Best Practices for Designing Your bCourses Site (8/17)

August 17, 2021, 10:00am to 11:00am
Intended audience: 
Academic Support Staff, Faculty, Graduate Student Instructors
Part of series: 
Back-to-Campus Workshop Series

Using the DLS Core Template as a guide, this virtual workshop will provide an overview of site setup and navigation, adding and editing content, and quality assurance best practices using bCourses' built-in course construction and management tools including Pages, Modules, Discussions, Assignments, and Quizzes. The DLS Core Template offers a consistent organization founded in best practices in online pedagogy that ensures students can easily access materials and engage with the course without the need for instructors to learn any additional tools.

Join us to learn more about how you can leverage the DLS Core Template to jumpstart your bCourses site design and maximize student engagement online.

Location: 
Virtual Event (Register for bCal invite)

Host

Digital Learning Services (DLS)

Series description

Digital Learning Services (DLS) and the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) are hosting this workshop series that highlights how to transition back to campus while integrating the best aspects of remote instruction into your in-person courses or continuing to teach remotely. The series includes workshops on how to: 

  • Write an effective syllabus

  • Design your course with intention

  • Develop an organized bCourses site

  • Create engaging audio and video course materials

  • Use advanced features in Zoom

  • Integrate active learning into your class, and

  • Meet accessibility standards with Ally

Event type

Featured, Virtual Workshop, Workshop

Topics

Remote Instruction topic page, Tools topic page, bCourses topic page