Basic training courses Brightspace
Basic training is provided from the faculties to introduce you as a teacher to Brightspace. Subjects covered include the structure of a course environment, setting up a course, creating and assessing assignments and an overview of the activities possible within Brightspace.
For each faculty, you will find specific information on these basic training courses below.
Dates will be added regularly. For all training sessions: bring your laptop, as you will be working in Brightspace yourself during the training.
Teacher meetings per department
At the following times, the information meetings per department will take place, during this meeting you will be introduced to the basic principles of Brightspace.
Contact person: Els van der Vlist.
Date – teacher meetings | Time | Department | Location | Language |
Thursday Feb 20 | 12:30 | Biology | Kruyt Zuid 409 | English, unless everyone is Dutch |
Monday March 3 | t.b.d. | Mathematics | t.b.d. | English, unless everyone is Dutch |
Monday March 10 | 13:00 | Physics | BBG 7.12 | English, unless everyone is Dutch |
Tuesday March 13 | 10:30 | ICS | t.b.d. | English, unless everyone is Dutch |
Tuesday 8 April | 16:00 | Freudenthal | BBG room t.b.d. | English, unless everyone is Dutch |
Monday May 12 (in Dutch) | 12:15 | Pharmaceutical Sciences | online | Dutch |
Friday May 16 | 12:00 | Chemistry | t.b.d. | English, unless everyone is Dutch |
Tuesday June 3 (in English) | 12:15 | Pharmaceutical Sciences | Online | English |
Basic button course and walk in hours
Next to our instructions during teacher meetings we have scheduled additional meetings: the basic button courses introduce you to Brightspace by showing how to structure your course, how to add materials, and what activities you could use within Brightspace.
Directly after the basic button courses we have scheduled ‘walk in hours’. You can stay and start migrating or building your course with support presents or only visit only this walk-in hour if you have questions.
Register here for one of the sessions.
Date – basic button course | Time | Location | Language |
Friday March 28 | 10:00-11:00 + optional walk-in 11:00-12:00 | HFG 001b / hybrid | English, unless everyone is Dutch |
Monday April 14 | 15:00-16:00 + optional walk-in 15:00-16:00 | HFG 001b / hybrid | English, unless everyone is Dutch |
Thursday May 8 | 12:00-13:00 + optional walk-in 13:00-14:00 | HFG 001b / hybrid | English, unless everyone is Dutch |
Wednesday May 21 | 13:00-14:00 + optional walk-in 14:00-15:00 | HFG 001b / hybrid | English, unless everyone is Dutch |
Tuesday June 10 | 12:00-13:00 + optional walk-in 13:00-14:00 | HFG 001b / hybrid | English, unless everyone is Dutch |
Monday June 30 | 10:00-11:00 + optional walk-in 11:00-12:00 | HFG 001b / hybrid | English, unless everyone is Dutch |
The basic training sessions take place on the following moments.
Contact person: Hans Spijker.
Date | Time | Location | Language |
Wednesday 12 March | 13:30 – 14:30 | Androcolusgebouw C.020 Yalelaan 1 | Dutch, unless English speaking teachers are present |
Monday 24 March | 13:30 – 14:30 | online | Dutch, unless English speaking teachers are present |
Thursday 27 March | 13:30 – 14:30 | Androcolusgebouw C.020 Yalelaan 1 | Dutch, unless English speaking teachers are present |
The basic training courses will start in March 2025 and will be conducted in collaboration with REBO. The standard language of the training is English. If all participants are Dutch speaking, it will be switched to Dutch.
