Centre for Fusion Learning Innovation and Excellence
Embedding excellence through fusion of education, research and professional practice
Did you know that Brightspace has 11 page templates that can help you to make your content look fantastic? Here is one example. There is a template that staff working on the unit can use to introduce themselves to their students. When you open the template, the page looks like this: All you have to… Read more » about Brightspace: Using the new page templates to make your content stand out
In the last week, we have run the first three drop-in sessions for staff. The idea is that staff can come along and work on their Brightspace unit and gain help, if needed, from the on-hand staff from IT Skills, LLS and CEL. We had 7 people at yesterday’s session and one person commented that… Read more » about Brightspace drop-in schedule for August
Now that the majority of staff have received their initial Brightspace training in readiness for the semester 1 rollout, we are still delivering face-to-face training for staff and now transitioning to a less structured and more personalised support model of drop-in sessions for academic staff. We have organised the first three sessions: Thursday 27 July. … Read more » about Brightspace drop-in sessions on 27th July, 1st and 2nd August – in person or online
Our next face-to-face sessions are on Thursday 27 July. If you would like to attend the A session in the morning or the B session in the afternoon, please email your request to v4l@bournemouth.ac.uk.
We are running a Session A Brightspace training course on Monday 17th July and there are many spaces available. If you would like to attend, please contact Giles at v4l@bournemouth.ac.uk. The session runs from 09:30 to 12:30 in S103.
The Brightspace training team from IT Skills, CEL and comprising all the Learning Technologists held a meeting yesterday to review the training that has been completed and also to look ahead to how best to support staff involved in the first phase of the rollout in the coming semester. This is the provision that we… Read more » about Supporting staff with the transition to Brightspace
We have been using a separate password to access Brightspace for the last 2 months. Yesterday, IT linked Brightspace with our authentication system with the result that you now access Brightspace using your username and password. When you go to the Brightspace home page, you will see a new screen where you enter your credentials. … Read more » about Brightspace login screen update
We have updated the video which explains and shows the process of transferring content from myBU to Brightspace. In this version we make it more clear that Turnitin boxes should not be exported as these will need to be set up within each unit. The revised video is available from the Brightspace page of the… Read more » about Brightspace: New video on transferring content from myBU
We are running session A and B next Tuesday and again on Friday. Session A is in the morning and B in the afternoon. If you need to complete your Brightspace training, please email v4l@bournemouth.ac.uk with your preferred date. Both sessions are in Studland House. On Tuesday we are in S117 and on Friday in… Read more » about Brightspace training next week on 4th and 7th July – places available
It’s not often that I get excited by training. However, the training provided by the Brightspace team has sparked all sorts of internal conversations. The training was beautifully designed: I had my own ‘sandbox’ to play in and live support from the team. This was a sophisticated lesson to an educationalist about learning by doing… Read more » about Excited about Brightspace
