Brightspace​ Fundamentals Workshop #4A​ Assignments – Gradable Activities​

Workshop Description:

This workshop is designed for instructors new to Brightspace. The Brightspace environment is designed to handle a variety of instructor needs and assessment formats. Understanding the various formats and how they work will help your course run more smoothly for both yourself and your students. This workshop is suitable for instructors teaching in any modality: face-to-face, hybrid, or online. 
 
This is the fourth workshop in the fundamental series: Navigation & Interface; Communication Tools; Authoring/Publishing Content; and Gradebook. 
 
Prerequisite: Brightspace Navigation & Interface, equivalent training from SUNY or experience using the Brightspace LMS. 

Please have some course assignment content ready for this hands-on session: assignment information (.doc or .pdf), presentations (.ppt), or images (.png, .jpeg). 

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:

• Identify the purpose of the Assignment Dropbox assignment tool within Brightspace 

• List the steps necessary to enable students to resubmit work in an assignment dropbox 

• Select the different assignment dropbox settings and tools 

• Find resources on the Brightspace Community and within the SUNY DLE Brightspace Fundamentals Asynchronous Modules ​

• Earning SUNY DLE Brightspace Fundamentals Certificate ​

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.