This section contains all resources related to Brightspace.
The Brightspace Discussion tool is very useful in enabling student interaction within online and blended environments. To set up discussions, forums must be created first. A forum exists to organize or group similar or recurring discussion topics. For example, to set up a weekly discussion, start by creating a forum titled “Weekly Discussions”. Within that forum, you would have weekly “topics”.
Setting up Discussions [PDF]
Along with a change to the assignment creation experience, Brightspace has also released an accompanying change to the assignment evaluation experience. The new evaluation workflow has begun as optional, but as of August 2021 it will become permanent and mandatory. The following document will introduce the key changes from this update.
On Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, Brightspace revealed a change to the Assignment Creation experience. When new, major workflow changes are introduced in Brightspace, they often begin as optional workflows prior to becoming official and mandatory. The new experience has no impact on existing assignments, but if you make changes to an existing assignment or create a new one, you will note the optional change to the new experience. The settings within the new experience are identical to the current experience, however the layout and order has been streamlined. It is strongly recommended that instructors familiarize themselves with this new interface in preparation for future changes.
To ensure your videos are available to all students, the instructions available in the link below outlines the process of adding a Panopto-housed video to ensure ease of access to all users. You do not have to use Panopto for recording, but it is strongly recommended to use the system for embedding videos in your course.
How to Link Panopto Videos in Your Course [PDF]
Videos taken on an iPhone, iPad or any Android device can be uploaded into Panopto directly from the device and then edited, combined, or added to lecture videos through the Panopto site on a desktop device. This method is beneficial for taking short field videos or using whiteboard/drawing apps.
The new Panopto App for iOS and Android allows instructors and students to view Panopto recordings on mobile devices. The app is free to download.
Replace Strings allow instructors to customize their communication to students in Brightspace. For example, typing “Hello, {FirstName}” will show “Hello, Anne” to a student named Anne.
The instructions in the following document outline how to modify previously created assignments. This is necessary when importing a course offering from a previous semester into the current semester, updating placeholders created through ETD’s course template, or making changes during the semester. Typically, these modifications include the assignment’s title, the description, attaching documents, adjusting the score, and/or changing dates.
Editing Assignments [PDF]
The Survey Tool in Brightspace is an excellent choice for course introductions, student feedback on assessments, and overall course evaluation. This tool integrates with the Quiz Tool & Question Library and will use the same question styles, without marking an answer right or wrong.
Brightspace Survey Tool [PDF]
Collaborate Ultra is used mostly as a real-time video conferencing tool with a multitude of functions and settings, depending on the individual needs of a course. One such feature is the ability to record sessions.
The following document will outline the steps for viewing and downloading Collaborate recordings.
