Get started with Brightspace
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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
From your username on the minibar, 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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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. Brightspace Editor allows users to create and insert content across Brightspace. Note: When creating or editing Content files with…
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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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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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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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Content experiences
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 Question Library
The Question Library is a central repository that stores and archives questions which you can reuse within a course. You can create multiple sections within the Question Library to organize your questions by type and topic, making it easier for you to find questions for your quizzes, surveys, and self assessments. As a…
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About Rubrics
Use the Rubrics tool to create rubrics easily and efficiently within a course. You can associate rubrics with assessments and grade items; and during assessment, rubrics can standardize the evaluation of learner work and facilitate the ability to provide feedback. Visual tour of the Rubrics tool Figure: The Rubrics page…