View as a student
In Brightspace, instructors can view the course from a student’s perspective. This allows you to see what students see when they access the course. Use this tool to check if your course content is clear or to test aspects like how grade calculations appear to students in the Gradebook. The ‘View as Learner’ option in
Content visibility
In Brightspace, you can adjust the visibility of specific files in the course. This allows you to make part of the content invisible to students if you do not want them to see that section yet. Option 1: content page 1. Navigate to the content page of your course. 2. Go to the homepage of
Course visibility
A course is by default visible to students in their course overview if they are enrolled in the course. The course and course content open on the start date of the course. This start date is set to 2 weeks before the start of the period and is visible to students. All published content is
Logging in and out
Manual logging in in Brightspace If you have trouble logging in: Manual logging out in Brightspace
How do I add a course to my homepage?
To make a course visible on your homepage, you have to pin it under My Courses, following the following instructions. When you are enrolled into 20 courses or more, the search bar will appear. When you are enrolled within several faculties or semesters, the Sort and Filter option will be available to you. Click on
Get started
Here you will find guides to getting started with Brightspace. Not sure where to start? The Quick Start Guides will help you get started quickly. Do you have another question? Please contact us.
Create an announcement
This article explains how to create an ‘Announcement’ and how to link a ‘Release Condition’ to an Announcement. This page contains information about: ‘Announcements’ in Brightspace allow you to easily and quickly inform students about important information regarding the course. Announcements can be used to welcome students, notify them about important deadlines, or announce that