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?
- Email messages. Replacement strings won't work in email messages sent from the Brightspace Email Tool. The text containing the replacement string must be displayed within Brightspace and email messages are opened in Outlook.
- Module or topic descriptions. Don't use replacement strings in content module or topics or descriptions.
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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