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
How can I adjust Content Availability?
This article explains how to adjust content availability. With this, you can set the start and end dates for when a student has access to course content. When you specify a start, end, or submission date for course content, it will appear in the Upcoming Events and Agenda in the Calendar Tool. It is possible
What files can be downloaded by students?
Documents, images, and videos uploaded to Brightspace can be viewed inline by students. To display documents inline, the Document Conversion Service converts documents uploaded to Content into PDFs. Students can also download files from course Content, including entire Units. When students download documents, they are saved in their native file formats. The following filetypes cannot
How can I view a course 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 Student” option only
How can I change the visibility of the content of a course?
In Brightspace, you can adjust the visibility of a part of the course content. This makes it possible to make part of the content not visible to students if you want the students not to see that part yet. To do this, first navigate to your course’s content page. 2. Click on the section or