The platform for continuing education programs at URI.
Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn. — Benjamin Franklin
Engage in Action
We know, that you know, what you know…but does the public? As the University of Rhode Island’s public learning management system, Engage offers all URI departments and programs the ability to market their expertise and offer learning opportunities to Rhode Islander’s and beyond.
What is the Difference?
Brightspace
Brightspace is the 1st learning management system (LMS) instance for URI students taking accredited degree-granting courses. It is synced with ecampus to pull in section enrollments to the course shell.
Brightspace Service Page
Engage
Engage is a 2nd LMS instance of Brightspace, a simple system without 3rd party plugins. Engage is used for external, non-accredited, non-degree-granting continuing education and extension learning programs.
Engage
Who can use Engage?
URI departments or programs may use Engage to offer non-accredited for-profit or non-profit classes, lectures, or seminars to external participants. Engage is used for non-credit continuing education or extension learning opportunities only. Alternatively, accredited degree-granting courses are offered via Brightspace, which is synced with eCampus.
What is the benefit?
Engage directly supports URI’s land grant mission to serve as a community resource. It gives URI continuing education and extension programs the ability to market themselves and their programs, offer new and unique learning opportunities to the public, and generate revenue for their programs and departments.
How do I get started with Engage?
All IT processes start with a ticket. Please submit a ticket to the IT Service Desk requesting more information from the TLS team. We look forward to collaborating with you!
What is the Process?
After submitting an IT ticket the TLS department will begin the process with you: 1) TLS chats with you about what program or continuing education (CE) course(s) you’ll run, and helps you determine which system you’re supposed to be in, 2) if approved to use Engage then you choose a program admin who will be granted a sub-system-administrator account in Engage, 3) your program sys-admin will receive training on creating course shells and adding enrollments in Engage, 4) you may work with ATL on the instructional design of your CE course, and 5) obtain support from TLS on the integration of educational technologies [submit an IT ticket], and then 6) you offer the ready and finalized CE course to the public.