We have curated a list of video instructions for the most common tasks in Brightspace. (For written How To's documents, visit our curated list of Instructor How To Documents)
Getting Started
- Getting Started with Brightspace workshop recording
- Create an Announcement (1:18) (NOTE: When you Publish an announcement it is emailed to everyone in your course site, if your course is Active and after the start date)
- Add a Participant to a Course (TA, Department support, etc) (1:29)
Content
- Add a Module (1:39)
- Upload a Topic (0:54)
- Create a File and Insert Stuff (1:47)
- Add an Existing Activity (1:02)
- Rearrange Topics, Submodules, and Modules (2:16)
- Delete a Module (1:25)
Grades
- Grades Tool workshop recording
- Grades Tool Overview (2:02)
- Grades Tool – Setup Wizard (1:59)
- Grades - Understanding Grades - Instructor (2:44)
- Grades - Create a Category - Points - Instructor (2:00)
- Grades - Create a Grade Item - Points - Instructor (2:03)
- Grades - Associate an Activity with a Grade Item - Instructor (2:08)
- Grades Tool – Manage Grades (3:29)
- Grades - Exemptions Overview - Instructor (2:35)
- Grades - Create Grade Exemptions - Instructor (2:13)
- Grades - Grade a Discussion in your Grade Book - Instructor (1:46)
- Grading in Brightspace (4:08)
- Grades Tool – Enter Grades Part 1 (3:55)
- Grades Tool – Enter Grades Part 2 (1:20)
- Grades - Enter Grades - Instructor (2:39)
- Grades - Release Final Grades - Instructor (1:32)
- Grades - Export Grades - Instructor (2:03)
- Transfer Final Grades
Quick Eval
Quizzes
Assignments & Rubrics
Discussions
- Create a Discussion Forum
- Create a Discussion Topic
- Add a Rubric to a Discussion Topic
- Restricting Access in Discussions (using a release condition)
- Lock a Forum (so students can no longer post but can view)
- Discussions Subscription Options (to receive notifications)
- Moderate Discussions
- Use Private Discussions for Journaling
- Grade a Discussion Topic
- Assess from within a Thread (Assess/view all student responses to a discussion without having to leave the thread. This option allows the instructor to leave written feedback for the learner and publish it.)
- Discussion Statistics (Statistics for who is posting, and which topics are generating the most participation/interest)
Groups
Awards
- Create a Badge and Add it to Your Course
- Create a Certificate and Add it to Your Course
- Add a Release Condition to an Award
- Manually Issue an Award
- Revoke an Award
Other Engagement Tools
MS Teams for Teaching
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A set of short videos meant to help with teaching with Microsoft Teams (the longest video is 5:46 min!)
Turnitin
- Introduction to Turnitin Feedback Studio (video of workshop by Turnitin)
- Using Turnitin's Feedback tool (video of workshop by Turnitin)