Lucy Thacker - Quick Tips

Did you know you can create awards to be manually issued e.g. Student of the week / term?

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Did you know you can create awards to be manually issued e.g. Student of the week / term?

Lucy Thacker June 2, 2021

You can give your students awards manually and give them a written description as to why. This is great if creating awards like student of the week or term as it encourages students to increase their participation. The video...

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Did you know you can see how many students are accessing your module over a specific time period using Course Access?

Lucy Thacker May 19, 2021

Within the module overview widget there is a link to the course access data, this will give you a graphical representation of the days in which people access your Brightspace module. You can filtering the data to specific date...

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Have you tried using Intelligent Agents for automated emails based on an assignment score?

Lucy Thacker May 5, 2021

Intelligent agents can be used to send automated emails to students with general comments and additional resources based on an assignment score range, for example you could send different resources to students who got 40-49% compared to those that...

Did you know Brightspace ALLY can guide you through how to make accessible documents?

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Did you know Brightspace ALLY can guide you through how to make accessible documents?

Lucy Thacker April 28, 2021

All uploaded resources in Brightspace have an ALLY score, this represents how accessible the resource is. You should always aim for green and with ALLY you can learn how to fix inaccessible resources. Below is a short video demonstration...

Did you know you can send the same announcement to more than one channel at once.

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Did you know you can send the same announcement to more than one channel at once.

Lucy Thacker April 14, 2021

When sending an announcement from any channel you can also send it to any other channel in any other module team with your Teams environment. This could be great if you have to send the same announcement to all...

Have you tried restricting discussion forums to certain groups?

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Have you tried restricting discussion forums to certain groups?

Lucy Thacker April 14, 2021

Once you have created groups and discussions in Brightspace, you can restrict the discussions by group using a designated tab in discussions area. Now watch the short video demo below on how to set up the restrictions. Now that...

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Did you know you can see statistics for all students on how they engage with discussion boards?

Lucy Thacker April 7, 2021

Discussion boards can be used as an assessment tool in Brightspace and being able to view student engagement with the tool is a useful resource. Discussion boards can be used as an assessment tool in Brightspace and being able...

Have you tried the Meeting Whiteboard?

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Have you tried the Meeting Whiteboard?

Lucy Thacker March 31, 2021

The Microsoft whiteboard is built into all stand alone and channel meetings so can be used in all teaching sessions and well as in breakout rooms. The whiteboard lets students collaborate on a task and add ideas quickly to...

Did you know you can change the view in discussion forums?

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Did you know you can change the view in discussion forums?

Lucy Thacker March 31, 2021

As a tutor on a Brightspace module, you can quickly change the view of your discussion forum to make it easier for you. The video below will provide a quick demo on how to change the view. Watch the...

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Did you know you can add colleagues to priority access list for when you are on ‘Do not disturb’

Lucy Thacker March 17, 2021

Priority access means you can give specific colleagues priority so when your Teams status is Do not Disturb you will still receive notifications when they @mention or message you. The video below gives a quick demonstration on how to...