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BRIGHTSPACE TRAINING AND SUPPORT

To make optimal use of the features and functionality newly available in the new LMS, instructors will be asked to rebuild their courses on D2L Brightspace. While this will be a significant undertaking for those with significant materials in their current Blackboard courses, a variety of coaching resources and support will be available to ease this transition.

  • (Virtual and In-Person)
    • To sign-up for workshops, click on the "Workshops" button on this page.
  • in Brightspace
    • Faculty Information Hub is a place for you to access documentation about the Brightspace LMS.Ìý The hub is built directly within Brightspace, designed to allow you to experience Brightspace as a student and learn about its toolsets and unique functionality. Included in the Hub are three pathways for faculty to quickly get up to speed.
  • Individual support provided by members of UNIT-Instructional Technologies
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    • Documentation and Resources provided by D2L-Brightspace - click on "Brightspace Community" button this page.
  • TikTok³ÉÈË°æ Institute for Teaching and Learning (VITAL)
    • VITAL is available for individual or departmental consultations to discuss the best pedagogical ways to use the LMS and the tools withinÌýÌýÌý

Brightspace Training Pathways

To help instructors understand which workshops and documentation they should attend and review, the workshops and documentation have been organized into three pathways - Foundational Use, Incremental Improvement and Innovative Transformation. Information about each pathway and its related workshops is below.

°Õ³ó±ðÌýFoundational Use Policy PathwayÌýis for faculty looking to get up to speed on the LMS to meet the foundational use requirements.

Related Workshops:Ìý

°Õ³ó±ðÌýIncremental Improvement PathwayÌýis for faculty who have courses built out in Blackboard and would like to adapt their current course layouts for Brightspace

Related Workshops:

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°Õ³ó±ðÌýInnovative Transformation PathwayÌýisÌýfor those faculty who seek to completely redesign their courses to take full advantage of all that the Brightspace platform has to offer.

Related Workshops:

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Pedagogical Support (VITAL)

Gabriele Bauer - Director, VITAL

Stefan A. Perun - Associate Director for Digital Learning PedagogyÌý Ìý

Hetal Thaker -ÌýAssistant Director for Instructional Technologies Integration

For more information on Vital's services please visitÌý

Instructional Technologies Support (UNIT)

Ankit Desai - Director, Learning Technologes

Jessica Diebold - Manager, Learning Technologies

Michelle Gillen - Instructional Designer

Catherine Kolongowski - IT Support Analyst

Richard Wack - Instructional Designer

Carolann Weidmayer - IT Support Analyst

Alvin Wong - Instructional Designer

Nathan Weyl - Senior Learning Management System Administrator

To recevie Instructional Technologies support or support with Brightspace please visit .

Brightspace Faculty Early Adopter Advisory Group

Christopher Brown - Assistant Teaching Professor, Physics

Javier Cabezas Zapata - Assistant Teaching Professor, Spanish

Steve Chanenson - Professor of Law, Law School

Alexis Coulter - Assistant Professor of the Practice, Professional Studies

Madeline DeWoody* - Assistant Professor of the Practice, Finance

Jason Grant - Assistant Professor, Computing Sciences

Angela Hanson* - Assistant Teaching Professor, Mathematics and Statistics

Luis Diego Granera - Assistant Teaching Professor, Economics

Jim Mendez* - Clinical Associate Professor, Nursing

Brian Satterfield - Teaching Professor, Augustine and Culture Seminar Prog

Kevin Waters - Associate Teaching Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Randy Weinstein* - Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning

* Teaching in Brightspace in Spring 2025

Tolentine Hall, Room 103
800 Lancaster Avenue
TikTok³ÉÈË°æ, PA 19085

Phone: 610.519.4520