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Welcome to the K-12 Teacher Knowledge Base
Welcome to the Brightspace Help Documentation Knowledge Base for K-12 Teachers. In this Knowledge Base, you’ll find information about how to use the many tools Brightspace has to offer. If you are a new user of Brightspace, refer to the headings below to get started. Otherwise, use the navigation pane on the left of this…
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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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Brightspace Virtual Assistant
As of the September 2024/20.24.9 release, Brightspace Virtual Assistant has been renamed to Lumi Chat and is available with the End User Support (EUS) package. The functionality and documentation of the product remain the same, but the location of the documentation has changed. To access information about Lumi Chat, refer…
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About Lumi Chat
Lumi Chat is an AI-based help tool that is integrated directly into Brightspace as a pop-up window from the speech bubble button in the bottom right corner of the screen. It provides immediate access to help documentation in the same window as your Brightspace session. After typing in a question, the tool provides the most…
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Create accessible content in Brightspace
Create and insert a Video Note in Brightspace Editor You can use Video Note in a number of places throughout Brightspace, including: Content, Discussions, Activity Feed, and even when grading and providing feedback to students . Note: The ability to add video notes is controlled by a permission set by your administrator.…
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About Announcements
Help boost engagement by scheduling announcements for frequent and regular communication to all students enrolled in a course. Students 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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Create a welcome message using the Announcements widget
The Announcements widget can help you to boost engagement by scheduling announcements for frequent and regular communication to all students enrolled in a course. Students can set notification preferences to be made aware of important updates. Note: For more information about the Announcements tool refer to About…
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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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Create an assignment
Provide more efficient, timely, and meaningful grading and feedback. Create and edit assignments, see submission details, view submissions, associate assignments to rubrics and competencies, and return submissions with grades and feedback. On paper and observed in person assignment formats are also available. The Create…
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Set availability and due dates for an assignment
You can set availability and due dates for an assignment and schedule their visibility. It helps to prevent late submissions and allow view assignment information and submissions after it ends. Tip: You can set assignment availability dates without setting a due date. Conversely, you can set a due date without setting…