Faculty are welcome to self-enroll in these CTL courses:
Modules for Teaching Online and Learning Brightspace from the Student Perspective.

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Brightspace Migration Lab: Spotlight on Grades

Microsoft Teams

This workshop covers the details about how to approach the Grades area in your migrated Brightspace course. We will demonstrate where to find the grade book in Brightspace and offer options for your next steps. Some instructors may find it beneficial to create your Grades area anew rather than editing what has been migrated from Blackboard. This session will help you decide what option is the best for your course. Enrollment is limited so we can better your address specific questions.

Free

Using Writing to Assess Knowledge in the Age of AI/ChatGPT

Microsoft Teams

If you use writing as a form of assessment--say, for essay exams (in- or out-of-class), or have a single writing assignment towards the end of class that is intended to be completed wholly independently, join colleagues to talk about how the growing use of AI shapes your thinking.

Free

Brightspace Assignments

Microsoft Teams

In this session we’ll focus on:

Creating and previewing Assignment (individual and group)
Settings and connecting Assignments to Grades
Editing and reordering Assignments
Evaluating student submissions (including annotations and rubrics)
Using the Submission Log for tracking student work

Free

Using Writing to Assess Knowledge in the Age of AI/ChatGPT

Microsoft Teams

If you use writing as a form of assessment–say, for essay exams (in- or out-of-class), or have a single writing assignment towards the end of class that is intended to be completed wholly independently, join colleagues to talk about how the growing use of AI shapes your thinking.

Free

Brightspace Essentials

Microsoft Teams

This session introduces Brightspace and focuses on:

Finding your way in the Brightspace environment
Course settings and personal profiles
The course navigation bar, home page, and table of contents
A brief look at content and course tools e.g., Announcements, Calendar, Discussion, Assignments, and Quizzes

Free

Brightspace: Course Content

Microsoft Teams

In this session we’ll focus on:

How content is added and organized in Brightspace (modules and topics)
Adding content and powerful tools like Video Note and the Accessibility Checker
Content settings (visibility, date restrictions)
Tips for using the HTML editor
Linking to course activities

Free

Brightspace Quizzes (Tests)

Microsoft Teams

In Brightspace, the Quiz tool is used for both quizzes and tests.  In this session we’ll show the workflow for creating quizzes, including:

Creating questions and question types
Creating a question library
Building a Quiz
Grading a Quiz
Quiz statistics and logs

Free

Supporting Neurodiverse Students: “When Professors Are Helpful, It Really Helps” (Hybrid)

303 Howe, CTL Classroom

Autism Goes to College is a podcast featuring the voices of neurodiverse students, sharing insights about how they experience college.  We will be listening to episode 9, “When Professors are Helpful, It Really Helps.” It's about how one student’s visits to office hours helped both her and her professor figure out strategies to address her initial struggles with research and methods. Cal State Fullerton student, Caroline, and childhood and adolescent development professor, JudelMay Enriquez, discuss their experience and ways that instructors can reach out to students on the spectrum.

Free

Brightspace Essentials

Microsoft Teams

This session introduces Brightspace and focuses on:

Finding your way in the Brightspace environment
Course settings and personal profiles
The course navigation bar, home page, and table of contents
A brief look at content and course tools e.g., Announcements, Calendar, Discussion, Assignments, and Quizzes

Free

Course Design That Works: A Prelock Online Teaching Award Finalists’ Roundtable (POSTPONED)

See a live 'course tour' highlighting different dimensions of effective course design. Presenters are all student-nominated finalists for the 2022 Prelock Online Teaching Award (featuring both synchronous and asynchronous courses).The educators were a truly phenomenal group of finalists this year, selected from over 80 submissions.  Each panelist will be focusing on one of the 5 award criteria, with time for questions after each presenter. 

Free

Brightspace Migration: First Steps

Microsoft Teams

Your fall Blackboard course has been migrated (copied) to Brightspace. So now what do you do? Join us for an overview that describes what you can expect and will help you assess your course holistically, identify which of your migrated materials need attention, and what your next steps might be. (If you have detailed questions about specific tools in Brightspace, consider attending one of our Spotlight Labs.)

Free

Brightspace Migration Lab: Spotlight on Grades

Microsoft Teams

This workshop covers the details about how to approach the Grades area in your migrated Brightspace course. We will demonstrate where to find the grade book in Brightspace and offer options for your next steps. Some instructors may find it beneficial to create your Grades area anew rather than editing what has been migrated from Blackboard. This session will help you decide what option is the best for your course. Enrollment is limited so we can better your address specific questions.

Free

Brightspace Migration Lab: Spotlight on Quizzes

Microsoft Teams

The Brightspace tool—for what in Blackboard is called Tests—is Quizzes. This workshop covers the details about how to check how your tests and quizzes migrated into your Brightspace course. We will demonstrate where and how to check your quizzes and question pools (if you used them in Blackboard) and discuss options for connecting them to Brightspace’s Grade Tool. Enrollment is limited so we can better address your specific questions.

Free

Brightspace Migration Lab: Spotlight on Assignments

Microsoft Teams

This workshop covers the details about how to check Assignments in your courses that were migrated from Blackboard. We will demonstrate where your Assignments are found throughout your course and options for getting them ready. Enrollment is limited so we can better address your specific questions.

Free

Brightspace Migration Lab: Spotlight on Content & Course Organization

Microsoft Teams

How your content displays in your migrated Brightspace course depends on your Blackboard organizational choices. In this lab, we’ll show you strategies for handling some of the common organizational challenges. This session will be particularly helpful if your Blackboard course contained a multi-level folder structure, multiple Blackboard “Items” in folders, and had a complex Course Menu. Enrollment is limited so we can better your address specific questions.

Free

Journal and Blog Assignments in Brightspace

Microsoft Teams

Brightspace doesn’t have a journal or blog tool, so if you’re used to creating Blackboard assignments in those formats you’ll need to learn alternative ways to meet your instructional goals.  This workshop focuses on alternative methods in Brightspace for students create journals or one-on-one communication, as well as having students create content that can be seen by some or all of their classmates.  Enrollment is limited so we can better your address specific questions.

Free

How to Write and Update an Assessment Plan

Microsoft Teams

This 1.5 hours-long workshop will provide a walkthrough of the assessment plan template, along with providing examples for each section. Checklist on updating program learning outcomes-PLOs, lists of indirect and direct assessments, assessment plan charts, and assessment communications will be discussed. Last 30 mins reserved for QnA.

Free

Brightspace Migration Lab: Spotlight on Discussions CANCELED

Microsoft Teams

This workshop covers the details about how to check Discussions in your courses that were migrated from Blackboard. We will demonstrate where all your Discussions are found (group and whole class), how Forums function in Brightspace, and how Blackboard threads translate to Brightspace Topics. Enrollment is limited so we can better address your specific questions.

Free

Teaching First-Year Students: Substantive Revision

302 Howe Memorial 302 Howe Memorial Library

Join First-Year Seminar, Liberal Arts Scholars Program, English 002, and HCOL86 colleagues to discuss your questions and experiences regarding teaching first-year students and incorporating FWIL (WIL1) outcomes in your courses. This is the second in a series of Friday discussions for the spring semester; attend one, some, or all! In this session, we will check in to see how you are doing, answer your questions, and explore the Substantive Revision FWIL  Goal.

Free

Brightspace Assignments

Microsoft Teams

In this session we’ll focus on:

Creating and previewing Assignment (individual and group)
Settings and connecting Assignments to Grades
Editing and reordering Assignments
Evaluating student submissions (including annotations and rubrics)
Using the Submission Log for tracking student work

Free