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Flip (formerly Flipgrid) has been a fantastic free instructor resource but will soon be rolled into the Microsoft Teams for Education suite of tools. In this post we will share a few details about the access restrictions and alternatives from our own suite of Meredith tools. Some important dates for the Flip phase out: Read […]
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There now new ways for students and instructors to track work and submissions in Brightspace! We’ve added 2 new widgets to homepages Work to Do widget for students The Work to Do widget shows upcoming, due, and overdue work. Students can see the work for a course on the course homepage OR work for all
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Anonymous grading can help provide better outcomes for learners, instructors, and the organization because: Test-takers can receive results faster so they know the areas in which they’re excelling and areas where they can improve. A lot of logistical needs can be automatically taken care of for instructors and markers, enabling them to spend more time working with learners. The process
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Organize your assignments into categories to make it easier for users to navigate to the appropriate assignment. For example, you can create separate categories for course units, summative projects, bonus assignments, and individual submissions. Your new category will appear on the Assignments page only if there are assignments associated with it. Watch the video below to learn
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Kaltura Video Hosting is a campus wide application which means students have the same access to desktop recording, editing, and hosting as faculty and staff. This software makes it even easier to assign video projects to students. But how can students easily share a Kaltura video with you? We’ll give you 3 options for collecting
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You might have a goal of what you want to do for students but how do you choose which tool to use? We’ve broken our supported tools up into groups by usage goal. In the chart below, you can see which tools will help in each of these areas. Scroll through the chart for each
What Tool do I Use? – Match a Tech Tool with Your Teaching Goal Read More »
Rubrics are like a magical tool in Brightspace. If you’ve set up a rubric, with just a few clicks you can grade an assignment with consistent, clear feedback for your students. Plus you can use the same rubrics year after year, course after course. Sounds good! Why rubrics? If you’ve never used a rubric before
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A problem we hear over and over is that instructors take the time to give individualized feedback and then the students can’t even find it! We’ll give you an overview about where students can view feedback for you to use a reference in guide your students. How students can view assignment feedback From assignments page
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With the Assignment tool, it is easy to create and manage assignments in Brightspace. No more assignments lost in email and you can annotate right on the assignment. Click a link below to jump to a specific section or browse through all the assignment changes. Below you’ll find a walkthrough video and screenshots of what
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