By default, most tools do not send notifications when there are updates. Notifications are controlled on a per-user basis, in that user’s own account settings. You can choose if and how you receive notifications of discussion subscriptions, newly posted grades, Assignment feedback, Quiz marks, and more, on the Brightspace Notification Settings page, which you can […]
Category: Course Admin & Other
Setting up Attendance Register
Create attendance registers to track attendance for your course-based activities, such as a mandatory weekly chat session or optional discussion seminar. Creating New Attendance Register Sessions are the components of an attendance register that define one or more events in your register. Your collective sessions make up your register. For example, if you want to […]
Accessibility
Below are articles that deal principally with making your Brightspace course more accessible.
Recording and Playing Back Brightspace Audio in Quizzes and Assignments
The experience of recording audio feedback in Assignments, and your students’ experience of recording audio in response to Quiz questions, has changed. This is due to the old Flash versions of those features being switched off as Flash reaches its End-of-Life at the end of December. See below for a walkthrough of how the new recorder works. […]
Recording and Playing Back Audio in Quizzes and Assignments
The experience of recording audio feedback in Assignments, and your students’ experience of recording audio in response to Quiz questions, has changed. This is due to the old Flash versions of those features being switched off as Flash reaches its End-of-Life at the end of December. See below for a walkthrough of how the new recorder works. […]
Text to Speech
The Text to Speech tool automatically enables online text-to-speech technology for HTML content in Brightspace. Any user can hear their HTML course content spoken using only their internet browser. Users can also highlight and play back a subset of the content. As the instructor, you don’t need to activate anything. The tool is enabled by […]
Intelligent Agents
Portions of the following were taken from the official Intelligent Agents Guide by D2L. What Are Intelligent Agents? Intelligent Agents automatically scan the Learning Environment for user-defined criteria. If the criteria are fulfilled, the intelligent agent sends an email to predefined addresses to alert them. This can be accomplished by using the email address in […]
Delete activity from course
To delete all content from your course, you have to go to each activity and follow the steps stated below: Course Materials: Click on drop down arrow beside the Table of content, then select Delete all modules. Discussions: Go to discussions > Click on More actions > Select Delete > Check the box beside Select […]
Checklists
A checklist contains important or required assignments, readings, or other items to complete. Each checklist contains one or more categories, into which checklist items are organized. For example, you might have an “Assignments” checklist with categories for written assignments and quizzes, both of which could have multiple items that must be completed. Checklist items must […]
Course Banner Image
Brightspace will automatically assign a banner image based on your course title, but you can also customize the image according to your course. Changing the Course Banner Image Brightspace has a large library of images available for your use as a course banner. Removing the Course Banner Image There are multiple ways to remove the […]
