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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 Attendance
The Attendance tool enables you to create registers that track attendance for activities within your organization or course. You can track attendance for any number of activities and customize your registers to suit your needs. Use the Attendance tool to create sessions to track attendance and define attendance statuses…
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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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Welcome to the Higher Education Instructor Knowledge Base
Welcome to the Brightspace Help Documentation Knowledge Base for Higher Education Instructors. 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…
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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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Create a blog
Use the Blog tool to post and respond to questions, engage in discussions, and share opinions and comments with other users. You can create private blog entries, or choose to make public entries for other users to view. The Blog tool has three main areas: * My Blog for creating and maintaining your own blog. * Blog Watch…
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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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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 learners. Note: The ability to add video notes is controlled by a permission set by your administrator. If…
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About Calendar
Display all upcoming events to learners in one spot. Post events such as project due dates, office hours, in-class events ,and more to the calendar. Requirements The following are required to use the Calendar tool: * To see and use the Calendar tool, you must have the required Calendar permissions applied to your role.…
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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…