Live Online Training Sessions
The Office of Online Learning is offering the following workshops throughout the year. Except where noted, all workshops are led by Todd Taylor, Online Learning Manager.
Register for all sessions here.
Adding and structuring content
Wednesday, July 31 from 3pm - 4pm
Tuesday, August 13 from 11am - 12pm
The Adding and structuring content workshop will provide exercises on adding modules,
embedding existing videos and audio files, adding existing graded activities to modules,
and adding new pages. You will also be provided with exercises on moving content within
a move as well as how to change a module title. This workshop will outline how to
ensure content is released to students.
Adding graded activities (Assignments and Discussions)
Tuesday, August 6 from 11am - 12pm
Wednesday, August 14 from 3pm - 4pm
The Adding graded activities workshop will focus on building out basic assignments
and discussions in Brightspace. You will be provided with examples of an assignment
and discussion. The exercises will outline how to create a basic assignment and discussion
with an appropriate title, score, description, submission method, and visibility.
Setting up the Gradebook
Wednesday, August 7 from 3pm - 4pm
Tuesday, August 20 from 11am - 12pm
The Setting up the Gradebook workshop aims to provide you with a show-and-tell of
the gradebook from the perspective of the student. In doing so, the workshop will
aim to explain how the gradebook communicates to the student their performance. The
workshop will then provide exercises on how to set up the gradebook. First, the workshop
will outline the recommended settings for the gradebook. Then, the workshop will guide
participants through the process of creating high level categories. Finally, the workshop
will show how to associate assignments, discussions, and quizzes with those categories.
Creating Rubrics
Wednesday, August 21 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:
- 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.
- 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.
- Grading with rubrics - Instructors will be briefly provided with a walkthrough of how to grade with rubrics.
Adding Quizzes
Tuesday, August 27 from 11am - 12pm
Wednesday, August 28 from 3pm - 4pm
This workshop will provide a deep dive into quizzes. The workshop will demonstrate
a quiz, including the different types of quiz questions. You will be invited to reflect
on the types of quiz questions that they might use in their course. The workshop will
then provide exercises on 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. Exercises will then turn to associating the questions
with a quiz.
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.