Live Online Training Sessions

The Office of Online Learning is offering the following workshops this Spring. Except where noted, all workshops are led by Todd Taylor, Online Learning Manager. Register for all sessions here.

Adding Quizzes
Tuesday, February 27 from 10am - 11am
This workshop will provide a deep dive into quizzes. The workshop will demonstrate a quiz, including the different types of quiz questions. Instructors will be invited to reflect on the types of quiz questions that they might use in their course. The workshop will then demonstrate how to build out a bank of questions, including best practices such as a bank of recall questions and a bank of short answer questions, as well as a consideration around scoring each. The demonstration will then turn to associating the questions with a quiz.

Creating Rubrics
Thursday, February 29 from 3pm - 4pm
Thursday, March 1 from 3pm - 4pm
This workshop aims to raise awareness and build technical skills around the use of rubrics. The workshop will be broken down into three parts:

  1. Rubrics from a student perspective - Instructors will be shown an assignment that has a rubric embedded. In doing so, terminology will be introduced so that faculty will be familiar with criteria, grading language, as well as the use of positive language.
  2. Creating and inserting rubrics - Instructors will be provided with a demonstration on how to create a rubric. A rubric will be first created with all criteria equally weighted, then faculty will be shown how to add custom points.
  3. Grading with rubrics - Instructors will be briefly provided with a walkthrough of how to grade with rubrics. 

Accessibility in Brightspace
Tuesday, March 5 from 10am - 11am 
Thursday, March 14 from 3pm - 4pm 
Accessibility is about ensuring our courses on Brightspace are perceivable, operable, and understandable for learners across a range of platforms. From Fall to Spring, our overall accessibility score on Brightspace has risen from 68.9% to 71.6%. In this session, we will explore the Accessibility Report in Brightspace, which allows you to view the score for your course as well as opportunities for improvement. We will also explore common warnings and how to address them.

Using Screenpal to Record Video
Thursday, March 7 from 3pm - 4pm
Tuesday, March 26 from 10am - 11am
Screenpal is a video tool that allows you to record your head and/or your screen. It is a great tool for introduction videos and for instructors who like to record their presentations as a continuous stream of thought. In this session, we will explore accessing Screenpal, recording, and embedding your finished videos in Brightspace.

Using PowerPoint to Record Video
Tuesday, Mach 12 from 10am - 11am
Thursday, March 28 from 3pm - 4pm
PowerPoint offers the ability to record audio, talking head videos, and screencasts onto slides. Instructors can then export the entire presentation as a video. We will explore the use cases, advantages, and disadvantages to this approach.

Get Help

If you need assistance with Brightspace, call the SUNY Online Support Services Help Desk (open 7 days per week) at 1-844-673-6786 during the following hours:

Monday - Friday 7:00AM-12:00AM Midnight EST
Saturday 10:00AM-6:00PM EST
Sunday 10:00AM-9:00PM EST

If you are having trouble with your FIT Username and Password, call IT for FIT at (212) 217-4357.