Learn how to use Brightspace

The Centre for Teaching and Learning has curated a list of step-by-step "how to" video instructions relevant to the University of Windsor's Brightspace instance. The list is comprised of D2L's resources as well as videos created by CTL. (For How To's in written format, 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

• Grading using the Quick Eval tool

Quizzes

• Brightspace Quizzes tool workshop recording

Assignments & Rubrics

• Brightspace Assignments workshop recording
• Rubrics Workshop Recording

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

• Create 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

• Classlist Overview
• Class Progress Overview

MS Teams for Teaching

• 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)