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Instructional Resources

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Instructional Resources

Looking for guidance on navigating Brightspace? Our Faculty Assistance Brightspace Course is designed to support instructors, provide comprehensive step-by-step instructions and best practices to use different tools in Brightspace.

Quality Matters

QM is a faculty-centered, peer-review process designed to certify the quality of online courses and online components.

Faculty Development - AI

This institute will explore the benefits and risks presented by generative AI, etc. with this powerful tool in mind.

Center For Teaching and Learning

The CTL offers support with teaching strategies, professional development, and resources.
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Discoverable Brightspace Sites

You can join the following Discoverable Brightspace Sites:

  • Faculty Brightspace Assistance site to access Brightspace Resources: Brightspace Faculty Assistance
  • Brightspace Basics Certificate site to learn more about the Brightspace tools and how to use them in your course. This site is designed to introduce new faculty to the Brightspace learning environment or to review basic functions for the experienced instructor. This training is appropriate for faculty of all teaching modalities: Brightspace Basics Certificate

Note: Single Sign-On (SSO) authentication is required to access these resources.

Teaching Technologies

Check out useful tools and resources to enhance faculty to manage their course and collaborate smoothly through the Brightspace.

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Workshops

Register for our workshops to discover more about Brightspace tools and how to use them. We offer both in-person and online sessions.

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Merge multiple sections to manage content better:

Faculty, if you're teaching multiple sections of the same class, merging your Brightspace courses allows you to manage content and updates in the parent course, with changes automatically reflected in linked (child) courses. Faculty will still have the flexibility to choose from different class lists.

For more information or to request this for your course sites, please email digital.education@marist.edu 

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Students are advised not to reply to the Brightspace announcement notification through email:

Please reach out to your instructor directly via outlook and also note that replying to announcements won’t distribute the information to the instructor, as they are sent from "noreply@brightspace.marist.edu," which is a system-generated email.

A minimalist graphic illustrates data transfer with two documents linked to a single document by a red arrow.
Merge multiple sections to manage content better:

Faculty, if you're teaching multiple sections of the same class, merging your Brightspace courses allows you to manage content and updates in the parent course, with changes automatically reflected in linked (child) courses. Faculty will still have the flexibility to choose from different class lists.

For more information or to request this for your course sites, please email digital.education@marist.edu 

The image shows an open envelope with a letter inside, featuring a red
Students are advised not to reply to the Brightspace announcement notification through email:

 

Please reach out to your instructor directly via outlook and also note that replying to announcements won’t distribute the information to the instructor, as they are sent from "noreply@brightspace.marist.edu," which is a system-generated email.

 Digital Education  Phone:  845-575-3572    Location:  Library 305

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Contact Us

If you have any questions or need further assistance with the tool, please don’t hesitate to contact us.