Detailed Training Descriptions and Recordings

BRIGHTSPACE ESSENTIAL SERIES

 

Brightspace Foundations

(updated 2023)

Overview: 60 minutes virtual training on the most commonly used tools in Brightspace to get started fast.

Audience: Beginner Brightspace Users

Length: 90 minutes

Description: The purpose of this training is to provide CCC instructors with the essential tools for getting started with D2L’s Brightspace. These topics have been carefully selected to provide you with foundational knowledge of navigating Brightspace, adding different types of content, and organizing your course.

At the end of this training you will have gained the skills to meet the minimum requirement of uploading your syllabus, in addition to learning about some of the more engaging and interactive tools.

This training serves as a prerequisite for more advanced training on other Brightspace features and interactivity.

Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Navigate Brightspace with ease.
  • Identify where to manage their profile settings, account settings, and notification settings, and show students how to do the same.
  • Create and manage announcements.
  • Send email to students through Brightspace.
  • Navigate and understand the Content area.
  • Create and manage modules
  • Upload a file (e.g. Syllabus) and remove a file.
  • Add an Assignment, understand the assignment options, and associate the assignment with a grade item
  • Add a Discussion topic, understand the discussion topic options, and associate the discussion with a grade item
  • Add a Quiz, understand the quiz settings, and associate the quiz with a grade item
  • Understand the student experience of Brightspace
Self-Paced Training (on Brightspace)
Recorded – 10 to 15 min increments

BSP 101:

Teaching Online-Live Courses at City Colleges of Chicago

Overview: Facilitated or self-paced 2-week course to improve synchronous online-live teaching competences.

Audience:All instructors currently teaching or interested in teaching online-live courses.

Length:Participants have two weeks to complete three units and a final project.

Time Required: Approximately six hours

Description:

BSP 101 is an asynchronous, facilitated course available for two weeks. It defines
online-live courses and gives instructors a chance to plan online-live blended learning lessons. The course shows you how to plan and design Zoom and Brightspace tools needed for effective online-live teaching.

Week 1 focuses on planning strategies.

Week 2 focuses on designing these strategies.

At the end of this training you will have improved your abilities to teach online-live courses.

Objectives:

Participants will be able to:

  • Define online-live formats
  • Explore and practice Brightspace features helpful for online-live courses
  • Develop a plan to show learners how to navigate the async part of an online-live course with Brightspace
  • Design a blended learning online-live lesson related to learning objectives with plans for the Zoom session and the Brightspace learning activities

Recommended Prerequisites

  1. Zoom Training
  2. Synchronous Online-Live Teaching (SOT) Training.
  3. Brightspace Foundations Training

BSP 201:

Teaching Async Online Learning Courses at City Colleges of Chicago

3-Week Async Facilitated Training

Overview: Facilitated 3-week course (one of three) to certify instructors to teach async Online Learning courses at CCC.

Audience: All instructors interested in teaching async Online Learning courses.

Length: Three weeks

Time Required: Approximately eight hours per week

Description:

BSP 201 defines online and hybrid (blended learning) courses, covering instructors’ roles and responsibilities for teaching online and/or hybrid courses at any of the seven CCC colleges.

Week 1 focuses on introductions, Brightspace’s basic tools and navigation, the syllabus, and how
to prepare your loaded course for the new term.

Week 2 focuses on Brightspace’s advanced tools, allowing time for instructors to practice.

Week 3 focuses on feedback, evaluation, and the Grades Tool.

Each week, you’ll practice tasks in a training classroom, which is then reviewed by the facilitator.

Objectives:

Participants will be able to:

  • Define online and hybrid formats, including the roles and responsibilities of online instructors at CCC.
  • Demonstrate use of these Brightspace Tools in a Brightspace training classroom: Modules and Submodules, Discussion Forums and Topics, Quizzes, Assignments, Grades, Groups, Checklists, the Calendar, Awards, Intelligent Agents, and Video Note,
  • Practice developing an online persona and building an online community by moderating one discussion topic, including a summary post.
  • Demonstrate ability to provide constructive online feedback to learners.

