What are Replace strings and how do I use them?
Manual Course & Users settings This article will explain how you can use Replace strings and which ones you can use in your course. Replace strings are functions, denoted with curly brackets {} which are automatically replaced by their corresponding values. Replace strings can also be used to personalise messages per user. Note: Replace strings
Copy an announcement
First, navigate to the Announcements tool in Brightspace. To get here, when you are on the homepage of your course, click the drop-down menu on the Assignments widget, then click ‘Go to Announcements Tool’. You will now be greeted by this menu: There is a drop-down menu with many options to choose from. Copying Copying
Managing Announcements
This manual assumes you are familiar with creating announcements. To illustrate the concepts in this manual, mock announcements have already been made. First, navigate to the Announcements tool in Brightspace. To get here, when you are on the homepage of your course, click the drop-down menu on the Assignments widget, then click ‘Go to Announcements
How do I use Manage Files?
In Manage Files you can find an overview of all the files in your course. With Manage Files you can organize your files so that they are easy to find and can easily be added to your course content. All of the files that you upload in Brightspace via Content (‘Upload/Create’) will also be placed
Visual Table of Contents
The Visual Table of Contents is a widget on the homepage of all the courses in Brightspace. It makes the course content accessible in multiple ways. To find it, navigate to the course homepage and scroll down. Functionality Changing the image Unit images can be customised to your liking. You can set a different image
Using Class Progress Reports and Content Reports
Brightspace offers several reports to provide instructors with insights into students’ progress within their course, as well as their interaction with the course materials and each other. Most of these reports can be found under Class Progress and Content Reports. We explain what study data is available in these reports and how this information can
How do I use accommodations in Brightspace?
If we discuss accessibility in Brightspace, we usually focus on students with visual disability and te way that Brightspace only works with supporting technology. There are many other alterations where Brightspace can be a good tool to help with dissability. There are tree levels where you can adjust accomodations: Adjusting accomodations for all quizzes from
How do I use Manage Dates?
Manage Dates gives the possibility to change dates , in a central spot. This is particularly useful when you have copied a course in a new year or semester. It makes sure you can adjust changes to the accessibility of the course content using time. 2. You can change the start- and enddate of the
How do I organize the Course Home of a course?
In this article, you can read what you can find and how you can organize the ‘Course Home’ of your course. When you click on a course on your personal homepage you will be directed to the ‘Course Home’ of said course: the course homepage. ‘Course Home’ contains a few predetermined widgets. Discussed below are