Communication and Engagement Overview

This self-paced and interactive course will help you streamline and automate communication in your Brightspace courses. You will be introduced to key workflows and effective practices for developing communication, collaboration, and student engagement.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

  • Explore strategies for course-wide communication
  • Use communication tools and strategies to enhance collaboration and engagement
  • Support learner success in Brightspace using several tools and features

AUDIENCE

This course has been designed to benefit and appeal to both beginners and experienced Brightspace users.

Beginners: This course will guide you through the basics of using communication tools. This course will walk you through key workflows needed to set up course-wide communication, reach out to individual learners, and increase learner engagement. Once you have completed the course requirements, you will receive a completion certificate.

Experienced: This course will validate your knowledge of how to use Brightspace communication tools with a completion certificate. It will also provide experienced users with up-to-date information that reflects key changes to Brightspace Learning Environment.

DURATION

Expected effort: 7-10 hours

 

Communication and Engagement Agenda

MODULE 1: COURSE-WIDE COMMUNICATION

This module covers the workflows used throughout a course to communicate with all your learners at once. This module shares tips on how build engaging announcements, set up calendar events, and use both the FAQ and Glossary tools to support your learners.

MODULE 2: COLLABORATION AND ENGAGEMENT

This module includes workflows for using discussions and groups. You will also learn strategies to increase engagement using replace strings, release conditions, and awards.

MODULE 3: COMMUNICATING FOR LEARNER SUCCESS

This module includes workflows using intelligent agents and groups to help your learners stay on track. You will build intelligent agents with release conditions, and build groups that support a variety of learner needs. You will also learn about User Progress tool and how it can help you guide your learners to success.

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Communication and Engagement Online - On Demand $USD500.00