BSP 201 is one of three courses required to be certified to teach async Online Learning courses at CCC. For more information about the other two, please see the Online Learning website.

Brightspace Bootcamp 

(recorded in 2020 – some tools in the video may appear different today)

Overview: 120 minutes virtual training on Brightspace course tools

Audience: Beginner to Intermediate Brightspace Users

Length: 110 minutes with 10 minutes for questions

Topics:

  • An extended version of the “Keep Teaching with Brightspace”
  • Navigation and Orientation
  • Course Admin Features
  • Communication tools
  • Adding Content and building your course
  • Building Assignments, Discussions, Quizzes
  • Grading

Keep Teaching with Brightspace! 

(recorded in 2020 – some tools in the video may appear different today)

Overview: 60 minutes virtual training on the most commonly used tools in Brightspace to get started fast.

Audience: Beginner to Intermediate Brightspace Users

Length: 50 minutes with 10 minutes for questions

Topics:

Part 1: Review (16 minutes)

  • How to log in (from CCC webpage or direct URL) and access classes (2 minutes)
  • What are the Minibar & Navbars—what is there in each? (3 minutes)
  • What does Course Home vs. Content do? How do they differ? (1 minute)
  • How to check Course Dates/Set Course End Date through Course Offering (2 minutes)
  • How to send email to students through Classlist (4 minutes)
  • How to post an announcement and copy/paste to a Classlist e-mail (4 minutes)

Part 2: Quick Design 101 (how to create simple modules based on your syllabus’s needs) (31 minutes)

  • Create a module titled Assignments and create one new assignment (with grade item). Call it Assignment 1. (7 minutes)
  • Create a module titled Discussions and create one new discussion (with grade item). Call it Discussion 1. (6 minutes)
  • Create a module titled Quizzes and create quizzes there (with grade item first, then Quiz set-up). (6 minutes)
  • Create a Topic module titled Week 10: Concepts of Identity (or another week with topic) and show examples of creating topics, assignments, quizzes, discussions, etc. in it. Show one example, but talk about how one might do the others. (3 minutes)
  • Create a module titled Zoom and use Existing ActivitiesExternal Learning Tools to set up a link. (2 minutes)
  • Show the Gradebook and give links to D2L Playlists or Knowledge Base articles in the Chat. Don’t get bogged down by the gradebook. Demonstrate how to create a grade item, so they know how to do this if necessary. (4 minutes)
  • Create a Group and show how one chooses different enrollments. (3 minutes)

March 18 2020 Keep Teaching with Brightspace (Rich Powers)

March 19 2020 Keep Teaching with Brightspace (Elissa Tobin)

Introduction to Teaching Online

(recorded in 2020 – some tools in the video may appear different today)

Overview: 60 minutes virtual training covering an Introduction to Teaching online

Audience: All users (Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced)

Length: 50 minutes with 10 minutes for questions

Topics

  • Online Teaching Basics: Terms, Strengths & Weaknesses
  • Benchmarks and Standards for Quality Assurance in Online & Hybrid (Blended Learning) Courses
  • The Basics of Instructional Technology Design and Course Development
  • Best practices and tips and tricks

 

Zoom for Teaching (Basics)

(recorded in 2020 – some tools in the video may appear different today)

Overview: 60 minutes virtual training covering how to use Zoom

Audience: Beginner to Intermediate Brightspace users

Length: 50 minutes with 10 minutes for questions

Topics:

  • Zoom Room
  • Linking to Brightspace
  • Hosting
  • Student Experience
  • In-meeting tools

Aug 19 @11am with Selom Assignon-Teaching Effectively with Zoom

Aug 17 @ 3pm with Elissa Tobin 

Course Copy, Cleanup, and Management

(recorded in 2021 – some tools in the video may appear different today)

Overview: 60 minutes virtual training on course copy, cleanup and management for the new term

