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Use Classlist to manage course participants
Your Classlist is a directory of course participants. You can use it to quickly find names, email addresses, and group or section. For general information about the Classlist tool, refer to About Classlist. Tip: To quickly confirm which group or section a learner is enrolled in, use Classlist, if you have the Classlist >…
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Email others using the Email tool
You can communicate with your learners in Brightspace using the Email tool. To email others using the Email tool On your organizational or course homepage, click the Message Alerts (the envelope icon) and then click Email. Compose your message and add any attachments (if applicable). Note: The email message, attachments,…
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Disable your course address book
Do one of the following:* In the course that you want to make changes to, click Course Admin > Course Offering Information. Clear the Show course address book check box.
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Create an announcement
Announcements can help you to boost engagement by scheduling announcements for frequent and regular communication to all learners enrolled in a course. Learners can also set notification preferences to be made aware of important updates. There are two ways to access announcements * From the Announcements widget on your…
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Set up the Activity Feed widget and post
The Activity Feed widget is a course homepage widget that provides a central location for you and your learners to post messages that are visible to the entire class. For example, you might post reminders about upcoming assignments and links to course materials. Requirements To see and use Activity Feed and other widgets,…
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Post assignments using the Activity Feed widget
Create an assignment post using Activity Feed Create posts about assignments to remind and notify learners about upcoming due dates, assignment instructions, and to provide additional resources. To create an assignment post From your course homepage, in the Activity Feed widget, click Create a post. Click the Assignment…
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Control commenting on Activity Feed posts
Instructors can control the ability for students to comment on Activity Feed posts. Commenting can be enabled or disabled for the entire feed or for individual posts. Comment on Activity Feed posts Comment on Activity Feed posts to answer questions and clarify information for students. To comment on Activity Feed posts…
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Create discussion forums and topics
Encourage your learners to share thoughts on course material with peers by setting up forums and topics for learners to ask questions, discuss course content and assignments, and work together in assigned groups and sections. You can start the creation of a discussion forum and associated topics from the following tools: *…
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Generate ideas for discussions using D2L Lumi Idea
Use D2L Lumi Idea to generate discussion ideas to help create a new discussion topic or improve an existing topic. Note: The following content topics are supported: * Pages * Assignments (via the instructions field) * Quizzes (via the description field) * Discussions (via the description field) * Media Library items (both…
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Manage discussion forums and topics
After you create forums and topics, you can control availability, set participation requirements (including a first post due date), moderate posts, manage notifications, and restrict access by groups or sections. Before you begin * To see and use the Discussions tool, you must have the required Discussions permissions…