Contact information: elo.gw@uu.nl
Date | Time | Location |
Tuesday 4-3-2025 | 13:15-14:45 | Janskerkhof 2-3 - 217 |
Wednesday 12-3-2025 | 09:00-10:45 | Drift 25 - 101 |
Thursday 13-3-2025 | 13:15-14:45 | Spinoza 207 |
Tuesday 18-3-2025 | 13:15-14:45 | Janskerkhof 2-3 - 118 |
Thursday 27-3-2025 | 13:15-14:45 | Bijlhouwerstraat 6-8 - 1.34 |
Tuesday 1-4-2025 | 13:15-14:45 | Janskerkhof 2-3 - 117 |
Tuesday 15-4-2025 | 13:15-14:45 | Janskerkhof 2-3 - 109 |
Thursday 17-4-2025 | 11:00-12:45 | Drift 25 - 101 |
Tuesday 29-4-2025 | 13:15-14:45 | Janskerkhof 2-3 - 111 |
Tuesday 13-5-2025 | 13:15-14:45 | Janskerkhof 2-3 - 111 |
Wednesday 21-5-2025 | 09:00-10:45 | Drift 25 - 301 |
Tuesday 27-5-2025 | 13:15-14:45 | Drift 25 - 001 |
Tuesday 10-6-2025 | 13:15-14:45 | Janskerkhof 2-3 - 111 |
Tuesday 24-6-2025 | 13:15-14:45 | Janskerkhof 2-3 - 109 |
Thursday 26-6-2025 | 11:00-12:45 | Drift 25 - 302 |
On Brightspace - Technologie en Leren, an overview of training times and corresponding registration links can be found.
Contact person: Esther Christenhuis
The basic training sessions take place on the following moments.
Contact information: brightspace.geo@uu.nl
Contact person: Guus Dikker
Date | Time | Location | Language |
Tuesday 1 april | 14:00-15:30 | MIN - 0.13 | NL/EN |
Tuesday 3 april | 13:00-14:30 | VMA - 1.13 | NL/EN |
Tuesday 8 april | 14:00-15:30 | VMA - 1.15 | NL/EN |
Tuesday 10 april | 14:00-15:30 | VMA - 1.13 | NL/EN |
The basic training courses will start in March 2025 and will be conducted in collaboration with GW. The standard language of the training is English. If all participants are Dutch speaking, it will be switched to Dutch.
Contact information: elo.rebo@uu.nl.
Date | Time | Location |
Tuesday 4-3-2025 | 13:15-14:45 | Janskerkhof 2-3 - 217 |
Wednesday 12-3-2025 | 09:00-10:45 | Drift 25 - 101 |
Thursday 13-3-2025 | 13:15-14:45 | Spinoza 207 |
Tuesday 18-3-2025 | 13:15-14:45 | Janskerkhof 2-3 - 118 |
Thursday 27-3-2025 | 13:15-14:45 | Bijlhouwerstraat 6-8 - 1.34 |
Tuesday 1-4-2025 | 13:15-14:45 | Janskerkhof 2-3 - 117 |
Tuesday 15-4-2025 | 13:15-14:45 | Janskerkhof 2-3 - 109 |
Thursday 17-4-2025 | 11:00-12:45 | Drift 25 - 101 |
Tuesday 29-4-2025 | 13:15-14:45 | Janskerkhof 2-3 - 111 |
Tuesday 13-5-2025 | 13:15-14:45 | Janskerkhof 2-3 - 111 |
Wednesday 21-5-2025 | 09:00-10:45 | Drift 25 - 301 |
Tuesday 27-5-2025 | 13:15-14:45 | Drift 25 - 001 |
Tuesday 10-6-2025 | 13:15-14:45 | Janskerkhof 2-3 - 111 |
Tuesday 24-6-2025 | 13:15-14:45 | Janskerkhof 2-3 - 109 |
Thursday 26-6-2025 | 11:00-12:45 | Drift 25 - 302 |
From 5 February, online basic training courses via Teams will be offered every other week on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Location: online via Teams, see Teams link in the overview below. Registration is possible via brightspace.fsw@uu.nl, but is not necessary.