Audience: Intermediate Brightspace users

Length: 50 minutes with 10 minutes for questions

Topics:

  • Import/Export/Copy Components Tool
  • Manage Dates and Files
  • Getting ready for the term
  • Cleaning up your course (grades, announcements, quizzes, bulk tools, etc.)
  • Best Practices

Jan 21, 2021 with Elissa Tobin

Designing Elements in Brightspace

(recorded in 2020 – some tools in the video may appear different today)

Overview: 60 minutes virtual training covering the Document Templates and other design elements in Brightspace

Audience: All users (Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced)

Length: 50 minutes with 10 minutes for questions

Topics:

  • What can you do to make your Brightspace course more attractive?
  • Using Document Templates
  • More things to do with the HTML Editor

Designing Elements in Brightspace (Aug 17 @ 2pm)

BRIGHTSPACE ENGAGEMENT SERIES

 

Brightspace Engagement Tools
(checklists, awards, intelligent agents)

(recorded in 2020 – some tools in the video may appear different today)

Overview: 60 minutes virtual training covering how to use Brightspace Engagement Tools

Audience: Intermediate to Advanced Brightspace users

Length: 50 minutes with 10 minutes for questions

Topics: 

  • Engagement Tools in Brightspace (checklists, awards, intelligent agents, release conditions, replace strings, video note)
  • Student Experience
  • Evaluating the effectiveness

Aug 19 @2pm with Rich Powers

April 2020 with Elissa Tobin

Communication Tools

(recorded in 2020 – some tools in the video may appear different today)

Overview: 60 minutes virtual training on Communication Tools in Brightspace

Audience: Beginner to Intermediate Brightspace users

Length: 50 minutes with 10 minutes for questions

Topics:

  • Communication tools in Brightspace (groups, discussions, announcements, intelligent agents, chat and email)
  • Best practices and uses
  • Student Experience

Aug 19 @10am with Charles McSweeney

Advanced Zoom for Teaching

(recorded in 2020 – some tools in the video may appear different today)

Overview: 60 minutes virtual training on Advanced Zoom features

Audience: Intermediate to Advanced Brightspace users

Length: 50 minutes with 10 minutes for questions

Topics:

  • Interactivity Tools: polls, emojis, chat, co-host, breakout rooms, annotation
  • Recordings
  • Reports

Aug 17 2020 @ 3pm with Elissa Tobin  (Zoom Tips and Tricks)

Jan 14 2021 with Rich Powers (Pedagogical Ways to Use Zoom)

Break Brightspace Burnout with these Timesaving Tricks

(recorded in 2020 – some tools in the video may appear different today)

Overview: 60 minutes virtual training on tips and tricks to avoid Brightspace burnout

Audience: Intermediate to Advanced Brightspace users

Length: 50 minutes with 10 minutes for questions

Topics:

  • Timesaving Tools: Auto-Graded Assessments, Intelligent Agents, Recording lectures ahead of time, Fast and efficient feedback for big classes (bulk tooks); feedback with audio or video.

 Aug 19 with Elissa Tobin

Feedback in Brightspace 

(recorded in 2020 – some tools in the video may appear different today)

Overview: 60 minutes virtual training using Brightspace and Zoom tools for feedback 

Audience: Intermediate to Advanced Brightspace users

Length: 50 minutes with 10 minutes for questions

Topics:

    •  Research shows that students benefit from constant feedback in an online environment. Come to this session to learn how tools like Brightspace, Zoom, and TurnItIn can facilitate communication with students and increase their chances of success.

