LMS Weekly Update: A few Reminders and a PD Survey for you

Posted on Friday, June 12th, 2020

Over 100 Articles in Our DLEKB!

We are proud to announce that our Digital Learning Environment Knowledge Base (DLEKB) has now OVER 100 articles on various Brightspace tools and activities. Please explore its content and offer us your feedback by sending an email to brightspace@algonquincollege.com.

PD Survey

There will be two Brightspace PD sessions next week – an open questions session about the online proctoring tool, Honorlock, and a session on Communication and Engagement. LTS would also like your input, through this survey, on the types of PD that you would like to see on offer later this semester, in the Fall and beyond.

Turnitin Mappings to be reset on August 21, 2020

Please take a moment today to schedule a reminder for yourself to export the content you wish to keep before August 21st, 2020. If you have any questions or need assistance, please email brightspace@algonquincollege.com, with the subject line “Turnitin Export”.

Instructions on How to Export/Import your QuickMarks and Rubrics:

More H5P sessions offered by LTS

H5p is a new tool, now integrated within Brightspace, that allows you to create interactive, graded or non-graded digital learning activites, to help students master content, or build interactive videos and other rich-media elements in your Brightspace course. Sign up here for PD sessions on H5P offered by LTS and go to their website for tutorials on how to use H5P.

Quiz Tip: Screen readers do NOT work with “Disable Right Click” option turned ON!

When you set up a quiz in a Brightspace course, please know that, if you turn on the Disable right click option from the Properties tab, it will prevent screen readers from working.

 


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