Brightspace Parent & Guardian allows authorized parents and guardians to log in to a school's Brightspace to see what their children are working on, what’s on the schedule, and the latest news from the classroom. This helps parents and guardians engage with their young learners and maintain awareness of their upcoming work.
Get started
To use the Brightspace Parent & Guardian web application, parents and guardians require the following:
- Brightspace Parent & Guardian enabled in their school's Brightspace instance.
- The URL of their school's Brightspace.
- A Brightspace username and password provided by the school's Brightspace administrator.
- A supported browser on a desktop computer or device.
Log in to Brightspace Parent & Guardian
The first step is to log in to the web application with the username and password provided by the school's Brightspace administrator.
To log in to the Brightspace Parent & Guardian web application
- From a supported browser, navigate to the URL for the school's Brightspace.
- Enter the Brightspace user name and password.
- After parents and guardians log in to Brightspace Parent & Guardian, the page that displays depends on how many students are associated with their account:
- If they are assigned to multiple students, the learner selector page appears. Each learner tile displays the child's name, and the amount of overdue work, upcoming work, and recent grades.
Parents and guardians can click the student whose information they want to access. - If they are assigned to a single student, logging in takes them directly to the Student Dashboard, which displays more detailed information.
Navigate the web application
Work To Do
The Work To Do widget provides parents and guardians with a consolidated view of their child's work. The widget displays a summary of assigned learning activities from all courses that are overdue or have an upcoming due date or end date. Counters for each section indicate how many learning activities remain to be completed, along with information about each learning activity's name, due date, and course name. For example, the Overdue section displays any assignment, quiz, or content that has not been completed and is past the set due date on the respective activity.
Learning activities only appear in the Work To Do widget when the activity has a defined due date or end date. By default, the widget displays activities due or ending in the upcoming 2 weeks, and overdue work from the previous 12 weeks.
In the Work To Do widget, parents and guardians can select the following items to display more information:
The following items cannot be selected:
- Content
- Quizzes
- Surveys
- Checklists
To view details about all items, click View all work.
Recent Grades
The Recent Grades widget displays released grade items for all the courses in which the child is enrolled.
To view the details of a graded assignment or discussion activity, parents and guardians can select the assignment or discussion item in the Recent Grades widget.
To view all released grades, parents and guardians can click View all grades. If an instructor uses the Grades tool and releases the final course grade to the student, the final course grade (final calculated grade or final adjusted grade) is also visible. From the student's Grades page, parents and guardians can filter by course.
If an instructor provided text feedback on a grade item, parents and guardians can select View Feedback.
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Note: Surveys and checklist items do not display in the Recent Grades widget, since they are not gradable. |
Portfolio Items
The Portfolio Items widget displays the two most recent Brightspace Portfolio items shared by the instructor for the child.
To view all previously shared Portfolio items, parents and guardians click View all portfolio items. When viewing a shared Portfolio item, parents and guardians can review any thoughts included by the child, along with comments provided by the instructor.
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Note: If Brightspace Portfolio is not enabled at the school, Portfolio items do not appear. Contact your school's administrator to request that it be activated. |
Latest Posts
The Latest Posts widget displays an aggregate Activity Feed from all the courses in which the child is enrolled. Parents and guardians can read posts and access shared links; however, they cannot access content files.
To view the details of an assignment, parents and guardians can select the assignment from the Activity Feed.
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Note: If Activity Feed is not in use at the school, contact your school's administrator to request that it be activated. |
