With research-enriched teaching, students actively engage in a research process, creative activity, or knowledge translation activity. This can all be done online, and can be done in collaboration with community. The following are some strategies to support RET in an...
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Group Projects
Start managing group projects in CourseSpaces or Brightspace (starting Fall) by organizing your students into groups. After you make groups, you can: Set up a Group Discussion in Brightspace to give students a place to connect and discuss their group work...
Guidance for transcriptions and captions for course media
Video transcripts and captions provide a way to create more universally accessible learning experiences. This article explains two types of transcription and caption services available at UVic: transcription services for academic accommodation, and automatic...
How do I take a poll in Teams to engage students?
Polls are often used as ways to get a visual representation of students’ engagement in Teams. To start a poll, navigate to the channel you would like to take a poll in, and open the chat box to start a new message. at the bottom of the text box, click the Forms icon....
How do I assign private channels to student groups in Teams?
To create a private channel, Click the ellipsis (...) beside your team name and click More options > Add channel. Select Private under the privacy settings. Then invite students to the channel. In a channel, students can collaborate on a file and engage in a...
How do I use Teams with Brightspace?
We recommend using Brightspace as your primary online hub for your course. Direct students to Teams from Brightspace by adding the team link to your Brightspace site. To get the team link, go to the team name, click the ellipses, and select Get link to team. Copy this...
How do I create and manage assignments in Teams?
You can use Teams to create and manage assignments, although capabilities will be limited. See Assignments & Grades for more information. Note: integration with Brightspace is not currently available. Contact your faculty consultant at ltsisupport@uvic.ca to...
How do I set up my class notebook in Teams?
Every class team comes with its own linked OneNote Class Notebook. Your Class Notebook is a digital notebook for the whole class to store text, images, handwritten notes, attachments, links, voice, video, and more. Your OneNote Class Notebook has these essential...
How do I share and organize class team files?
Teams allows you to share files in conversations and use the Files tab to keep track of them. Share files for collaboration: Any file you share in a channel or chat can be opened and edited by all the students in that channel or chat.The file you shared can be found...
How do I communicate with my class team?
Teams is a great way to communicate with your class. Here are a few main ways to do that: Make a class announcement (Announcement) Start a class-wide conversation (Post) See Microsoft Team Help for step by step instructions to help you communicate with your...
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