Brightspace Tutorials
- How to Activate a Course (Doc)
- How to Add TAs and others to a Course (Doc)
- How to Login and Search for Courses (Doc)
- Faculty: Resources for Students (Doc)
- Preview Learner: Student Impersonation (Doc)
- How to Make Groups (Docs)
- How to Delete Things in Brightspace (Doc)
- Building Brightspace Rubrics (Doc)
- Time Savers: Automation in Brightspace (Doc)
- How to Create Access to Reading Materials (Doc)
Brightspace Tools
- How to Import and Copy Items into a Course (Doc)
- Organize Content for Student Success (Doc)
- Add Files to a Module using Drag and Drop (Doc)
- How to use the Brightspace File Templates (Doc)
- How to use the Bookmark Tool in Content (Doc)
- Insert Links into the Brightspace Text Editor (Doc)
Third Party Tools
Building and Grading Assignments
- How to Build and Grade Assignments (Doc)
- Create a Group Assignment (Doc)
- Setting Up Turnitin (Doc)
- Setting Up Assignments for Kaltura Video Submission (Doc)
- Interpret a TurnItIn Similarity Report (Doc)
Student Resources
Please note it is highly recommended to export a backup of your grade book before making any changes with gradebook settings or grade items and categories.
How to Export the Brightspace Gradebook (Doc)
Grade Book Setup
- How to Create Grade Items for New and Existing Assessments (Doc)
- How to Make Final Grades (Averages) Visible to Students (Doc)
- Learning Outcomes and the Mastery Gradebook (Doc)
- How to Use Gradebook Schemes (Doc)
- How to Copy and Adjust the UMS Grading Schemes (Doc)
Entering Grades
Solutions to Common Issues
Building and Grading Quizzes
- Building and Grading Quizzes/Exams (Doc)
- How to Use the Question Library (Doc)
- Grant Accommodations in Classlist (Doc)
- Using “Special Access” in Quizzes/Exams to Accommodate Students (Doc)
- Quizzes: All About Timing (Doc)
- Build a Quiz Template (Doc)
Post-Quiz
Building and Grading Discussions
- Discussions Guide (Doc)
- How to Build a Discussion Board (Doc)
- Deep Dive into Discussions: Navigation (Doc)
- Deep Dive into Discussions: Grading (Doc)
- Create a Group Discussion (Doc)
- Creating Private Journals using Discussions and Groups (Doc)
Using Discussions
- Sending Emails and Instant Messages from Brightspace (Doc)
- Using the Calendar to Help Your Students Stay on Track (Doc)
- Intelligent Agents and Release Conditions (Doc)
- Adjust Your Notifications (Doc)
- Brightspace Text Editor (Doc)
- Insert Links into the Brightspace Text Editor (Doc)
- How to Use Groups as Conditional Release for Making Announcements (Doc)