Roles and Rights
Within Brightspace, Utrecht University uses a fixed set of roles to determine what users can see and do within courses and other parts of the learning environment. These roles are based on the standard roles provided by Brightspace and have been adjusted by Utrecht University where necessary, so they align with the university’s educational practice,
Pulse notification app
Disclaimer:The Brightspace Pulse app can be used to easily access courses, upcoming activities and notifications on your phone or tablet. It is also possible to set up pushnotifications. Not all Brightspace functionalities are available in the app however, which is why the webversion of Brightspace is recommended for use. Via the Pulse application you can
Create a group discussion
A group discussion is different than a regular discussion, because it is only visible to the teacher and students that are part of the group. A Topic is a place where you can post messages and read within a forum. A Thread is a place where you post your main message that others can respond
Life-cycle of a course
Below are the stages a Brightspace course goes through. These stages determine whether you, as a student or instructor, have access to a course. The different stages are: How do I recognize the stages as a teacher? Users with an Instructor / Instructor Guest / Teaching Assistant / Course Builder / Observer / Observer-faculty /
Grades of students who have unenrolled
Students who have withdrawn from the course disappear from the Grades section. Their grades, however, are visible in the Enrollment Statistics through the Classlist.
Copy Grades and grade settings to other courses
You are able to copy a Gradebook and its settings from one course to another. What you can copy entails: Grade Items and their settings, Grade Categories and their settings, Created Formulas, Created Grade Schemes. Please note that actual student grades will not be copied. Tip: Select individual items to copy under Grades in case
Formula editor
The Formula Editor is a tool within Grades that can be used to create formulas for Formula Grade Items or for the Formula Grading System. This article explains how the Formula Editor works. Contents: How the Formula Editor works Use the Formula Editor to define a formula that calculates the value of a grade item
Publishing grades to your students
In Brightspace, it is possible to make a grade column invisible to students. This can be useful if you haven’t finished grading all students, or if changes might still be made. To avoid confusion among students, you can choose to keep grades hidden and publish them all at once later. Hiding Grade Items from all
Quick eval
Quick Eval shows which assignments from Brightspace, such as Assignments, Discussions and/or Quizzes still need to be evaluated. Assignments that need to be handed in and evaluated via different tools or plugins (e.g. Pitch2Peer and FeedbackFruits) are not included in Quick Eval. Contents: Course Specific Quick Eval This is a list from one course containing
Giving feedback
You can give feedback to students on the grades you publish. To do this, you need to go to the ‘Grades’ menu.