Every month, UVic's learning technologies release new features and updates. This post will give you a quick overview of what's new and exciting.Brightspace The latest Brightspace release includes the addition of LaTeX rendering in the HTML text editor, and updates to...
Microsoft Teams for Education is an online space designed for conversation and collaboration. In this space, instructors can organize and share class materials, create opportunities for engagement and collaboration, and have conversations with students. Common uses...
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...
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...
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...
Use Zoom or Microsoft Teams to host a live class, meeting, or discussion. Zoom is a videoconferencing tool that serves as a virtual classroom. It provides a range of tools for online lectures, class engagement, and collaboration. This includes guest lectures and panel...
Guide your students on what is expected in an online environment. For example: Conduct and express yourself in a way that is respectful to each other Use channels appropriately If you cannot complete your task in a timely manner, notify your teammates and your...
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....
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...
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...
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