CoLab Events Calendar

An introduction to creating accessible multimedia content to include in your Brightspace courses. Participants will learn how to generate accurate captions, transcripts, and visual descriptions; and select media players that support keyboard navigation and screen readers. Register here.

Stop by our faculty drop-in hours on Zoom to talk about course design, designing learning activities, and technologies such as Brightspace, Zoom, Padlet, Hypothesis, and VoiceThread.

Join the Library’s Open Knowledge team for a unique collective writing space for interested staff and faculty. The group combines collegial camaraderie with Wendy Laura Belcher’s Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks to get participants to done by the end of the summer. Each week we’ll begin with loosely facilitated discussion and check-ins before silent co-writing time. Visit our webpage for more information and the Zoom link.

Stop by our faculty drop-in hours on Zoom to talk about course design, designing learning activities, and technologies such as Brightspace, Zoom, Padlet, Hypothesis, and VoiceThread.

Stop by our faculty drop-in hours on Zoom to talk about course design, designing learning activities, and technologies such as Brightspace, Zoom, Padlet, Hypothesis, and VoiceThread.

Stop by our faculty drop-in hours on Zoom to talk about course design, designing learning activities, and technologies such as Brightspace, Zoom, Padlet, Hypothesis, and VoiceThread.

Join the Library’s Open Knowledge team for a unique collective writing space for interested staff and faculty. The group combines collegial camaraderie with Wendy Laura Belcher’s Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks to get participants to done by the end of the summer. Each week we’ll begin with loosely facilitated discussion and check-ins before silent co-writing time. Visit our webpage for more information and the Zoom link.

This workshop empowers BMCC faculty to create accessible PDFs that ensure all students can engage fully with course materials. Participants will learn practical techniques for identifying and fixing common accessibility issues using available MS Office tools (Word/Powerpoint/Excel) and Brightspace's Ally report. Register here.

Stop by our faculty drop-in hours on Zoom to talk about course design, designing learning activities, and technologies such as Brightspace, Zoom, Padlet, Hypothesis, and VoiceThread.

Stop by our faculty drop-in hours on Zoom to talk about course design, designing learning activities, and technologies such as Brightspace, Zoom, Padlet, Hypothesis, and VoiceThread.

Learn how you can use the Ally tool in Brightspace to review your course materials and make simple changes to improve course accessibility. We’ll look at a number of common scenarios in Ally and walk you through the steps needed to fix them. Register here.

Stop by our faculty drop-in hours on Zoom to talk about course design, designing learning activities, and technologies such as Brightspace, Zoom, Padlet, Hypothesis, and VoiceThread.

Join the Library’s Open Knowledge team for a unique collective writing space for interested staff and faculty. The group combines collegial camaraderie with Wendy Laura Belcher’s Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks to get participants to done by the end of the summer. Each week we’ll begin with loosely facilitated discussion and check-ins before silent co-writing time. Visit our webpage for more information and the Zoom link.

Digital accessibility in education ensures that all students can interact with, understand, and navigate course materials. Integrating a few basic practices can be a first step towards ensuring that all students can engage with course materials. In this workshop, we’ll introduce the foundational concepts and practices that you need to create accessible materials and introduce the Ally accessibility checker in Brightspace. Register here.

Stop by our faculty drop-in hours on Zoom to talk about course design, designing learning activities, and technologies such as Brightspace, Zoom, Padlet, Hypothesis, and VoiceThread.

Give your students easier, more affordable access to high‑quality academic materials by integrating library resources directly into your Brightspace course. Learn how to locate, link, and embed a wide range of library content, including e-books, articles, streaming media, and subject‑specific databases. Register here.

Stop by our faculty drop-in hours on Zoom to talk about course design, designing learning activities, and technologies such as Brightspace, Zoom, Padlet, Hypothesis, and VoiceThread.

Stop by our faculty drop-in hours on Zoom to talk about course design, designing learning activities, and technologies such as Brightspace, Zoom, Padlet, Hypothesis, and VoiceThread.

Join the Library’s Open Knowledge team for a unique collective writing space for interested staff and faculty. The group combines collegial camaraderie with Wendy Laura Belcher’s Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks to get participants to done by the end of the summer. Each week we’ll begin with loosely facilitated discussion and check-ins before silent co-writing time. Visit our webpage for more information and the Zoom link.

Stop by our faculty drop-in hours on Zoom to talk about course design, designing learning activities, and technologies such as Brightspace, Zoom, Padlet, Hypothesis, and VoiceThread.

Stop by our faculty drop-in hours on Zoom to talk about course design, designing learning activities, and technologies such as Brightspace, Zoom, Padlet, Hypothesis, and VoiceThread.

Stop by our faculty drop-in hours on Zoom to talk about course design, designing learning activities, and technologies such as Brightspace, Zoom, Padlet, Hypothesis, and VoiceThread.

Join the Library’s Open Knowledge team for a unique collective writing space for interested staff and faculty. The group combines collegial camaraderie with Wendy Laura Belcher’s Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks to get participants to done by the end of the summer. Each week we’ll begin with loosely facilitated discussion and check-ins before silent co-writing time. Visit our webpage for more information and the Zoom link.

Explore how clear course orientation, welcome materials, and transparent expectations reduce cognitive load and improve student readiness. Review recommendations for making course structure, modality, objectives, and contact information easy to find and understand. Part of our Course Design Workshop Series.

Stop by our faculty drop-in hours on Zoom to talk about course design, designing learning activities, and technologies such as Brightspace, Zoom, Padlet, Hypothesis, and VoiceThread.