Creating an Assignment Folder

Creating a folder Availability Dates & Conditions Under Availability Dates & Conditions, you can choose to apply the following optional settings. Note: If you don’t use any of the following settings, your Assignment folder will be set to be always available, always visible, and will not be marked late after a specific date. See Dates […]

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Academic Integrity

The Academic Integrity Advisory Committee have put together a number of resources on fostering academic integrity in courses.

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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.  […]

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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.  […]

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Recording Kaltura Video Feedback in Brightspace Assignments

You can use Kaltura to record video (or audio) feedback when evaluating Assignment folder submissions. There are two methods for recording video feedback using Kaltura. Record your webcam only, using Web Recorder (can also be used to record audio only) Step by Step Video Demos How to Record Video Feedback in Brightspace Assignments (Web Recorder) […]

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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.  […]

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Restricted File Extensions in Assignments

The Allowable Filetypes field provides options for the types of files that learners can submit for the assignment. Options in the drop down menu include: If you choose Custom File Types, you can then enter file extensions that are allowed for file submissions. Note: Not all file types can be viewed within Brightspace. Particularly with Custom File […]

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Add special access to an Assignment folder

Special access permissions allow you to set different availability dates and times for specific students. For example, you could extend the deadline for users who require remedial help or who are submitting work beyond the original scope of the assignment. You can also add special access after an assignment’s end date has passed for users who have a legitimate excuse […]

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Turnitin

Turnitin is a cloud-based ‘text-matching’ software which promotes academic integrity, streamlines grading and feedback, deter plagiarism, and improve student outcomes. It’s integrated in Brightspace Assignment tool and compares students’ submission to a database of content, including internet, academic, and student papers. Afterward, it returns a similarity score in the form of percentage and a similarity […]

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