Workshop Description:
This workshop is designed for instructors new to Brightspace. Deciding how you will assess and communicate performance is an important consideration for any course. Will you have final grades? How will grades be displayed to your learners? When- and how- will grades be released? These are questions an instructor needs to reflect on before they set up their grade book. This workshop is suitable for instructors teaching in any modality: face-to-face, hybrid, or online.
This is the fifth workshop in the fundamental series: Navigation & Interface; Communication Tools; Authoring/Publishing Content; and Gradable Activities: Assignments, Discussions and Quizzes.
Prerequisite: Brightspace Navigation & Interface and at least one of the Gradable Activities Workshops, equivalent training from SUNY or experience using the Brightspace LMS. You will need to have gradable activties already created (quizzes, assignments, discussions) in a Brightspace course in order to attend this workshop.
Please be sure you are able to login to your Brightspace account before attending this workshop. You can login using the Network Login option with your Buffalo State username and password. If you are experiencing login issues, please submit a ticket via the IT Portal.
Learning Objectives
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Match grade book areas to their specified purpose
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Identify the steps to attaching gradable activities to the gradebook
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Understand the logic of the different release grade options
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Identify the different ways to grade assessments in Brightspace
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Recognize how to grade assessments without knowing the identification of the student
Workshop Resources:
If you would like to request a Development Shell – please complete this form.
If you would like to request SUNY ITEC migration your course from Blackboard to Brightspace – please complete this form.
If you would like to migrate your course, you can follow the directions on how to export your Blackboard course and import into a Brightspace course or development shell.
If you need to make an appointment with our team, please use this bookings site.
If you have further questions about the Brightspace project, please submit a ticket to the Buffalo State IT Portal and if you have questions about the functionality of Brightspace, please contact SUNY Online.