Teaching tools & methods (Online/digital) trainings

Welcome to the Teaching tools & methods (Online/digital) trainings page.

In these courses/activities, you will learn about our Learning Management System Brightspace and other online/digital teaching tools that can help you shape your online and blended education. Activities can cover technical aspects of how to use the tools as well as didactics of online and blended learning.

07. Teaching tools & methods (online/digital)

In these courses/activities, you will learn about our Learning Management System Brightspace and other online/digital teaching tools that can help you shape your online and blended education. Activities can cover technical aspects of how to use the tools as well as didactics of online and blended learning.

  • Brightspace Introduction Training
    To give all teachers and educational supporters a smooth start in Brightspace, all can follow the Brightspace Introduction Training. Main topics in this training are: navigation, organizing and adding content, setting up online activities, such as assignments and discussion fora, setting up groups and following student’s progress.
  • Brightspace Introduction Training (Self-study)
    If you want to get familiar with Brightspace, but do not want to sign-up for a live session, you can sign-up for this self-study version. You will get access to the Brightspace and go through the materials at your own pace while doing the exercises in your practice course. Main topics in this training are: navigation, organizing and adding content, setting up online activities, such as assignments and discussion fora, setting up groups and following student’s progress.
  • Brightspace Training: Working with the grade book
    In this training you will learn more about the functionality of the Gradebook in Brightspace.
  • Brightspace Training: Tools for Assessment & (peer) Feedback
    Brightspace offers us various tools to assess students’ performance and give feedback. In this training, we will explore various tools; assignments, quizzes, self-assessments, surveys, rubrics, discussions and FeedbackFruits.
  • Brightspace Training: Create & (re)use content
    In this training you will learn about creating and (re-)using content in Brightspace. In Brightspace all kinds of content can be presented to students: texts, videos, images and presentations. In the training, we will introduce, explore and demonstrate content tools and teach you how you can create your own (interactive) content.
  • Brightspace Training: How to Copy a Course (Self-study)
    In this self-study Brightspace training you will learn how to copy your course and to make your course up to date and ready for use for the new period.
  • Brightspace Training: Using Groups (Self-study)
    In this self-study Brightspace training you will learn more about the functionality of using groups in Brightspace.
  • Brightspace Training: Tips & Tricks (Self-study)
    In the self-study Brightspace Training “Tips & Tricks: inspiration and time savers”, you will learn about user’s best practices in course design and execution.
  • Brightspace Training: Using MS Teams and MS Meetings
    In this interactive session you will learn how to work with MS Teams as digital collaboration and web-conferencing tool in your course, alongside the course Brightspace page.
  • Brightspace Training: Using Virtual Classroom (on demand)
    Virtual Classroom is the tool Brightspace offers to organize online, live meetings with students enrolled in your Brightspace course.
  • Brightspace Training: How to use FeedbackFruits
    FeedbackFruits offers online educational tools to facilitate peer & teacher feedback, online discussion, active studying and interactive classrooms. The tools are integrated and can be used from within Brightspace. In the training “How to use FeedbackFruits”, we will explore usage of the various tools and you will practise with setting up a FeedbackFruits activity.
  • Producing your own knowledge clip (self study)
    Knowledge clips are short video clips (5 to 7 minutes) in which the teacher explains a theory or concept or shows a skill or procedure. The course is a self study course, in which you do get feedback from a trainer.
  • Teaching and Designing a Blended Course (self-study)
    Learn effective design and teaching methods that blend synchronous and a-synchronous learning activities in online or partially on-campus courses. This is a short self-paced course and teaching reference.