Program Overview

Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University is located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2, with an additional Agricultural Campus in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada B2N 5E3.

Online Teaching

The university offers support for online teaching, including:

• Course Design
• Accessibility
• Blended Learning
• Tools & Technology
• Supports & Resources

Training for Instructional Technology

Instructional technologists from Academic Technology Services (ATS) offer training sessions on various technologies, including:

• Brightspace
• Collaborate Ultra
• Panopto
• Microsoft Teams
• Other Instructional Tools
• Lecture Capture

Training is available on the following topics:

Brightspace Basics

This workshop introduces attendees to the Brightspace Learning Environment, covering system navigation, course homepages, and the Content tool.

Brightspace Communications

This workshop covers the email, instant messages discussions, and chat tools, as well as the Intelligent Agents tool for sending personalized emails to students.

Brightspace Assignments

This workshop teaches users how to set up a submission folder, manage settings, grade submissions, and download/upload graded assignments.

Brightspace Quizzes

This workshop covers the Quizzes tool, including adding questions to the Question Library, setting up a randomized quiz, and advanced settings.

Brightspace Groups and Class Progress

This session introduces the groups tool, covering setting up randomized group sets, creating manual groups, and assigning students to them, as well as the class progress tool for monitoring student progress.

Brightspace Grades

This workshop covers the gradebook, including creating categories and grade items, assigning grades to students, and calculating final grades.

Panopto

Panopto is the university's lecture capture and audio/video recording, editing, and hosting software, allowing for simultaneous capture of audio, video, and applications.

Collaborate Ultra

Collaborate Ultra is a real-time video conferencing tool that lets users add files, share applications, create smaller breakout rooms, and use a virtual whiteboard to interact.

Advanced Tools

This workshop introduces advanced features and tools, including course builder, checklists, release conditions, and advanced widgets for the homepage.