As an instructor, you can create and activate a course site for an upcoming term in NYU Brightspace using the Create Course Site tool.  

Whether you're using NYU Brightspace for the first or few times, there are always new tips to consider making your course site a welcoming and supportive learning environment for your students. In this fast-paced and interactive session, explore key course site components, focus on best practices, and acquire easy suggestions to maximize the use of your course site. 

Developing your NYU Brightspace course site can support student learning by facilitating student engagement, communication, and assessment in an online learning environment. This workshop examines different teaching styles and introduces strategies for customizing the virtual supplement to enhance learning in an array of modes of instruction. Discussion will include best practices for effective implementation of the LMS.

Your NYU Brightspace course site can be used to collect student work, assess student comprehension, track student progress and communicate grades. This hands-on training workshop will demonstrate how to develop a robust gradebook.

How can students demonstrate their knowledge, skills, and understanding of course content? Instructors have utilized various methods of assessment to evaluate student understanding throughout the course of the semester. There are various tools and strategies for creating and administering online assessments for each mode of instruction. This workshop will demonstrate how to use tools in the learning management system for assessing student comprehension as well as best practices for effective implementation.

Think, Pair, Share! Collaborative learning can help students construct knowledge, deepen understanding, foster higher-ordered thinking and develop communication skills. Web-enabled technologies provide instructors and students with platforms to easily connect, communicate, and collaborate with each other.  This workshop examines various tools and activities that instructors can implement to actively engage students in the learning process while assessing comprehension.

Explore how Poll Everywhere, a Student Response System (SRS) classroom technology, can bring live polling and interactive audience participation to create an active learning environment while assessing student learning and informing instruction. This interactive workshop examines various teaching strategies and methods to increase attendance, engagement, and learning. 

Ready. Set. Action! Creating instructional videos can be used for a variety of purposes in order to facilitate learning through the visualization of knowledge. This workshop explores effective practices for developing and implementing instructor-created videos to maximize student engagement while delivering content using NYU Stream, NYU’s media sharing platform. 

In this comprehensive and interactive workshop, we will explore key course site components, focus on essential instructional practices, and acquire strategies for customizing an online supplement for a face-to-face course or completely designing an online course within NYU Brightspace.