Faculty are welcome to self-enroll in these CTL courses:
Modules for Teaching Online and Learning Brightspace from the Student Perspective.
Events Calendar
Virtual Open Hours
Drop in and ask your Brightspace questions—no appointment or registration is necessary!
Brightspace Quizzes (Tests)
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
Brightspace Tools & Workflows for Grading & Feedback
This workshop provides an overview of strategies for grading student work and providing feedback. We’ll demonstrate tools to provide students feedback (inline grading, audio/video, rubrics), different grading workflows, including Quick Eval, and a snapshot of Brightspace's automated feedback tool - Intelligent Agents. We'll also show how students can find their grades and feedback. Please note, if […]
Virtual Open Hours
Drop in and ask your Brightspace questions—no appointment or registration is necessary!
Brightspace Tools & Workflows for Grading & Feedback
This workshop provides an overview of strategies for grading student work and providing feedback. We’ll demonstrate tools to provide students feedback (inline grading, audio/video, rubrics), different grading workflows, including Quick Eval, and a snapshot of Brightspace's automated feedback tool - Intelligent Agents. We'll also show how students can find their grades and feedback. Please note, if […]
Teaching Transferable Skills
Microsoft TeamsHow do students' community-engaged experiences relate to future, post-UVM opportunities and employment? Help students recognize the applied and integrative skills they are gaining through community-engaged learning. Learn how to foreground these transferable skills in your community-engaged course, and help students showcase their service learning experiences in resumes and professional settings.
Brightspace: Content and Course Organization
Microsoft TeamsIn 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
Teaching in Higher Education
Microsoft TeamsIn this workshop we will help you reflect on your teaching and share current research on teaching practices such as Kuh’s High Impact Practices and Universal Design for Learning.
Virtual Open Hours
Drop in and ask your Brightspace questions—no appointment or registration is necessary!
Responding to Student Writing: Let’s Chat!
Microsoft TeamsResponding to student writing can be both a challenging and rewarding part of teaching. In this open conversation, we’ll share perspectives, looking to understand the dynamics at work in our teaching practices. By talking with peers, we’ll identify strengths to build on and approaches that can reduce stress.
Virtual Open Hours
Drop in and ask your Brightspace questions—no appointment or registration is necessary!
Virtual Open Hours
Drop in and ask your Brightspace questions—no appointment or registration is necessary!
Brightspace Grading: Setting up the Grade Center
This workshop covers how to set up and manage the Grade Book in your Brightspace course. We will demonstrate the best ways to organize the Grade Book and the best ways to enter grades. Some instructors may find it beneficial to create their Grades area anew rather than editing what has been migrated from Blackboard, and this session will help you decide which option is best for your course.
Brightspace: Content and Course Organization
Microsoft TeamsIn 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
Developing a Community-Engaged Course for Spring
Microsoft TeamsFor faculty who are thinking about incorporating a community-facing component to their spring courses – or who have been adding community engagement but not designated their course as service-learning. Bring questions + ideas for this interactive workshop; leave with greater clarity about your next steps.
Responding to Student Writing: Let’s Chat!
Microsoft TeamsResponding to student writing can be both a challenging and rewarding part of teaching. In this open conversation, we’ll share perspectives, looking to understand the dynamics at work in our teaching practices. By talking with peers, we’ll identify strengths to build on and approaches that can reduce stress.
Brightspace Tools & Workflows for Grading & Feedback
Microsoft TeamsThis workshop provides an overview of strategies for grading student work and providing feedback. We’ll demonstrate tools to provide students feedback (inline grading, audio/video, rubrics), different grading workflows, including Quick Eval, and a snapshot of Brightspace's automated feedback tool - Intelligent Agents. We'll also show how students can find their grades and feedback. Please note, if you are interested in learning how to set up your Grade Book, please register for "Brightspace Grades."
Virtual Open Hours
Drop in and ask your Brightspace questions—no appointment or registration is necessary!
Supporting Neurodiverse Students: “When Professors Are Helpful, It Really Helps” (Hybrid)
303 Howe, CTL ClassroomAutism Goes to College is a podcast series 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 in a research and methods class. 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.
Inclusive Teaching Book Group
RemoteJoin us for a discussion of the book Inclusive Teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom (Sathy and Hogan, 2022). This book group builds on Sathy and Hogan's visit to UVM earlier this fall and provides an opportunity to dig deeper into the book's practical strategies for welcoming all students, fostering a sense of belonging, and enhancing peer and student-teaching relationships. Sathy and Hogan's framework emphasizes how structuring instruction and transparent communication with students builds equity and inclusion. In addition, address how documenting your experiences can support your growth as reflective instructor.