What are the first steps to setting up my Brightspace class? I begin teaching on Monday, 6/10

Raymond.L.4116

I am totally new to this and I begin teaching next Monday...what are the first steps in setting up my courses and also transferring my documents from Blackboard?

Mohit.B.878

Hello @Raymond.L.4116

Thank you for reaching out to D2L through the Brightspace Community. I would suggest you start from: https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/1158-getting-started-with-brightspace & https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/25590-welcome-to-the-higher-education-instructor-knowledge-base as there are plenty of articles/documentation that can give you a head start about the features and functionalities of Brightspace, Also I would also Highly recommend checking the Video tutorials present on Youtube : https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxHabmZzFY6mbZnghbtOiYppofKPWe581&si=Y661vFf0shqhFL5M

As for the Expoting the Materials from BlackBoard, You can export your course content from Blackboard and save it as .zip file on your computer.

For importing the course content in Brightspace, use this workflow:

• 1. In the Brightspace course where you want to bring the course contents, select the Admin Tools menu from the top right corner.
  2. Go to Import/Export/Copy Components option.
  3. Select Import Components feature and click Start.
  4. Upload the .zip file from your computer that you exported from Blackboard
  

Please refer to: https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/16771-import-export-or-copy-course-components#import-course-components for more detailed steps.

Hope this helps,
Mohit Bhargav