The D2L Moose has arrived on campus just in time for Fall 2025.
The Instructional Design team and a cohort of dedicated and intrepid faculty have been busy this summer preparing for the 25 course pilot of Brightspace. We're excited to have both law and undergraduate students to be logging into their new online learning environment this Fall.
We’ve checked in with our Extension campus ID team and instructors about their Brightspace experiences, and here’s what they’re loving:
Assignment Grading Tool: The assignment grading tool now has inline capabilities— no need for cumbersome offline grading and reuploading! You can now interact with the student's submissions with inline comments, sticky notes, drawings, and even video comments.
Quick Eval: This tool allows instructors to access all ungraded work in one place, for easy grading.
Members of the Bristol ID team, the EXT ID Team, the D2L team and Darryl Ford - Chief Information Officer.
Stephanie Hijazi, Instructional Designer, gave a presentation on Brightspace at the Fall Faculty Conference, alongside several members of the wonderful D2L implementation team. While the main demonstration was given by ID and D2L, the Fall Pilot Faculty also shared out their course building strategies and discoveries. We are especially appreciative of the following faculty members for presenting:
Joseph Roberts, PhD - Political Science
Redesign from the Ground Up
Adria Updike, PhD - Physics
Advanced Options: Learning Outcomes
Paul Webb, PhD - Marine and Natural Sciences/ Biology
From Static to Interactive
Andries Du Plessis - Lecturer for Business Management
Comparison, Efficiency & Previous Experience