About Manage Dates Use the Manage Dates tool to view, bulk edit, and bulk offset the date availability and set the calendar status of course objects from one central location. These objects include: These course objects display in a grid that you can sort by any of the column headings. You can also use the Type column to sort […]
Category: Other Tools
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 […]
The Brightspace Editor
In many tools you will encounter the Brightspace Editor. The Brightspace Editor integrates with all Brightspace tools that enable you to create HTML content. For example, the Brightspace Editor is available when you write emails, post messages to a discussion forum, edit discussions topics, create calendar entry descriptions, create custom instructions for Assignment folders, and create […]
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 […]
Other Tools
The items below are either accessed via Course Admin & Other on the Brightspace navbar, or are integrated features of Brightspace that don’t have their own settings pages. Articles under Other Tools
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 […]
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 […]
Copyright and Online Instruction
Use of copyright-protected content on campus is governed by the Copyright Act, legal precedent, international treaties, and license agreements between the College and content providers. These form the foundation of Langara’s copyright policies and directives. This guide provides information on how to effectively incorporate copyrighted materials into your Brightspace courses, by format type: For more information […]
Setting Your Course to Active
For any course to become available to your students, two conditions need to be met: Here’s the quick and easy way to set a course offering to Active.
