How do I make a Discussion Forum and Topic?

Manual Making a Discussion Forum and Topic Table of Contents A discussion forum allows students to discuss online and, in this article, you can learn how to make a discussion forum as well as create a topic for the forum. 1. How does a Discussion Forum work? Just like a course can contain many forums,

How do I use the Discussion Tool?

Discussions is a useful tool to…: How do discussions work? Discussion homepage You can see an overview of the Discussions here. Discussion List If you click on the arrow next to the title of the topic, you will see this menu: Note: you can also click on the title of the topic to view the

How do I add Pitch2Peer

Firstly, navigate to the course where you want to place the Pitch2Peer module. From your homepage, scroll down to your course list and find the course, or click on the grid symbol above the Navbar and find the course in the list.

How do I add FeedBackFruits?

FeedbackFruits is a plugin that teachers can use to make it easy for students to see each other’s work and give feedback. In this guide we show you how to add a FeedbackFruits module to your Brightspace environment.

How do I use Submission Logs in Assignments?

Contents: The Submission Logs page shows which students have submitted or started an assignment. It also allows for submissions to be deleted and recovered. Navigating to Submission Logs 3. Click on the arrow next to the assignment for which you want to view submissions 4. Click on ‘Submission Log’ Recovering Submissions If an assignment has

Viewing and interpreting the Similarity Report

To check submitted files and text for plagiarism, the Originality Check from TurnitIn can be used in Brightspace. This guide consists of two parts: Creating an Assignment with Originality Check There are two ways to create an assignment: 2. Then, click on ‘Assignment’. OR navigate to ‘Tools’ and then click on ‘Assignments’. 3. Then, click

What do students see in Groups

Guide to Groups for students This guide is intended for instructors and provides an overview of what students see under the “Groups” section in Brightspace. It explains what students can and cannot see about each other and how the Groups feature can be utilized. How do you access Groups? Click on ‘Course Management’ within a

Manual Ouriginal in Brightspace 

Ouriginal works differently in Brightspace than you are used to from Blackboard. Everything that is related to plagiarism detection can be found in one place in Brightspace. This means that both turning Ouriginal on for assignments as well as seeing the plagiarism score can be found via the Navbar under ‘Tools’ -> ‘Ouriginal’. Here are

How do I grade an assignment with a rubric? 

After creating a rubric, creating an assignment, adding the rubric to the assignment, and your students have submitted their assignments, it is time to grade the submissions.   Find the assignment that needs grading.  Grading with a rubric  In the upper right corner, you will find the rubric.