At College of the North Atlantic, professional development is encouraged and teaching excellence is highly valued. That's why we are committed to providing training that is both timely and relevant. We're here for you when you need us most!
Training is conducted primarily through Microsoft Teams sessions. These sessions are designed to be interactive, to foster collaboration with peers, to provide opportunities to explore new ideas, and to encourage resource sharing. Training is typically scheduled on a weekly basis but can also be tailored to suit individual needs when necessary. Training can also be customized to suit the needs of a specific school, campus or program.
For training inquiries please email our Faculty Trainer at ctlitraining@cna.nl.ca. Faculty Trainer Lisa Skinner has bookings available for anyone who needs help with any of the tools in Brightspace or with Microsoft Teams.
Please look at the schedule below to choose which session you would like to register for and then click the link below to book the appropriate time.
Session Descriptions
- Virtual Drop in One-on-One – These half hour sessions will be offered for Faculty to book time with the Faculty Trainer for specific training needs or to look at ways to improve your courses.
- Office 365 – These sessions will look at various Apps and Tools within Office 365. Each session will focus on a different App/Tool.
- Brightspace Gradebook – This session will focus on the Brightspace Gradebook and teach instructors how to create a complete gradebook in their Brightspace course. It will focus on creating grade items with required weights and demonstrate how to link grade items to assessments within the course.
- Brightspace Content – This session will teach instructors how to create template content pages in their course. It will also demonstrate how to edit content pages, add videos and links.
- Brightspace – Dropbox and Rubrics – This session will teach instructors how to create Assignments in the Dropbox and then create a rubric to attach to help improve grading.
- Brightspace – Communication Tools – This session will look at some of the various communication tools within Brightspace that an instructor can use to ensure they are always in contact with their students.
- Brightspace – Quizzes and Respondus – This session will focus on creating a quiz, using the question library and then using Respondus Lockdown Browser and Monitor, it will also discuss using Respondus 4.0 for transferring exams into Brightspace.
- Brightspace – Virtual Classroom – This session will teach how to create a virtual classroom session and then focus on the tools that are available to use during the session.
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If you are interested in obtaining training, please consult with your Campus Administrator and School Dean in accordance with CNA's Continuing Learning Process.
- Continuous Learning Policy (HR-404)
- Continuous Learning Procedure (HR-404-PR)
Review and download further information and/or forms as necessary:
- Continuous Learning Handbook (PDF 47KB)
- Continuous Learning Plan Template (PDF 63KB)