Aug 20 @1pm with Maureen Boland

ASSESSMENT SERIES

 

Assignments & Grading

(recorded in 2020 – some tools in the video may appear different today)

Overview: 60 minutes virtual training covering how to use Brightspace Assignments and Grades

Audience: Intermediate Brightspace users

Length: 50 minutes with 10 minutes for questions

Topics:

  • What are Assignments and how to use them
  • Creation and Management of Assignments
  • Student Experience
  • Grading

Aug 18 @10am with Elissa Tobin
(Assignments are covered in the first 30 minutes)

Turnitin & Grading

(recorded in 2018 – some tools in the video may appear different today)

Overview: 60 minutes virtual training on Turnitin in Brightspace

Audience: Intermediate to Advanced Brightspace users

Length: 50 minutes with 10 minutes for questions

Topics:

  • What are Turnitin Assignments and how to use them
  • Creation and Management of Turnitin Assignments
  • Student Experience
  • Grading
TurnItIn with BSP@CCC

Discussions and Grading

(recorded in 2020 – some tools in the video may appear different today)

Overview: 60 minutes virtual training covering how to use Brightspace Discussions and Grades

Audience: Intermediate Brightspace users

Length: 50 minutes with 10 minutes for questions

Topics:

  • Ways to Communicate with Brightspace
  • Creation and Management of Discussions
  • Student Experience
  • Grading

Aug 18 @10am with Elissa Tobin
(Discussions are covered in the second half – This is an Assignments and Discussions training)

Quizzes & Grading

(recorded in 2020 – some tools in the video may appear different today)

Overview: 60 minutes virtual training covering how to use Brightspace Quizzes & Grades

Audience: Intermediate Brightspace users

Length: 50 minutes with 10 minutes for questions

Topics:

  • Setting Up your quiz
  • Student Experience
  • Grading
  • Troubleshooting

All About Grades Training

(recorded in 2020 – some tools in the video may appear different today)

Overview: 60 minutes virtual training covering how to use Brightspace Grades

Audience: Intermediate Brightspace users

Length: 50 minutes with 10 minutes for questions

Topics:

  • Setting up the gradebook
  • Managing grades and grade items
  • Creating Grade Items
  • Entering/Publishing grades
  • Student experience
  • Troubleshooting

Rubrics

(recorded in 2020 – some tools in the video may appear different today)

Overview: 60 minutes virtual training on Rubrics in Brightspace

Audience: Advanced Brightspace users

Length: 50 minutes with 10 minutes for questions

Topics:

  • What are Rubrics how to use them
  • Creation and Management of Rubrics
  • Student Experience
  • Grading

Surveys and Self-Assessments

Overview: 60 minutes virtual training on Surveys and Self-Assessments

Audience: Advanced Brightspace users

Length: 50 minutes with 10 minutes for questions

Topics:

  • What are Surveys and Self-Assessments and how to use them
  • Creation and Management
  • Student Experience

Best Practices

Academic Integrity@CCC

Overview: 60 minutes virtual training on Academic Integrity@CCC

Audience: Advanced Brightspace users

Length: 50 minutes with 10 minutes for questions

Topics:

  • Academic Integrity tools like Respondus, Turnitin, and alternatives
  • Creation and Management
  • Student Experience
  • Best Practices

LEARNER MANAGEMENT SERIES

 

Reporting Tools

(recorded in 2020 – some tools in the video may appear different today)

Overview: 60 minutes virtual training on course reporting tools in Brightspace

Audience: Intermediate Brightspace users

Length: 50 minutes with 10 minutes for questions

Topics:

  • Reporting Tools (class progress, table of contents, engagement, intelligent agents)
  • Statistic Tools (quiz, rubrics, & grade statistics)
  • Best Practices
  • Evaluating yourself and your students

 

DROP-IN SUPPORT & OFFICE HOURS

Drop-in Virtual Help: Brightspace or Zoom

Overview: Virtual drop-in sessions. Personalized support Zoom or Brightspace tools with our experts.

Audience: face to face instructors with questions about Brightspace or Zoom

Description:

  • Have you attended the Foundations Training for Brightspace, but have some unanswered questions?
  • Do you have specific questions about Brightspace tools or Zoom functionality?
  • Do you want help brainstorming ways Brightspace or Zoom can be used with your class?

These drop-in sessions are limited to only a few users at a time so we can ensure you will get your specific questions answered.