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CET Brightspace Faculty Showcase
November 12, 2024 @ 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST
Faculty across USC will showcase how they have incorporated USC’s new learning management system, Brightspace, into their courses. Several 10-minute presentations will share how instructors use Brightspace’s tools to communicate with students, share course material, assess student knowledge, and track student performance.
Each 15-minute session features a different faculty presenter. Participants can join for selected presentations or attend the entire event.
10:00 am Pacific
Matthew Barrile
Sol Price School of Public Policy
Effective Course Design in Brightspace
How does Brightspace empower instructional designers and instructors to create a pedagogically-sound course template? This presentation will showcase the course template developed by the Price School Instructional Design team.
10:15 am Pacific
Guilan Siassi
Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences: French & Italian
Boosting engagement and streamlining learning with Brightspace’s multimedia tools
This presentation will share various multimedia tools and workflow management features on Brightspace to engage and empower students in the learning process.
10:30 am Pacific
Rita Barakat
Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences: Neurobiology
Integrating Google Suite with Brightspace and Course Design
A demonstration of integrating Google Suite to organize one’s course and engage students in the learning process by sharing resources and communicating effectively.
10:45 am Pacific
Jody Tolan
Marshall School of Business
Administering midterms in Brightspace
A discussion of lessons learned in administering Brightspace exams and identifying student readiness for Respondus.
11:00 am Pacific
Jennifer Bankard
Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences: Writing Program
Optimizing Open-ended Ancillary Assessments: Brightspace Quizzes vs. Assignments
This presentation will compare and assess the effectiveness of Brightspace quizzes versus assignments regarding open-ended homework questions or projects.
11:15 am Pacific
Julianna Kirschner
Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Streamlining Pedagogy and Task Distribution: Working with Groups and TAs in Brightspace
This presentation will discuss setting up Brightspace group assignments and discuss the managing evaluators tool for grading in classes with TAs.