LMS Weekly Update: PIE and Nav Bar Updates

Posted on Thursday, May 9th, 2019

Here’s a preview of our second fun, food-filled event for Brightspace Pro Tips Week. On May 30, we are taking a deep-dish dive into the Product Idea Exchange (PIE), a community forum where Brightspace users share and vote on their improvement ideas for Brightspace.

PIE Drive

Spring is here and PIEs be near. On May 30 from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, we are selling raffle tickets in C126 for a chance to win delicious pies! You can participate by purchasing tickets or showing off your baking skills – contribute your delicious creation to the PIE Drive. The event is free to attend, and all ticket proceeds will be donated to the Algonquin Food Cupboard.

Sign-up as a pie donor here by May 22. Please contact Justyne Jones @ Jonesj1@algonquincollege.com with your questions.

PIE Toss @ Boss ft. Farbod Karimi

From now until May 29, faculty who have submitted or submit an idea to the Product Idea Exchange will also be entered in our PIE Contest. One lucky winner will be chosen to throw a pie in the face of Farbod Karimi, Chair of the Learning and Teaching Services, after the PIE Drive! To enter the contest, click here.

We are using the PIE to drive change

Employees at Algonquin College are voting on PIE items to collectively change your Brightspace experience. Find out more on our website by clicking here.

We’ll be offering a session during Pro Tips Week on how to use the Product Idea Exchange. All attendees in this session will have an opportunity to enter the PIE Toss @ Boss Contest (after all, two PIEs are better than one). Registration opens next week. Stay tuned.

Improving Navigation for Users

Thanks to several user requests, there are some minor changes to the LMS this month. Grades is being moved from Progress and will standalone on the Course Nav Bar. The Help section is also being updated making it easier for Students and Faculty to find out where they can get help with using the LMS. These changes will be implemented before May 13, 2019.


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