BRIGHTSPACE TRAINING AND SUPPORT
To make optimal use of the features and functionality newly available in the new LMS, instructors will be asked to rebuild their courses on D2L Brightspace. While this will be a significant undertaking for those with significant materials in their current Blackboard courses, a variety of coaching resources and support will be available to ease this transition.
- (Virtual and In-Person)
- To sign-up for workshops, click on the "Workshops" button on this page.
- in Brightspace
- Faculty Information Hub is a place for you to access documentation about the Brightspace LMS.Ìý The hub is built directly within Brightspace, designed to allow you to experience Brightspace as a student and learn about its toolsets and unique functionality. Included in the Hub are three pathways for faculty to quickly get up to speed.
- Ìý- Individual support provided by members of Instructional Technologies via theÌý
- Documentation and Resources provided by D2L-Brightspace - click on "Brightspace Community" button this page.
- Villanova Institute for Teaching and Learning (VITAL)Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
- ·¡³æ±è±ô´Ç°ù±ðÌý, a self-paced guide designed to help you discover how Brightspace tools might support your teaching goals and enhance your students’ learning experience. Gain familiarity through pedagogical use cases, sample activities, and instructional practices.
- VITAL is available for individual or departmental consultations to discuss the best pedagogical ways to use the LMS and the tools withinÌýÌý
Brightspace Training Pathways
The following pathways have been designed to help ease your transition to the Brightspace LMS. We invite you to reflect on your current course(s) and how the students’ experience out-of-class interfaces with the in-class experience and select the approach to transitioning your course(s) to Brightspace that best supports your teaching goals.ÌýInformation about each pathway and its related workshops is below and additional information is located in theÌý.
Tolentine Hall, Room 103
800 Lancaster Avenue
Villanova, PA 19085