Contact person: Chris Phielix
Date | Time | Teams link | Language |
Wednesday 5 February | 14:00 – 15:00 | Dutch, unless English speaking participants are present | |
Friday 7 February | 10:30 - 11:30 | Dutch, unless English speaking participants are present | |
Wednesday 19 February | 14:00 – 15:00 | Dutch, unless English speaking participants are present | |
Friday 21 February | 10:30 – 11:30 | Dutch, unless English speaking participants are present | |
Wednesday 5 March | 14:00 – 15:00 | Dutch, unless English speaking participants are present | |
Friday 7 March | 10:30 – 11:30 | Dutch, unless English speaking participants are present | |
Wednesday March | 14:00 – 15:00 | Dutch, unless English speaking participants are present | |
Friday 21 March | 10:30 – 11:30 | Dutch, unless English speaking participants are present | |
Wednesday 2 April | 14:00 – 15:00 | Dutch, unless English speaking participants are present | |
Friday 4 April | 10:30 – 11:30 | Dutch, unless English speaking participants are present | |
Wednesday 16 April | 14:00 – 15:00 | Dutch, unless English speaking participants are present | |
Friday 18 April | 10:30 – 11:30 | Dutch, unless English speaking participants are present | |
Wednesday 30 April | 14:00 – 15:00 | Dutch, unless English speaking participants are present | |
Friday 2 May | 10:30 – 11:30 | Dutch, unless English speaking participants are present | |
Wednesday 14 May | 14:00 – 15:00 | Dutch, unless English speaking participants are present | |
Friday 16 May | 10:30 – 11:30 | Dutch, unless English speaking participants are present | |
Wednesday 28 May | 14:00 – 15:00 | Dutch, unless English speaking participants are present | |
Friday 30 May | 10:30 – 11:30 | Dutch, unless English speaking participants are present | |
Wednesday 11 June | 14:00 – 15:00 | Dutch, unless English speaking participants are present | |
Friday 13 June | 10:30 – 11:30 | Dutch, unless English speaking participants are present | |
Wednesday 25 June | 14:00 – 15:00 | Dutch, unless English speaking participants are present | |
Friday 27 June | 10:30 – 11:30 | Dutch, unless English speaking participants are present | |
Wednesday 9 July | 14:00 – 15:00 | Dutch, unless English speaking participants are present | |
Friday 11 July | 10:30 – 11:30 | Dutch, unless English speaking participants are present |
Brightspace afternoon: “Invest an afternoon, save a week”
Tuesday 13 May 2025 – ICU Voltaire Hall
On this afternoon we guide you through the complete transition process from Blackboard to Brightspace. Whether you are a beginner or tech-savvy but looking for specifics: by the end of the day you will be ready to design your online course environment for next semester with ease, or you might even have made most of it during the sessions!
| Format A | Format B |
13.00 – 14.30 | (1) Brightspace Basics | (2) Crucial functionalities |
| Coffee/Tea break | Coffee/Tea break |
14.45 – 16.00 | (2) Crucial functionalities | (3) Educational tools |
(1) Get familiar with Brightspace. Share course information and content, set up an assignment and add the similarity check. As Brightspace is pretty intuitive, these may be things that you can find out by yourself. But if you would rather learn the system from scratch with us, then join this workshop with your course material at hand, and we will help you set up your course!
(2) Learn more about Brightspace functionalities that are important but may be hard to find out by yourself, with special focus on tools that are particularly useful at UCU, such as working with groups, letter grading and attendance.
(3) Various additional educational tools are available to implement in your teaching. Our educational experts will highlight specific tools to assess students and provide feedback. And give a prospect of what is to come.
Registration
We would love to see you at this one-stop event: please fill in this form so we can inform you in time.
You can choose between one of two formats:
- with format A, you will follow the Brightspace Basics (1) and Crucial Functionalities (2) workshops. You will be guided through the process of setting up your course, including all crucial tools necessary for teaching at UCU.
- with format B, you will follow the Crucial Functionalities (2) and Educational Tools (3) workshops. As you master basic skills on your own, you can focus this day on harder to learn features, and educational tools that might be useful to you. Note that you must come prepared to follow this format, having looked at the basic Brightspace setup in advance.
Alternative training
If you cannot make it to the Brightspace afternoon, we have an alternative training planned on Tuesday 17 June in the afternoon. Also for this option you have to register through the above form.
Early Bird
Can’t wait to start, or do you currently have some spare time and would you prefer to start learning about Brightspace now? Please let us know and we’ll figure out how we can accommodate your needs. Our contact details are below.
Support
We have a weekly walk-in moment on campus to address your questions. Our student-assistant is available:
When: every Tuesday, 13.00 - 17.00
Location: Voltaire, classroom D (classroom at the South entrance)
Contact: ucu.lms@uu.nl