From Ulearning to BS

In this manual we show you how to migrate a Ulearning course to Brightspace. To do so, you will first need to export the course from Ulearning by making a back-up. After this you will have to import the courses to Brightspace, after which you check whether everything has migrated properly. Not all activities will

From Blackboard to BS

It’s possible to export a course from Blackboard to Brightspace. This article will provide a step-by-step overview on how to do this. Before you start, it is important to know that the maximum file size for uploading to Brightspace is 2GB. If you happen to have very large files in your Brightspace course, such as

From sandbox to Course environment Brightspace

Copy course material from Sandbox Brightspace to course environment Brightspace. Sometimes you want to see how specific parts of the course content work before you put it in the Brightspace course. To do this, you can use your own Sandbox environment. In this environment, you can test all Brightspace activities. When you are satisfied with

Course structure

To ensure consistency across all courses, special UU templates have been introduced for Brightspace. It is not compulsory to use these templates, but it is strongly encouraged. Research shows that students have a strong preference for uniformity across all courses. What are templates? Templates are a way of structuring HTML pages in Brightspace. There are

Course Builder

In this article, you can read about the use of the Course Builder. This content of this article consists of:  Course Builder homepage 3. Click on Course Builder under Site Resources. The Course Builder is useful to create a draft of your course, even if you have not created all activities yet. You can create

Access to Brightspace

As for a lot of our applications, Brightspace uses Osiris as a source. To be able to use Brightspace you need a course, you need to know who teaches this course and of course, students need access to this course. All of this information is, in most cases, already available in Osiris. For that reason,

Navigate through a course

In this article you can read what you can find on the ‘Course Home’ and how you can set up the ‘Course Home’ of the course. When you click on a course on the Brightspace homepage, you will be redirected to the ‘Course Home’ of your selected course. The Course Home has a few pre-selected

Navigating within Brightspace

The Minibar At the top of your screen, you will see this bar: 1. Utrecht University Logo: View the Personal Homepage. 2. Course Selector: View the courses you are enrolled in. You can pin courses to your homepage here. If you are enrolled in many courses, you can use the search function. 3. Message Alerts: