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ReadSpeaker is a text-to-speech tool to help facilitate reading and comprehension. For student use, it is integrated directly into Brightspace with a tool for use outside Brightspace. Faculty and staff will all have access for use outside of Brightspace as well. Why get excited about ReadSpeaker? ReadSpeaker is a user-side tool which puts accessibility right […]
Introduction to ReadSpeaker Text-to-Speech Tool Read More »
In this second post of the series, I discuss how you can clean up your Brightspace course.
Cleaning Up Content & Gradebook in Brightspace – New Semester, New Course #2 Read More »
Here we are again – a new semester! As you begin to prepare for your next semester, you should consider taking a good look at your courses and brushing them up with a little redesign. Why look at courses for redesign? First, a course redesign can help mitigate problems from a course copy, saving time
New Semester, New Course: A Series on Course Redesign Read More »
Brightspace gradebook is the big trouble spot for most instructors. In this video Charlie will take you through the Setup Wizard and some of the ins and outs of what to consider when setting up your gradebook.
Brightspace Gradebook Setup Training Read More »
One of the best parts of an online course is that once you build it, you can use the same course year after year without starting from scratch. But to do this, you need to move your materials from the old semester course to your new one. Here’s the steps of importing your materials into
Quickly importing materials into your course with course copy Read More »
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
Brightspace Rubrics Basics Read More »
You’ve successfully set up and administered a quiz through Brightspace. But now what kind of information can you see about student quizzes? I’ll walk you through the steps of viewing student quiz submissions. This is especially helpful if you have allowed multiple quiz attempt or are using the new feature that allows students to retake
View Quiz Submissions and Event Log in Brightspace Read More »
The Brightspace Quiz tool is built with really granular controls for test times, student accommodation, and special access. But that means for a student with a standing accommodation, you have to add that information to every quiz you make. Luckily the February 2021 Brightspace update has made accommodations easier for us! Now from the Classlist,
Set Up Brightspace Accommodations by Student for All Quizzes Read More »
