UMS Brightspace Virtual Symposium

5/14 & 5/15

The Educational Technology Advisory Committee is pleased to announce the University of Maine System Brightspace Virtual Symposium which will take place on Thursday May 14 and Friday May 15. This 2-day event is open to the entire UMS community and will provide faculty and teaching & learning staff the opportunity to connect and engage as the University moves continues with the effort to migrate instruction to the new Brightspace Learning Management System for Fall 2020. The event will provide both general and training sessions designed to guide faculty to prepare courses for delivery in the Brightspace LMS. The working agenda for the event is provided below along with a registration form (note: all sessions will be conducted via Zoom videoconferencing). We ask that faculty please RSVP for this event so that we may plan appropriate staffing for each session based on demand and interest.

Symposium Brightspace Course Site

Participants will be enrolled in the Virtual Symposium Brightspace course site. The Symposium is accessed online through the UMS Brightspace at courses.maine.edu and each session will be conducted via Zoom web conferencing. Participants may also self enroll now by logging into https://courses.maine.edu and enrolling in the Symposium course from the Discover menu at the top of the UMS home page.

Participants will receive an invitation to the course a day or two before the event.

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Opening remarks from UMS Chancellor Dannel Malloy

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Keynote Address from Desire2Learn CEO and Founder John Baker

"When Learning Saved The World:

How Life After the Covid-19 Pandemic will be Different"

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Your response by Friday May 8 is appreciated.

Tentative Agenda

Download Agenda (Coming Soon)

Thursday May 14

• 9:00-9:50 AM - Welcome/Keynote
  • Welcome; Overview of the Symposium
  • Opening Remarks from UMS Chancellor Dannel Malloy
  • Keynote Presentation - John Baker, CEO Desire2Learn - "When Learning Saved The World: How Life After the Covid-19 Pandemic will be Different"
• 10:00-10:50 AM - General Session 1
  • Implementation Project Update and 'How Brightspace Differs from Blackboard' - facilitated by BJ Kitchin (UMA) and John Brown (UMS:IT)
  • Zoom Link: https://maine.zoom.us/j/91856781998?pwd=SStDRDhaNVdrb3ZnbXoyc1VhaXVQdz09
• 11:00-11:50 AM - General Session 2
  • Stories From The Field: Using Brightspace from a UMS Faculty Perspective - with panelists Kevin Good (UMF), Wendy St. Pierre (UMA), Leo Saucier (UMPI) and Dana McDaniel (USM)
  • Zoom Link: https://maine.zoom.us/j/92719877400
• Lunch Break
• 1:00-1:50 PM - Concurrent Sessions 1
  • Session A: Brightspace Overview Pt 1 - presented by Randolph Streich, Desire2Learn
    • Managing My Account Settings; Navigation & Course Organization; Adding Course Content; Announcements
  • Session B: Importing My Course From Blackboard - presented by Justin Hafford (UMS:IT)
    • Process; Review; Clean-up; Tips 'n Tricks
  • Session C: Accessibility Features and Strategies in Brightspace - Presenter: Dr. Sambhavi “Sam” Chandrashekar, Accessibility Lead at D2L Corporation, is a Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC).
• 2:00-2:50 PM - General Session 3
  • Using Available 3rd Party Tools/Plugins in Brightspace - presented by Justin Hafford and Brian Pomelow (UMS:IT)
    • Tools include Zoom; Kaltura; Google; McGraw Hill Campus; Pearson; Cengage Learning, etc.
• 3:00-3:50 PM - Concurrent Sessions 2
  • Session A: Brightspace Overview Pt 2 - presented by Randolph Streich, Desire2Learn
    • Grading; Communication with Students; Managing Groups; Activating My Course
  • Session B: Advanced Brightspace Communications - presented by Heather Nunez-Olmstead (UMPI)
    • Managing Notifications; Conditional Release; Intelligent Agents; Replacement Strings
  • Session C: Advanced Brightspace Topics - presented by Karen Pelletreau, Lynn Pawlowski, Emmar Elz Hammond (UM)
    • Using the question library to build quizzes; Explore survey and self-assessments; Build and use rubrics for assignments

Friday May 15

• 9:00-10:20 AM - Concurrent Training Session A
  • Set up Your Brightspace Gradebook - facilitated by Marilyn Hudzina (UMA)
  • Using Brightspace Groups - facilitated by Mike Matis (USM)
  • Using Brightspace Discussions - facilitated by Damian Michaud (USM)
  • Lab session, Bring Your Questions - facilitated by Justin Hafford (UMS:IT)
  • Brightspace Essentials - facilitated by Andrei Strukov (UMA)
• 10:30-11:50 AM - Concurrent Training Session B
  • Grading in Brightspace - facilitated by Heather Nunez-Olmstead (UMPI)
  • Using Brightspace Groups - facilitated by Randolph Streich, Desire2Learn
  • Using Brightspace Discussions - facilitated by Damian Michaud (USM)
  • Lab session, Bring Your Questions - facilitated by Justin Hafford (UMS:IT)
  • Brightspace Essentials - facilitated by Jonathan Church (UMA)
• Lunch Break
• 1:00-2:20 PM - Concurrent Training Session C
  • Set up Your Brightspace Gradebook- facilitated by Marilyn Hudzina (UMA)
  • Using Brightspace Groups - facilitated by Mike Matis (USM)
  • Using Brightspace Discussions - facilitated by Randolph Streich, Desire2Learn
  • Lab session, Bring Your Questions- facilitated by Justin Hafford (UMS:IT)
  • Brightspace Essentials - facilitated by Andrei Strukov (UMA)
• 2:30-3:50 PM - Concurrent Training Session D
  • Grading in Brightspace - facilitated by Heather Nunez-Olmstead (UMPI)
  • Using Brightspace Groups - facilitated by Mike Matis (USM)
  • Using Brightspace Discussions - facilitated by Damian Michaud (USM)
  • Lab session, Bring Your Questions - facilitated by Justin Hafford (UMS:IT)
  • Brightspace Essentials - facilitated by Jonathan Church (UMA)