Brightspace is working to build a consistent creation experience throughout the platform and the newest update is with Quiz Creation. This is just like the changes to Assignments, so if you have been using the Assignment tool it will look familiar. The new Quiz Creation Experience is currently set to opt-in. That means you can …
Multiple choice questions are fantastic for the ease of autograding in Brightspace. But did you know you can create a answer set to autograde as well? It is a little more work up front but it opens up the door to more robust questions without manual grading. We can do this using regular expressions. These …
The continuing rise in the cost of a college degree isn’t new news. Open Educational Resources are one of the tools that can be used to help students and their families. “Open Educational Resources (OER) are any type of educational materials that are in the public domain or introduced with an open license. The nature …
The pandemic brought with it major shifts in education and an abundance of opportunities to try new strategies and practices. During Planning Week 2021 several faculty members presented some of their pandemic success and how these best practices can continue to be utilized as we adjust to a new normal. Associate Professor of Spanish Débora …
Life happens and a student suddenly needs more time on a quiz or paper. No problem! With Brightspace you can add Special Access to any Quiz or Assignment. Special Access allows you to add exceptions for specified students for Assignments and Quizzes. You can change State Date, Due Date, and End Date allow more time …
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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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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Chegg and services like it continue to cause concern for higher education instructors. While these sites and other tools to help students cheat probably aren’t ever going away, there are several tools and strategies that faculty can use to protect the integrity of their courses. Obviously you can’t use all of these all the time. …
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