The instructions in the following document outline how to modify previously created assignments. This is necessary when importing a course offering from a previous semester into the current semester, updating placeholders created through ETD’s course template, or making changes during the semester. Typically, these modifications include the assignment’s title, the description, attaching documents, adjusting the score, and/or changing dates.
Editing Assignments [PDF]
The Survey Tool in Brightspace is an excellent choice for course introductions, student feedback on assessments, and overall course evaluation. This tool integrates with the Quiz Tool & Question Library and will use the same question styles, without marking an answer right or wrong.
Brightspace Survey Tool [PDF]
AirServer is software that allows you to display your iPad screen onto your desktop computer in real time. It essentially gives your desktop the functionality of an AppleTV, in that, you will be able to project your iPad screen onto your desktop screen as a resizable window. This window can then be shared in meetings, recorded with Panopto, etc.
OneDrive is a tool that allows users to store files in the cloud, share files, and sync files across mobile devices (iPad) and desktop computers (Windows and Mac). OneDrive allows you to store up to 1 Terabyte (1,000 Gigabytes) of files and is included in your Office 365 membership through Dalhousie.
Microsoft OneDrive File Sharing and storage for your iPad [PDF]
When you first receive your iPad and Pencil there is some set up required. The following document will guide you through the set up process for the iPad and Apple Pencil.
iPad Getting Started [PDF]
Collaborate Ultra is used mostly as a real-time video conferencing tool with a multitude of functions and settings, depending on the individual needs of a course. One such feature is the ability to record sessions.
The following document will outline the steps for viewing and downloading Collaborate recordings.
To alleviate any concerns from guest lecturers providing lecture content (videos, slides, etc.) who wish to restrict access to their content, sharing files through OneDrive is possible. This method will allow the students in the course to view a document linked in Brightspace but stored in OneDrive, with the caveat that students will have zero ability to download, edit, or interact with the document. These conditions can be revoked at any time by the content owner (in this case, the guest lecturer), or an automatic expiry date can be applied.
Collaborate Ultra is a real-time (synchronous) video conferencing tool with a multitude of functions and settings. It is very useful for hosting live tutorials, presentations, office hours and more in an online environment. It is recommended that instructors create scheduled sessions for these purposes.
Collaborate Ultra is a real-time video (synchronous) video conferencing tool with a multitude of functions and settings, depending on the individual needs of a course. It is commonly used by instructors for virtual office hours and lectures. To use it in your course, you must first enable the integration between Brightspace and Collaborate Ultra.
Brightspace homepages are a great way for instructors to communicate with students and keep online courses up to date. They can be used to display class announcements, reminders of upcoming due dates, instructor information, course policies and more.
