Non-academic (project) sites can be configured with department-specific rosters, so that all students within Brightspace streamlines the creation of department-specific project sites that can be certain undergraduate student categories (year, concentration, etc.) are automatically enrolled. Sites like this are typically utilized as a space for undergraduate students to receive updates and view department-specific content beyond an email thread.
The enrollment of students into these sites is automatic, so any student associated with a department (in based on official Brock records) will be automatically added to the subsequent department site.
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If you are interested in requesting Contact edtech@brocku.ca to request a department site, please first see . Consult the list of existing department sites below to check if one has already been created to see whether or not something already exists for your department. |
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If you wish to be added/make changes to a department site, please reach out to the department site’s contact.
Department | Brightspace link | Contact |
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SPMA | Michael Fawkes | |
MLLC | Violetta Clitheroe | |
STAC | Erin Knight | |
CPCF | Pina McDonnell | |
GEOG/TOUR | Samantha Morris | |
SOCI/CRIM | Lindsay Shaw | |
HLSC | Mary Montgomery | |
VISA/STDA/VIED/HAVC | Max Holten-Anderson | |
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COSC/GAMP/COBU | Dan Portanova | |
DART | Cindy Rorke | |
NURS/NUSC/BMNM/NUSL | Jackie Bean | |
PSYC/PSYB | Kirsti Van Dorsser | |
ECON/BENH/BECC/BECF | Indra Hardeen | |
ADBA/ADEC/ARBE/BIED/BPED/BPJI/CCES/CLBE/CMED/CYED/DRED/EDUC/ELCE/ENED/FRED/GOED/HIED/IAJR/LCBE/MTED/PYED/SCBE/VIED | Ethna Bernat |
Making use of a Department Site
Below are some recommended tools and ideas for making the most of Department Site. Contact edtech@brocku.ca with any questions or concerns.
Announcements
Announcements are best used to communicate pertinent or time-sensitive information to all students in a department. While Announcements do generate emails notifications by default, Notification settings are user-based and students may have disabled disable them.
See our detailed article Announcements to learn more about how to use Announcements.
Content
The Content area can be used to post relevant department information for students. Events, opportunities, advisor contacts, and learning objectives are some examples of what can go in the Content area.
See the section on Content creation and management for full details.
Homepage
The course site Homepage options that emphasize Content and Announcements may be more appropriate than the default home page (which includes things like the Instructor Profile widget) for sites like these.
Release Conditions
Each Department Site will contain at least two sections. One features all students in the entire department, while the others are separated by year (first year students, for example, are thus in both sections).
Just about anything created in a site (including Content items, Announcements, and Surveys) can be restricted to any of the component sections by use of Release Conditions.
Release Conditions are customizable if/then statements, which will make available certain content only to students who meet the criteria. For example, an Announcement could be created and shared only with first year students: the criteria would be “if the student is in the year one section then [send announcement, reveal content item, etc.]”
Consult the article on Release Conditions to learn more.
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Due to varying enrollment processes, it is possible that some year one students will not end up in the year one specific section. Please keep this in mind when creating year one specific content/announcements. |
Muting Notifications
Staff and instructors may wish to be added to their department site, however, they may not want the emails and announcements that come with being a member of the site. Fortunately, Brightspace users can mute certain sites, meaning they will not receive email notifications from that particular site.
Select the profile icon in the top-right of Brightspace, then select Notifications.
Scroll to the bottom of the Notifications area to find Exclude Some Courses. Select Manage Course Exclusions to add sites to the list.