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Welcome back to a new academic year! Students will have access to units for Semester 1/2/3 one week prior to the start of Semester 1, and for the majority of programmes that will be this week (w/c 11th September). Key changes Here is a summary of some of the key changes you’ll find on Brightspace… Read more » about Brightspace changes and support for AY 23/24
Over the years this has been a popular request in the Brightspace user community and now ‘pinning announcements to the top’ is finally available on the platform. So whether it is an important message that you want to prioritise permanently, or just have a prominent welcome message for the first few weeks, you can now… Read more » about Pin announcements ‘to top’ in Brightspace
Are you new to Mentimeter? Would you like some help getting started with your first presentation? Mentimeter is an online polling tool which can add an interactive element to your teaching sessions. Question types include Multiple Choice, Ranking, Scales, Word Cloud, Open Ended, and many more. Mentimeter are running an interactive webinar on Wednesday 6th… Read more » about Introducing Mentimeter to Increase Student Engagement – Wed 6th Sep
Brightspace units for 2023/24 became available to staff on 6th July. Students will have access to units for Semester 1/2/3 one week prior to the start of Semester 1, for the majority of programmes this will be 11th September. For the coming academic year we are moving to the Lessons (v1) content layout for all new units, to… Read more » about Brightspace Lessons content experience workshops
Improving student engagement and interaction on Brightspace – Meet H5P If you are looking to enhance the content of your Brightspace units, you might want to look at H5P (HTML5 Package). So, what is H5P? H5P is an open-source technology that can be embedded into Brightspace Units and is designed to work across different platforms, including… Read more » about Improving student engagement and interaction on Brightspace – Meet H5P
This summer FLIE were delighted to host our third Fusion Learning Conference and we’ve now pulled together all the conference resources from the past three years into one place. So you can check out the recordings of our keynote speakers, revisit their presentation slides, watch colleagues present their PechaKuchas, and browse all the poster submissions…. Read more » about Fusion Learning Conference – resources site
Have you thought about using Linkedin Learning for your own professional development? Adam Wright, Demonstrator in Electronics in the Faculty of Science and Technology shares his experience on how using LinkedIn Learning in his teaching practice has been a game-changer for him. Watch here as Adam describes how LIL content can enhance curriculum teaching and… Read more » about Using Linkedin Learning for your professional development
At the recent Fusion Learning Conference, FLIE got the chance to prototype our digital escape room. Our goal was to showcase the various tools and technologies available to staff at BU, inspiring them to create their own escape rooms or immersive learning scenarios. The aim was to demonstrate the capabilities of the tools while keeping… Read more » about Escape Room – Fusion Learning Conference
Brightspace units for 2023/24 became available to staff on 6th July. Students will have access to units for Semester 1/2/3 one week prior to the start of Semester 1, for the majority of programmes this will be 11th September. For the coming academic year we are moving to the Lessons (v1) content layout for all new units, to… Read more » about Building your units for AY 23/24
The new curricular units for 2023/24 will be available on Brightspace to staff from Thursday 6th July. Moving to a new content layout with ‘Lessons’ For the coming academic year we are moving to the Lessons (v1) content layout for all new units so this means that all 23/24 curricular units will have this content… Read more » about New units and Brightspace guidance
