Brightspace for instructors
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This article includes links to all of the Brightspace-related articles in our Technology Knowledge Base that are intended for instructors. The links are arranged based on the major Brightspace feature or function to which they apply. Articles that pertain to more than one feature or function may be listed under multiple headings. If you have any questions, please contact TLT (Maxwell Hall 130; 507-457-5240, option 3; tlt@winona.edu).
TLT Brightspace services
- Requesting Brightspace course merges, teaching assistants, and grading assistants
- Requesting a Brightspace sandbox class
- Training and support for Brightspace
- Enrolling people in Brightspace courses manually
- Merge Brightspace courses
A D2L Primer
- Preparing Grades in Brightspace for Automatic Export to ISRS Grade & LDA Entry
- Calculated vs Adjusted Final Grades in Brightspace
- Grades in Brightspace courses
- Home Pages in Brightspace
- Content in Brightspace
- Email in Brightspace courses
- D2L Brightspace
Access
For information on Announcements on the homepage, refer to the Communication section.
Homepages
Widgets
Content
Uploading, importing, linking, organizing
- Review student multimedia assignments using assignment folders
- Review student multimedia assignments using a discussion topic
- Embed a MediaSpace file into a Brightspace assignment folder
- Embed a MediaSpace file into a Brightspace discussion topic post
- Paste a shared MediaSpace file link to a Brightspace assignment folder
- Paste a shared MediasSpace file link to a Brightspace discussion topic post
- Publish a MediaSpace file for shared access
- Create a new content page in your course
- Adding materials using the HTML Editor Tool
- Requesting Brightspace course merges, teaching assistants, and grading assistants
- Upload files to your MediaSpace account
- Export a Brightspace course
- Managing content files in Brightspace
- Integrating publisher-provided content into Brightspace
- Deleting Brightspace content modules and topics
- Moving and reordering content in a Brightspace course
- Restricting content access in Brightspace
- Edit Brightspace content topics
- Adding a new Brightspace topic by uploading a file
- Add a content topic to a Brightspace course
- Add a content module to a Brightspace course
- Adding Videos and Images in Brightspace Content
- Copy components of a Brightspace course
- Merge Brightspace courses
Creation
Third-Party Integrations and Content
- CogBooks
- WW Norton
- WileyPlus
- H5P for interactive content
- Using Cengage WebAssign in your Brightspace courses
- First Day
- Using LinkedIn Learning in your Brightspace course
- Create Microsoft Teams meeting in a Brightspace Course
- Adding RedShelf content
- Using Cengage MindTap
- Using Elsevier Evolve Link
- Design your Brightspace course for Pulse
- Using Tevera to record field work
- Using Hypothes.is to annotate in your Brightspace course
- Adding a OneNote Class Notebook to a Brightspace course
- Integrating publisher-provided content into Brightspace
Communication
Announcements on the Course Homepage
- Delete Brightspace announcements
- Personalize Brightspace announcements using replacement strings
- Post and update Brightspace announcements
- Dismiss and restore Brightspace announcements
- Schedule Brightspace announcements
Discussions
- Subscribe to Brightspace discussions
- Group discussion topics in Brightspace
- Discussion settings in Brightspace
- Discussions in Brightspace courses
Emailing Students
- Emailing from the Brightspace Email tool
- Emailing from the Brightspace Classlist tool
- Email in Brightspace courses
Grouping Students for Collaborative Work
- Groups and Assignments
- Group discussion topics in Brightspace
- Setting up Groups in Your Class
- Using the Groups tool in Brightspace
- Grouping Students into Workgroups
Virtual Classrooms
Assessment
For information on assessing from your tablet or phone, refer to the Mobile Applications section below.
