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What is MUSE? The Mid-Unit Student Evaluation (MUSE) is a survey designed to encourage students to reflect on their progress to date and feed back on their learning experience, including views on any summative or formative feedback received during their current unit. This information enables tutors to incorporate any necessary enhancements moving forward, therefore adding… Read more » about MUSE is on the way
This month saw the inaugural meeting of the Brightspace UKI LT Connect group. Thanks to D2L (suppliers of Brightspace) for organising this group which brings together Learning Technology teams from UK HE Institutions using Brightspace. In our first meeting we enjoyed presentations from some of the attendees around different aspects of their VLE activities and… Read more » about Brightspace UKI LT Connect meeting
The FLIEflix portal signposts you to a range of help and guidance offered by FLIE using a boxset format which brings together our online support under recognisable themes. It’s a resource you can return to time and time again and we’ve recently added some updates. Education Enhancement Workshop resources You’ll now find a summary of… Read more » about Updated resources on FLIEflix
The Groups tool in Brightspace allows you to create and manage groups of students within a unit. Groups can be used with release conditions to control the visibility of communications and content, and also to manage how students interact for collaborative activities and assessment. But did you know that group information can be bulk uploaded… Read more » about Creating Groups in Brightspace via bulk upload
A reminder that our LT online drop-in sessions are up and running again after the Christmas break. So if you need any help with getting your units ready for the new semester or just a quick refresher on something, you can join a Learning Technologist on Zoom at 11am on Mondays and Fridays. To access… Read more » about Online help for Semester 2
We have recently discovered a bug in Brightspace which meant that when you pasted text into the Text Editor from MS Word it would try to launch a dialog box that would then fail and cause the page to freeze. The dialog box, which gave you the option to Remove or Keep Formatting, has now… Read more » about Brightspace bug: Pasting text from MS Word
We are currently investigating an issue with large file submissions which is preventing students from submitting large files to Brightspace (files over 1.3 GB). A fix has been identified and D2L are actively working on resolving the issue. We’re hopeful this will be resolved shortly and will update you on any developments. How does this… Read more » about Brightspace issue with large file submissions
As everyone takes a well-earned break over Christmas, just a reminder of the resources available to support you as you plan for Semester 2. If you’re looking for ideas and inspiration, have a look at our Good Practice area. You’ll find good practice tips and examples on all areas of teaching and learning from FLIE and… Read more » about Happy holidays from FLIE
Our staff resources page on Brightspace has changed! The Schedule is now divided between Workshops and Drop-ins. The workshop tab has an orange button that will take you to our revamped Eventbrite page where you can see the upcoming events organised by FLIE. If you click on each event you will be taken to the… Read more » about Brightspace workshops and drop-ins area – new look
We will be running our Unit Preparation Basics session in January to support staff with planning and building their units for Semester 2. Maybe you didn’t teach in Semester 1, or maybe you just want a quick refresher on preparing your Brightspace unit for the new semester, simply sign up to one of the two… Read more » about Unit Preparation Basics – upcoming workshops
