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Create an Activity Feed post
From one central location on a course homepage, communicate with teachers and fellow students about upcoming assignments, new content, or discussions. Never miss important information related to learning. To create an Activity Feed post Navigate to the Activity Feed widget in your course. Click anywhere in the Create a…
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Enable notifications in Announcements
Receive frequent and regular communications from your teacher by customizing notification preferences so that you are aware of important course updates. To enable notifications in Announcements Navigate to the course that you want to enable Announcements notifications for. In the Announcements widget, click the drop-down…
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Subscribe to an Announcements RSS feed
You can subscribe to an Announcements RSS feed and receive daily updates of all Announcements items in an RSS reader. This allows you to access an aggregate of Announcements items without logging into Brightspace. To subscribe to an Announcements RSS feed On your course navbar, click Announcements. Click RSS. The RSS feed…
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Find and contact others in your course with Classlist
Use the Classlist tool to view who is enrolled in your course, send email messages or instant messages, view shared locker files, and read blogs. Send an email from the Classlist You can select specific users from your Classlist and send them an email. To send an email from Classlist From your course navbar, click…
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Communicate with others using Discussions
You can locate and post replies to discussion threads by either using the Discussions tool or the Content tool. Video: Create a Discussion Post View a discussion topic The Discussions tool allows you to view all your discussion topics related to course materials. To view all discussion topics On the navbar, click…
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Email others using the Email tool
The Email tool allows you to send emails from within Brightspace. You can also organize received mail using folders and store email addresses using your Address Book. To email others using the Email tool On your organizational or course homepage, click the Message alerts (envelope) icon and then click Email. Figure: Click…
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Upload, store, and share files with the Locker tool
The Locker tool enables you to store your files remotely and access them anywhere, anytime. Your locker is only accessible to you. Your personal locker area is not course specific. You can access your locker from anywhere in Brightspace and store all your files together. Group lockers are restricted locker areas where…
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Submit course feedback with the Surveys tool
Surveys are an excellent way to send constructive feedback to your teacher . To participate in a survey From your course navbar, click Surveys. Figure: The Communication drop-down menu with Surveys highlighted. Note: Surveys may be on your course navbar or it may be under the Communication drop-down menu. Select the…
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Manage course events with the Calendar tool
Use the Calendar tool to view all your upcoming events in one location. Add events such as project due dates, office hours, in-class events, and more to your calendar. Create and manage personal tasks You can add and manage personal tasks in the Calendar tool. To create and manage tasks From your course navbar, click…
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About Brightspace ePortfolio
Brightspace ePortfolio is a personal portfolio tool for storing, organizing, reflecting on, and sharing items that represent your learning. You can include items such as documents, graphics, audio files, videos, presentations, and course work to demonstrate your improvement or mastery in certain areas. You can control what…