Upcoming changes to Brightspace this Winter!
Starting December 23rd, based on instructor and student requests our Brightspace platform will have additional tools and 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 1/3/25. 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
Instructors can use the Advanced Assessments feature to help 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.
View Grade Schemes
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.
Course Overview widget
Instructors can gain real-time visibility of course activities, including the number of visits to the course, class engagement, course access & tools access. In order to see results, instructors must add the widget to their course homepage.
Interested in Learning More?
As we kick off 2025, our team will be developing KB articles, blogging and offering 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 & plagiarism detection. Detailed information as well as upcoming webinar information can be found on our Turnitin Service Page.
Congratulations Graduates!
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!
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.