Upcoming changes to Brightspace this Winter!

Upcoming changes coming to Brightspace this Winter based on instructor and student requests.   

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Happy Holidays!

As our semester comes to an end,  we hope that we made your semester a little bit brighter !  

Congratulations to recent graduates Jake & Joe, we will miss you!

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Starting December 24th,  our Brightspace will have additional tools/functionality
 New Course Materials    

 OpenStax is the world’s largest publisher of open education resources.  Instructors who are interested in OER resources are encouraged to contact the  library  

Sage Vantage will be available after 1/2/25.  In order to use this tool, Instructors must have a Sage account and students are required to purchase Sage textbooks.

 
New Features in Brightspace

Advanced Assessments help instructors manage courses with large class sizes and multiple evaluators, delegate and manage evaluator workflows, and reduce bias in marking. If you used Blackboard previously, it’s similar to delegated grading.  Read more

View Grade Schemes in real time! Instructors have the ability to view the grade scheme that is applied to learners in real time, based on the grade they enter during the evaluation process. You can also choose to Hide/Show Learner View of Grade directly from the evaluation experience. 

 

Interested in learning more? As we kickoff 2025, our team will be developing KB articles and Minibytes based on questions (& feedback) we receive from instructors & students

 


Turnitin is available in Brightspace 

In October, we renewed our contract with Turnitin. Our contract includes access to PeerMark, Feedback Studio & plagarisim detection.  Detailed information as well as upcoming webinar information can be found on our Turnitin Service Page


We are recruiting!

If you know of any students who would be an asset to our team, please share our  Student Leaders in Academic Technologies  Internship posting with them.  Applications are due by 1/10/25. 

 

For More Information Contact


Academic Technology Services