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What?
What?
You can easily, and very quickly, add a checklist to any content unit in your Brightspace module. Checklists set out one or more lists of tasks that you would like your students to undertake within a certain timeframe. Your students can access these lists of tasks and tick them off as they complete them.
You can easily, and very quickly, add a checklist to any content unit in your Brightspace module. Checklists set out one or more lists of tasks that you would like your students to undertake within a certain timeframe. Your students can access these lists of tasks and tick them off as they complete them.
As an instructor, you can check the completion status of the checklist at any time to see which of your students have completed all items. Any checklists you create will also show as part of the ‘class progress’ data for each student.
As an instructor, you can check the completion status of the checklist at any time to see which of your students have completed all items. Any checklists you create will also show as part of the ‘class progress’ data for each student.
Why?
Why?
Checklists help your students manage their time, keep track of what they need to do, and monitor their own progress. This, in turn, can help reduce stress levels as they juggle many modules and assignments and prepare for exams, particularly as they are working more independently of you and their peers at the moment as we navigate the ‘new normal’.
Checklists help your students manage their time, keep track of what they need to do, and monitor their own progress. This, in turn, can help reduce stress levels as they juggle many modules and assignments and prepare for exams, particularly as they are working more independently of you and their peers at the moment as we navigate the ‘new normal’.
Checklist examples:
Checklist examples:
- Include a checklist, containing one or more individual lists as needed, at the top of every content unit, breaking down the different readings, activities and tasks etc. that your students have to undertake that week. They can tick off each item as they complete it and will be able to see very easily if they have forgotten to do something for that week.
- Do you intend setting a few continuous assessments for your students next semester? Are there many different parts to each of those CAs? Consider setting up a content unit dedicated to the CAs where you add a checklist for each CA that lists out the different elements, due dates and submission details etc. Each CA checklist can include more than one actual list if each element of the CA has a number of sub-parts. These detailed checklists will act as reminders for your students so that no aspect of any of the CAs is ever forgotten about.
- If your students have to submit different pieces of paperwork, and/or undertake certain tasks etc. before, for example, going on placement, or before meeting a guest speaker online, you might create a checklist that sets out this ‘to do’ list for them. This will help to ensure that no student forgets to do anything important.
How?
How?
To add a checklist to any content unit in Brightspace:
To add a checklist to any content unit in Brightspace:
- Click into the content unit, click the ‘Upload/Create’ button, and choose ‘New Checklist’
- Add a descriptive title
- Choose whether you want to keep the checklist hidden from students for the moment or not
- Include some instructions or information about the checklist in the ‘Instructions' box if you wish, and save
- Click on ‘Add a new list’ and click on the default list title ‘List 1’ to give your list your own title
- Click ‘Add a new task’ and click on the default task name to insert your own task title
- Continue adding tasks to build out the checklist
- Clicking ‘Add a new list’ will add a second list under the first, should you need it
- Under the ‘Activity Details’ tab at the bottom of the checklist, check the visibility of the checklist and set date and time restrictions if you wish
- Under the ‘Completion Summary’ tab at the bottom of the checklist, check who has, and who has not, completed all of the items on the checklist, and when they completed it
Today's festive joke
Today's festive joke
Why wouldn’t Ebenezer Scrooge eat at the Italian restaurant?
Why wouldn’t Ebenezer Scrooge eat at the Italian restaurant?
Because it cost a pretty penne!
Because it cost a pretty penne!
Why not tell us about your experience of the brightspace checklist tool, or share your favourite festive joke, in the comments box below.
Why not tell us about your experience of the brightspace checklist tool, or share your favourite festive joke, in the comments box below.
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