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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Teaching & Learning with Brightspace
Personalize & Individualize Learning
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MSU values individualized instruction, which provides students with unique pacing and/or personalized courses of study. MSUs new learning management system, Brightspace includes tools to support faculty in personalizing learning experiences to meet individual student needs.
Brightspace Features for Providing Personalized and/or Individualized Learning
Engage Students in Learning
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Gamification is an instructional method focused on embedding game principles, such as creating levels, including points, and offering rewards to mark progress and achievement. The Brightspace platform can be used to build gamification elements into your course. Some ways to gamify the student learning experience within Brigthspace include:
- Releasing Announcements with Release Conditions
- Releasing Awards (Badges & Certificates) with Release Conditions
- Releasing different content pathways based on multiple choice question responses by using Release Conditions
Visit the Brightspace Community to learn: How to step up your engagement with gamification
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Access & Use Data
When data is collected, analyzed,prioritized,and synthesized, it becomes “actionable knowledge” for making decisions. - Mo-Edusail
The Brightspace LMS provides faculty with access to various types of student data. Statistics features are included for assignments, quizzes, surveys, and grades. Faculty can access information about individual student performance as well as how a class is progressing as a whole.
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