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Log In to Brightspace
Your experience trying to log in to Brightspace for the first time may differ depending on how your organization has set up and is managing log in credentials. Your organization may have a Single Sign-On (SSO) authentication method implemented, where you can access all the sites in your organization using a single SSO…
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Change your personal settings in Brightspace
By clicking on your username, you can make changes to your user profile, notifications, account settings, and log out. Note: Depending on your permissions and what tools are enabled, additional settings may appear. Edit your user profile You can edit your user profile, including updating your profile picture, social…
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Navigate Brightspace and find your course
Learn about your Brightspace organizational homepage, how to find a course in your organization, and how to navigate your course level homepage. Navigate your organizational homepage The Brightspace organizational homepage is designed to help make your job easier, more efficient, and give you greater reach when it comes to…
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Activate your course
After building your course, ensure that you are aware if it is accessible to learners by controlling its availability and active status. This is particularly important if you only want to make your course available to learners during a specified time period or academic term. Make your course available and active From your…
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About Brightspace Editor
Brightspace Editor is the default editor across Brightspace. You can find Brightspace Editor nearly everywhere you create content in Brightspace. Overview Figure: The Brightspace Editor appears anywhere that you create content. Brightspace Editor allows users to create and insert content across Brightspace. Note: When…
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About Assignments
You can use the Assignments tool to create and edit assignments, see users’ submission times, view submissions on the Evaluate Submission page, associate assignments to rubrics and competencies, and return submissions with grades and feedback. For assignments that included file submissions, you can download the submissions…
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About Content
Use the Content tool to post and organize course content so that information about course expectations, course syllabus, lecture notes, and important dates display to users clearly. Course materials you post in Content can include documents, images, media files, CaptureCast presentations, URL links, and existing course…
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About Announcements
Help boost engagement by scheduling announcements for frequent and regular communication to all learners enrolled in a course. Learners can set notification preferences to be made aware of important updates. Requirements The following are required to use the Announcements tool: * To see and use the Announcements tool, you…
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About Awards
The Awards tool enables you to provide merit-based awards to learners. There are two types of awards: Badges, and Certificates. Badges Badges are awarded based on any criteria determined by you. They are meant to provide digital markers that represent accomplishment throughout a course or program. Badges do not contribute…
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About Quizzes
Build quizzes using varying question types. Create quizzes that randomly select questions from a question pool or that shuffle the order of questions. Requirements The following are required to use the Quizzes tool: * To see and use the Quizzes tool, you must have the required Quizzes permissions applied to your role.…