Feedback from students is considered one of the most effective ways to enhance your teaching and students’ learning (Keutzer, 1993). We encourage you to consider attaining feedback from students early in the term, mid-term, and of course, students will complete the...
Learning and instruction in online courses can happen in many different formats or modes. Two major modes are synchronous (real-time, everyone together at the same time) and asynchronous (self-paced or flexible – activities do not necessarily take place at the same...
Brightspace will send email to your preferred email address. Unless you have specified otherwise, your UVic email address will likely be your preferred email address. Preferred email addresses can be changed through UVic My Page. UVic recommends that you use your...
Please note: use student emails and encourage students to sign into Zoom by using their UVic ID. If they sign in using their personal ID, they will not be put into a breakout group. Primarily, you can use FAST for finding students’ NetlinkID and emails. If you would...
On the Nav Bar, the Content option takes to the course table of contents, where all modules and items in a course are displayed in sequential order. One can access the entirety of the course from this page or click into each of the individual modules (or units) from...
To set up a video assignment, you will need to create an assignment under Course Tools > Assignments. Select New Assignment and give your video assignment a name. In the Properties tab under Submission, Completion and Categorization, set the submission type to Text...
Always check your syllabus and carefully note what assignments, quizzes, and activities are due in your course and when. If you are having difficulty locating an assignment in your course, contact your instructor. Depending on how your instructor has organized their...
Any learner can see their own progress within a course by clicking on “Class Progress” in the nav-bar. This will show how much content the learner has accessed, any discussions that have been participated in, the number of completed assignments and quizzes, their...
Learners’ answers are not saved and cannot be reviewedBrightspace self assessments allow learners to reflect and get "in the moment" low-stakes feedback on their knowledge, course progress, readiness for an upcoming test or assignment, etc. Note: Responses are not...
The Quizzes tool enables instructors to create and manage points-measured assessments, ranging from low-stakes quizzes to final exams. Quizzes results can be automatically or manually graded and be displayed in the Grades. There are multiple ways to control number of...
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