Website Accessibility Widget
The Website Accessibility allows users to adjust the content and color of their course pages. This adjustments will only be visible by these users and will not change course pages for other users. The user can either make adjustments in the Content and Color tabs or choose a Profile, which will automatically set the website
Alternative formats
Due to the variety of viewer needs per students, alternative formats can be manually generated by a student to meet their individual needs. Instructors can also toggle Visible to Students ON or OFF to enable or disable Student access to alternative formats. Alternative Formats are available on your documents automatically and do not require any
Course Reports
Course Reports are generated to provide high-level summary of the accessibility across a course. Instead of reviewing files individually, Course Reports summarize accessibility data for all scanned content within a course. The report can be found in the Panorama tool itself accessible through the Navbar below Course Admin/Accessibility option. How to access course reports: In
Digital Accessibility
YuJa Panorama is an digital accessibility tool that is integrated in our Brightspace environment. It is designed to help instructors evaluate and improve the accessibility of their course materials and help students by increasing their accessibility to their course information and content. Panorama identifies issues and proposes solutions to fix issues for the following formats:
Accessibility Reports
When uploading files in Brightspace an accessibility report is generated automatically. It evaluates the uploaded content against established accessibility standards such as contrast, font sizes, alternative text, missing headline structures, hyperlink context issues, and more. The report provides a detailed list of issues that may affect how students access and interact with the material. It
Attendance
Taking attendance in Brightspace is easy, use the attendance tool! Taking attendance in Brightspace provides insight in the attendance percentage and you can see which students are missing too many classes. Before starting, make sure you’ve selected the correct course. From the homepage, navigate to ‘activities’ in the yellow toolbar. From the dropdown menu, select
Class Progress
What is Class Progress and why use it? Class Progress is a tool that provides instructors with a clear overview of students’ progress within their course. It brings together information from various course activities such as assignments, quizzes, and grades, and presents these insights in one place. For example, through Assignments you can see who has submitted their work, but Class
Grade Import Widget (Instructor Tools+)
General Usage The Grade Import Widget allows you to import grades from various sources into Brightspace gradebook items. The widget supports Osiris, Remindo, TestVision, Brightspace export, and simple CSV files. With built-in safety checks and enrollment verification, the widget ensures reliable and secure grade imports. Go to your Course Homepage. At the bottom, you’ll find
Export grades to Osiris (Instructor Tools+)
General Usage The Grade Export Widget allows you to export grades from Brightspace to Osiris-compatible files. You can choose between Final Grade (final grade), Category Grade (per category), or Individual Grade Items (specific assignments/tests). The export is available in both .txt format and .xlsx format (for direct upload to Osiris). Important Features The widget offers
Connection with other systems
Integration between Osiris and Brightspace Brightspace uses information from Osiris for course creation, group creation, instructor enrollments, and student enrollments. This article explains which information the integration between Osiris and Brightspace transmits and when changes are reflected in Brightspace. Course visibility and access depend on this information. For University College, the integration works slightly differently;