{"id":11292,"date":"2017-10-27T15:38:48","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T20:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=11292"},"modified":"2017-11-10T11:39:47","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T17:39:47","slug":"brightspace-tip-6-keep-students-engaged-between-class-meetings-training-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-6-keep-students-engaged-between-class-meetings-training-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Brightspace Tip #6: Keep Students Engaged Between Class Meetings Training Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Keep_Calm_Lets_Recap.png\" title=\"keep calm\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Keep_Calm_Lets_Recap.png?resize=255%2C304\" alt=\"keep calm and let's recap\" height=\"304\" width=\"255\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/events\/?id=01593\">Keep Students Engaged Between Class Meetings<\/a>\u201d training focused on how faculty can communicate and collaborate with their students outside of the classroom in order to enhance the instructional environment. <\/p>\n<p><div align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/atcrump.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/09\/recap.jpg\" title=\"ICYMI\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/atcrump.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/09\/recap.jpg?resize=267%2C200\" alt=\"in case you missed it\" height=\"200\" width=\"267\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>In case you missed this week\u2019s training sessions or if you attended one of the training sessions and want to recap what was covered, you can review these resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Keep_Students_Engaged_Between_Class_Meetings.pdf\">Workshop Presentation Slides (pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Announcements Tool\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-sRyXi2bNp4\">Create an Announcement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1Y8RRfq8XSk\">Delete and Restore Announcements<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Contact Learners\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jyliSQFFfmM\">Use Classlist to Email\/Instant Message Learners<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/brightspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/2016\/12\/How-do-I-email-students.pdf\">Email Learners (pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8e_k8JN3pl0\">Instant Messages Tool<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Discussions Tool\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fEqSKm4dLKU\">Create a Forum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lOQdYOVPuCE\">Create a Topic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/JzEWF-adqdc\">Grade a Discussion Topic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DEA2XxT7oaU\">Assess From Within a Thread<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ANCCYLl0Bes\">Subscription Options<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Calendar Tool\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nrtlwOKyTSM\">Create a Calendar Event<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our Brightspace training continues through the end of the semester. <\/p>\n<p>Next week's training sessions will focus on collecting and grading student work using the Assignment Tool in Brightspace. Please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/events\/\">events page<\/a> for workshop details and to RSVP for upcoming Brightspace training sessions.<\/p>\n<h4>Want more information?<\/h4>\n<p>View all the <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?s=Brightspace+%2Brecap\">Brightspace training recaps<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/xulacat.wikispaces.com\/Brightspace+FAQs\">Brightspace Migration FAQs<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-2-sandbox-courses\/\">Request a sandbox course<\/a><br \/>\nSign-up for <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/events\/index.php?mode=index&status=all&tag=Brightspace\">Brightspace training sessions<\/a><br \/>\nYou can find <a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.brightspace.com\/EN\/-\/-\/-\/welcome_page.htm\">Brightspace help<\/a> at D2L's website.<br \/>\nJoin the <a href=\"https:\/\/community.brightspace.com\/\">Brightspace Community<\/a>.<br \/>\nTry these <a title=\"Brightspace How-to\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-documents\/\">Brightspace How-To documents<\/a>.<br \/>\nVisit our <a title=\"Brightspace FAQs\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-faq\/\">Brightspace FAQs<\/a> for additional Brightspace information<br \/>\nor <a title=\"Schedule 1-on-1\" href=\"http:\/\/jflorent.youcanbook.me\/\">schedule a one-on-one session<\/a>, <a title=\"Send email\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/mail\/?to=31\">email<\/a>, or <br \/>call Janice Florent: (504) 520-7418.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s \u201cKeep Students Engaged Between Class Meetings\u201d training focused on how faculty can communicate and collaborate with their students outside of the classroom in order to enhance the instructional environment. In case you missed this week\u2019s training sessions or if you attended one of the training sessions and want to recap what was covered, <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-6-keep-students-engaged-between-class-meetings-training-recap\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Brightspace Tip #6: Keep Students Engaged Between Class Meetings Training Recap\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[403],"tags":[402,408],"class_list":{"0":"post-11292","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-brightspace","7":"tag-brightspace","8":"tag-training","9":"h-entry","10":"hentry","11":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-2W8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11252,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-5-introduction-to-brightspace-training-recap\/","url_meta":{"origin":11292,"position":0},"title":"Brightspace Tip #5: Introduction to Brightspace Training Recap","author":"Janice Florent","date":"October 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"This week\u2019s \u201cGetting your Feet Wet: An Introduction to Brightspace\u201d training focused on providing faculty with an introduction to the Brightspace learning management system (LMS). 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