Education Technology

Brian JamborBrian Jambor, Educational Technologist/D2L Backup Administrator/D2L Support  (218) 755-2056

EdTech website

  • Supporting existing software and programs that enhance teaching: online meeting and collaboration tools, online test proctoring, video recording, storage, streaming, captioning and D2L integrations.
  • Evaluating new academic technologies for teaching/learning and sharing knowledge.
  • Founding and active member of Teaching and Learning Center.
  • Managing the Media Recording Studio in the A.C. Clark library.
  • At BSU, you will have access to:
    • Kaltura MediaSpace (video/screen recording/streaming)
    • Zoom (video conferencing)
    • Microsoft TEAMS (collaboration)
    • Respondus (exam proctoring) and other tools to create content for playback in D2L

D2L Brightspace and Course Design Support

Beth JensenBeth Jensen, D2L Lead Administrator, Trainer & Faculty Support, Instructional Designer  (218) 755-4217

D2L Tutorials and Videos

  • Providing D2L training and support for BSU employees: in person, email, phone, TEAMS and Zoom.
  • Supporting other D2L sites: advising, PDP documentation, training sites, campus organizations, collaboration, etc.
  • Founding and active member of Teaching and Learning Center.
  • Maintaining D2L orientation sites:
    • Faculty and Staff Orientation to D2L Brightspace
    • BSU Student Orientation to D2L Brightspace
  • Notifying employees of professional development opportunities and updates.

Online Course Design Resources

Faculty support sites in D2L:

  • Diversity Equity Inclusion & Accessibility Resource Center — provides resources to faculty, students and staff at BSU with resources that will help them have a better understanding of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility as a way of thinking and living in the world that helps us respect and appreciate our differences.
  • Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Self-directed Workshop — designed to help you better understand Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and to help you apply its principles and guidelines in the design of your courses.
  • from ON-CAMPUS to ONLINE — compares the elements of the on-campus class to the online class.
  • Online Course Tune-Up — helps you make sure that the design of your online class environment in D2L most effectively supports student learning.
  • The Reading Room — a professional development site in D2L that includes articles available on topics of interest to educators.