Become familiar with your course through the homepage elements that are available to you.
Text-based navbar
The text-based course navbar uses text to describe the various Brightspace tools available to you.
Figure: Course homepage elements with a text-based navbar.
Icon-based navbar
The icon-based course navbar uses icons and text to describe the various Brightspace tools available to you.
Figure: Course homepage elements with an icon-based navbar.
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Course Title: The name of the course offering.
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Navbar: Access course materials and activities through navbar tool links.
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Course Home: Brings you back to the main course homepage.
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Content: Allows you to access course materials.
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Assignments: Directs you to course assignment folders.
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Discussions: Brings you to any course discussions to contribute to.
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Quizzes: Leads you to assessments created by your instructor.
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Classlist: Allows you to see the list of other users in the course, including other learners, your instructor, and any other teaching staff.
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Grades: Directs you to the gradebook where you can find your marks from course activities.
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Class Progress: Allows you to see your progress on course content and activities.
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Course Tools: May contain any other tool that your instructor requires you to access during the duration of the course.
Note: The navbar links may appear as text or icons depending on what your instructor has chosen for the course.
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Calendar: Lists any important dates regarding course activities.
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Work To Do: Displays any overdue and upcoming activities across all your courses.
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Announcements: Displays any information that your instructor has posted for the entire class to see, including course updates and action items for you.