discussion prompts. In addition, instructors can have students create their own VoiceThread presentations as part of an assignment.
Voicethread is integrated into Brightspace (Existing Activities > External Learning Tools). You can even pull in a Zoom meeting recording directly from the platform.
To find out more, visit HOW DO I USE VOICETHREAD WITH BRIGHTSPACE?
VoiceThread Resources:
Respondus Lockdown Browser and Monitor are now available in all Brightspace courses as optional settings when creating Brightspace Quizzes for those faculty who wish to use them.
*Please note, Respondus lockdown browser is not yet supported for students using Chromebooks. The company is looking to add support for Chromebooks this fall but no firm date has been given.
HOW DO I PROCTOR A REMOTE ONLINE EXAM WITH RESPONDUS?
Respondus also has a lot of great resources including live webinars
If your substitute, tutor, or intern need Brightspace access, Please click here to request TA/Tutor access to your online classroom.
Discover Tool
Allows students the opportunity to choose to connect to Student Services and more at their own discretion.
Every month Brightspace releases a video of new features. Keep informed and watch below!
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Brightspace Bootcamp (2 hours) – overview of all tools
Course Copy, Cleanup and Management to Start the Term off Right
Designing Elements in Brightspace
Teaching with Zoom
Assignments and Discussions in Brightspace
All About Quizzes
Course Reporting Tools
All About Grades
Communication Tools in Brightspace
Teaching Effectively with Zoom
Break Brightspace Burnout
Engagement Tools in Brightspace
Full Grades Training – Part 1
Full Grades Training – Part 2
Brightspace Feedback Tools
Please click here to schedule
Please click here to schedule
Visit http://bit.ly/ccctube – CCC Instructional Technology YouTube site
Foundations (these are chunked in like 10 to 15 min increments)
Keep Teaching
Introduction to Teaching
Zoom for Teaching (Basics)
Course Copy, Cleanup, and Management
Brightspace Engagement Tools Training (checklists, awards, intelligent agents)
Break Brightspace Burnout with these Timesaving Tricks
Turnitin & Grading
Quizzes & Grading
Rubrics
Reporting Tools
Visit http://brightspaceresources.ccc.edu
We are looking for innovative ways that instructors use Brightspace within their classes. Do you have an assignment that translates well to Brightspace? Have you incorporated some of Brightspace’s more advanced features? Do you have unique ways to communicate with students via Brightspace? We would love to showcase the great work that you’re doing.
Summer 2020 | Midterm |
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Spreading sunshine all over the place… As midterms quickly approach, we continue to focus on students by informing them of their progress and grades. Empower your students by giving them access to their coursework, scores, and current grade through Brightspace.
Highlights in this Newsletter:
Missed the last newsletter? Check it out here.
For more help, look below or visit http://brightspaceresources.ccc.edu
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Upcoming TrainingAdvanced Zoom for Teaching
Keep Teaching with Brightspace
Discussions
Reporting Tools
Grades
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