Replacement strings in Brightspace courses
Instructors use replacement strings in Brightspace courses to customize and personalize the text displayed to students within the Brightspace course. When instructors enter a predefined code (e.g., {FirstName}) in the appropriate location in the text, Brightspace displays the text with that student's value inserted. For example, "Nice job {FirstName}!" would be displayed as "Nice job Ken!" for Ken and "Nice job Susan!" for Susan.
Where can replacement strings be used?
Although there are tool-specific limitations, replacement strings can be added to most text instructors add using the Brightspace HTML Editor. They are particularly useful for the following:
- Announcements
- Homepage widgets
- Bulk grade feedback
Where can't replacement strings be used?
Useful replacement strings
Note that UserName, OrgDefinedId, FirstName, and LastName cannot be used in the Content Tool.
- {OrgName} - Replaced with "Winona State University"
- {OrgUnitName} - Replaced with the name of the course (e.g., "Intro to Educational Tech (EDFD 352-01)")
- {OrgUnitCode} - Replaced with the Course ID (e.g., "20205000239")
- {UserName} - Replaced with the student's StarID username (e.g., "ab1234cd")
- {OrgDefinedId} - Replaced with the student's Tech ID
- {FirstName} - Remplaced with the student's first name
- {LastName} - Replaced with the student's last name
More wiki articles
- Personalize Brightspace announcements using replacement strings
- Replacement strings in Brightspace courses
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