Event Archive

Learn how to create short, simple video presentations to include in your Brightspace courses and discuss the methods we have at our disposal to record and disseminate this type of content. Register here.

Revisit the decisions that you made when setting up your gradebook and discuss options for offering feedback to students - from audio feedback to using Intelligent Agents. Register here.

Join the Library’s Open Knowledge team for a collegial, semester-long writing group. Each week we’ll begin with loosely facilitated discussion and check-ins before silent co-writing time. Sign up here.

Our goal is to mobilize resources to improve student and faculty experiences to optimize mental health outcomes. For our next meeting, Student Affairs will join us to discuss current initiatives and resources while answering any faculty questions. Email Jamie Joseph for the Zoom link.

Join the Library’s Open Knowledge team for a collegial, semester-long writing group. Each week we’ll begin with loosely facilitated discussion and check-ins before silent co-writing time. Sign up here.

Learn how to create short, simple video presentations to include in your Brightspace courses and discuss the methods we have at our disposal to record and disseminate this type of content. Register here.

Join the Library’s Open Knowledge team for a collegial, semester-long writing group. Each week we’ll begin with loosely facilitated discussion and check-ins before silent co-writing time. Sign up here.

The Office of Sponsored Programs will review the impact of changes to the federal grantmaking landscape on our campus, and share tools and strategies for winning federal grants at a time of great change. Bring your questions! Register here.

Join the Library’s Open Knowledge team for a collegial, semester-long writing group. Each week we’ll begin with loosely facilitated discussion and check-ins before silent co-writing time. Sign up here.

An opportunity to share successes and challenges, brainstorm new approaches, and consider how to best use available technology to support your pedagogical goals. Register here.

Join your colleagues for a start-of-the-semester social hour after September’s department meetings. All BMCC faculty and staff are welcome to attend! RSVP.

This workshop will focus on the Ally tool and how you can use it to identify and make simple changes to improve the accessibility of your course. You’ll have the opportunity to think about what accessibility means in your Brightspace course, and leave with the tools to improve accessibility in your courses in the future. Register here.

We will discuss the goals for semester-long, high stakes group assignments, and how to structure them so the students learn what you want them to and also have a satisfactory group experience. Register here.

Padlet is a digital bulletin board that students and instructors can use to share words, images, and video. In this session, you’ll get a hands-on overview of Padlet and will see examples of how Padlet can be used in classes across disciplines. Register here.

This workshop provides faculty with advice on how to construct assignments, which are resistant to the use of AI large language models, such as ChatGPT. After reviewing key aspects of assignment design, we will conclude with a reflection on how other aspects of higher education might be reconceptualized given the prevalence of AI in the classroom. Register here.

In this workshop, we will consider how speaking and listening asynchronously can support connection and care in the classroom and will explore how Brightspace can support methods for incorporating low-stakes audio and video student engagement and activity in our courses. Register here

The Brightspace gradebook can look confusing when you first see it, but there are a few organizing principles that can greatly simplify working with it. In this workshop, we’ll go through the decisions you need to make when setting up your gradebook. Register here.

Wondering about different possibilities for organizing your course materials in Brightspace? Join us at this faculty-led session to get ideas from your colleagues and share your own ideas/questions. Register here

Learn about new Zoom features and deepen your knowledge of familiar features. Topics will include using PowerPoint presentations as virtual background, collaborative annotation with whiteboards, new chat features, options for viewing participant tiles, breakout room options, and more. Register here.

Learn about Hypothesis, a tool in Brightspace that enables students to collaboratively annotate text. We’ll discuss how instructors are using annotation-powered reading to empower student writing, helping students develop these foundational academic skills. Register here.