Assignments Tool
- Brightspace Assignments tool
- Draft:Annotate a Brightspace assignment submission
- Add a new assignment folder to your Brightspace course
- Review a survey report in Brightspace
- Embed a MediaSpace file into a Brightspace assignment folder
- Draft:Using annotation to give feedback
Attendance Tool
Awards Tool
ePortfolio Tool
- EPortfolio
- EPortfolio Items and Collections
- Sharing ePortfolio artifacts
- Creating ePortfolio presentations
- Assessing ePortfolios
- Exporting and importing your ePortfolio
Grade Tool
- Grades in Brightspace courses
- Calculating Midterm Grades
- Post official course grades online
- Displaying a running total grade in Brightspace
- Add a grade column to your Brightspace grade book
- Configure your Brightspace grade book
- Enter grades in your Brightspace grade book manually
- Brightspace grade book quick guide
- Setting Grades Items to Points, Percents, or Letter Grade
- Brightspace grade item types
- Create a numeric grade item
- Create a pass fail grade item
- Create a text grade item
- Create a calculated grade item
- Create a formula grade item
- Create a select box grade item
- Extra credit in Brightspace
Grading Discussions
Quick Eval Tool
Quiz Tool
- Regrading Quiz Questions
- Manually grading quiz questions
- Grant Brightspace quiz accommodations
- Brightspace Quizzes
- Using Respondus LockDown Browser to take a Brightspace quiz
- Add additional Submission Views
- Brightspace quiz attempts in progress
- Adding questions and importing questions to a Brightspace Quiz
- Adding randomizing Sections of Questions to a Brightspace Quiz
- Associating Quizzes with Grade Items
- Change scores on completed Brightspace quiz attempts
- Creating a Question Library
- Configuring a Brightspace quiz to use Respondus LockDown Browser
- Grading a Student Quiz Attempt in Progress
- Granting special access to students in Brightspace Quiz
- Review Brightspace quiz statistics
- Printing your Brightspace quiz
- Brightspace Quiz Question Converter
- Faculty Exchange/Eric Brisson Discusses Online Testing
- Creating Quiz Questions
- Creating Quiz Reports: Item Analysis
- Create Random Section in Brightspace Quizzes
- Quizzes in Brightspace Access Services
- Quizzes in Brightspace - Student View
- Respondus Monitor
- Respondus Monitor For Students
- Updating Quiz Attempts to Gradebook
- Manage Brightspace tests and quizzes
- Access external websites in LockDown Browser
- Proctor LockDown Browser quiz in Zoom
- Secure online assessment
- Set quiz accommodations in the Classlist
- Brightspace Quizzes basics checklist
Rubrics Tool
Viewing Student Progress
User Profile
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Mobile Applications
Pulse
Reuse and Sharing
- Manage dates in Brightspace
- Review student multimedia assignments using assignment folders
- Review student multimedia assignments using a discussion topic
- Embed a MediaSpace file into a Brightspace assignment folder
- Embed a MediaSpace file into a Brightspace discussion topic post
- Paste a shared MediaSpace file link to a Brightspace assignment folder
- Paste a shared MediasSpace file link to a Brightspace discussion topic post
- Publish a MediaSpace file for shared access
- Upload files to your MediaSpace account
- Export a Brightspace course
- Copy components of a Brightspace course
Administration Topics
- Brightspace roles
- Brightspace course shell creation
- Brightspace update schedule
- Brightspace purge schedule
- Enroll assistants in Brightspace courses
Third-Party Integrations
- CogBooks
- WW Norton
- WileyPlus
- H5P for interactive content
- Using Cengage WebAssign in your Brightspace courses
- First Day
- Using LinkedIn Learning in your Brightspace course
- Create Microsoft Teams meeting in a Brightspace Course
- Adding RedShelf content
- Using Cengage MindTap
- Using Elsevier Evolve Link
- Design your Brightspace course for Pulse
- Using Tevera to record field work
- Third-party application integration in Brightspace
- Using Hypothes.is to annotate in your Brightspace course
- Adding a OneNote Class Notebook to a Brightspace course
- Films on Demand
- Integrating publisher-provided content into Brightspace
Advanced topics
Examples
- Faculty Exchange/Jo Hittner Discusses Brightspace Checklists
- Faculty Exchange/Aurea Osgood Discusses Using Discussion Forums
- Faculty Exchange/Brandy Schillace Discusses Custom Brightspace Course Home Pages
- Faculty Exchange/Scott Segal Discusses Using Camtasia To Capture Class Content
- Faculty Exchange/Rita Rahoi-Gilchrest Discusses Discussion Forums
- Faculty Exchange/Lynne Ornes Discusses Creating Interactive Online Course Content
- Faculty Exchange/Diane Forsyth Discusses Using Rubrics