NEW Self-Paced Course: Brightspace Basics

AVAILABLE IN THE DISCOVER AREA OF BRIGHTSPACE

Make get­ting start­ed in Bright­space eas­i­er! The NIC Bright­space Basics asyn­chro­nous online course pro­vides a flex­i­ble pro­fes­sion­al learn­ing expe­ri­ence specif­i­cal­ly focused on mas­ter­ing the tech­ni­cal intri­ca­cies of online course devel­op­ment with­in Bright­space. It equips instruc­tors with prac­ti­cal insights and skills nec­es­sary to nav­i­gate the plat­form effec­tive­ly, stream­lin­ing the course-build­ing process and pri­or­i­tiz­ing qual­i­ty stu­dent learn­ing as the cen­tral focus.

Watch this 2:24 minute video to find out more!

WHAT IS THE COURSE CONTENT?

• PART I: Devel­op­ing Your Bright­space Course — Jump­start your Bright­space jour­ney as you learn to nav­i­gate key tools and fea­tures. Learn how to set up and acti­vate your course, tai­lor­ing it to your unique require­ments. Dis­cov­er the basics of adding and man­ag­ing course mate­ri­als, includ­ing var­i­ous assess­ment types, while fos­ter­ing effec­tive com­mu­ni­ca­tion with your stu­dents.
• PART II: Build­ing Assess­ments & Grad­ing Stu­dents - Ready to take your Bright­space grad­ing and assess­ment game to the next lev­el? In PART II of this course, you will learn how to set up and man­age your Bright­space grade­book effec­tive­ly and how to cre­ate, grade and pro­vide feed­back for a range of assess­ments such as quizzes, assign­ments and dis­cus­sions. You will explore the full spec­trum of Bright­space’s grad­ing tools, encom­pass­ing grade schemes, rubrics and anno­ta­tions.
• PART III: Using CRAP Prin­ci­ples to Design Engag­ing Cours­es – Keen to ele­vate your Bright­space con­tent cre­ation skills? In PART III of Bright­space Basics, you will learn how to apply CRAP design prin­ci­ples to max­i­mize learn­ing and acces­si­bil­i­ty. You will uncov­er how Con­trast, Rep­e­ti­tion, Align­ment and Prox­im­i­ty enhance orga­ni­za­tion, con­sis­ten­cy and clar­i­ty while explor­ing how the use of HTML tem­plates ensures uni­for­mi­ty and acces­si­bil­i­ty across your cours­es as you cre­ate pages and add text, images or embed­ded video.

This course focus­es on Bright­space skills for instruc­tors at all stages of their online course build­ing expe­ri­ence. By the end of the three parts, you will walk away with updat­ed knowl­edge on nav­i­gat­ing the Bright­space plat­form, build­ing and grad­ing online assess­ments effi­cient­ly and engag­ing learn­ers while max­i­miz­ing acces­si­bil­i­ty.

WHY SHOULD I ENROL?

• Build Dig­i­tal Lit­er­a­cy and Con­fi­dence: This course breaks down build­ing a course in Bright­space into man­age­able steps. It will help you build skills grad­u­al­ly, fos­ter­ing your sense of con­fi­dence and com­pe­tence in online course devel­op­ment.
• Increase Online Course Build­ing Effi­cien­cy: Learn­ing the basics of Bright­space will help you stream­line your course cre­ation and man­age­ment process, sav­ing you time and effort in prepar­ing and deliv­er­ing online cours­es.
• Address Acces­si­bil­i­ty and Inclu­siv­i­ty: By under­stand­ing the fea­tures and tools avail­able in Bright­space, you can ensure your online cours­es are acces­si­ble to all stu­dents, includ­ing those with dis­abil­i­ties and diverse learn­ing needs.
• Improve Stu­dent Engage­ment and Learn­ing Out­comes: Explor­ing ways to cre­ate engag­ing online learn­ing expe­ri­ences helps to pro­mote stu­dent inter­ac­tion, col­lab­o­ra­tion and achieve­ment of course learn­ing out­comes.

COURSE DETAILS & ENROLLMENT

• Asyn­chro­nous Online: You can find the Bright­space Basics course in the Dis­cov­er area of Bright­space.
• Enroll­ment Instruc­tions: Click on the Dis­cov­er tab on the blue navbar at the top of your Bright­space home page, click on the Bright­space Basics Course and click Enroll in Course.