Author: <span>Liesel Knaack</span>

Team-Based Learning at NIC

by Jen Wrye, Teaching and Learning Faculty Developer Last spring, two groups of faculty at NIC participated in the Centre for Teaching and Learning Innovation’s inaugural Team-based Learning (TBL) Course Redesign Institute. The sessions focused on the principles of team-based learning, as well as student learning, engagement, and metacognitive skills …

Kaltura Virtual Classroom – New Instructor Video Resources!

As of January 2024, North Island College is now using Kaltura Virtual Classroom for all instructional activity (online courses, blended courses and virtual office hours). Every Brightspace course has its own persistent and automatic virtual environment. Instructors and students can create their own persistent rooms for non-Brightspace course use via …

BCcampus Open Textbook Collection

Creating a Better User Experience for the B.C. Open Collection Link to IMPROVED BC Open Collection: https://collection.bccampus.ca/ BCcampus has created a better user experience for their fantastic open collection of teaching and learning resources. From the article intro: If you’re an educator in B.C.’s post-secondary system, chances are you’ve heard …

Technology Integrations into Brightspace

“Technology Integrations into Brightspace” NIC’s Approval Process for Technology Integrations for Digital Learning Environments (Brightspace) There is a new decision-making process involved in approving a third-party technology integration (e.g., a textbook publisher, web tool, social media platform) for connection into NIC’s digital learning environment – Brightspace. Instructor requests for integrating/adding …

Setting Up Pronouns, Preferred and Traditional Names in Brightspace

North Island College has set up Brightspace to allow students and instructors to add in their pronouns, preferred names and traditional names so that we can respectfully communicate with each other in the digital world.  Pronouns Log in to Brightspace at https://mycourses.nic.bc.ca Click on your personal menu (where your name …