See below for instructions on using Brightspace tools.
How to Login and Access Your Courses
Step-by-step guide
Registered courses will become available in Brightspace at 12AM on the first day of the semester, and not before. If your instructor has not set your specific course to Active, you won’t see it. Contact your instructor about this.
- On the Langara homepage, click Log In
- Under Students, click on Brightspace
- Log in with your Langara email address and password (e.g. jsmith00@mylangara.ca)
- Once you have logged in, you will see your Brightspace My Home page; choose a course from the main area of the page
If you are having trouble logging in, contact the IT Service Desk.
Please note: It can take up to 24 hours after registration for a Brightspace course to become available to students. If it has been 24 hours and you still cannot see your course, please contact your instructor.
How to Navigate Through Your Courses
How to Use the Assignments Tool
Step-by-step guide
Due to length, these instructions are available in PDF for easier reading.
[Download/View as a PDF ]
The Assignments tool in Brightspace. How to:
- Find assignments
- Submit assignments
- View feedback and grades
How to Use the Discussions Tool
Step-by-step guide
Due to length, these instructions are available in PDF for easier reading.
[Download/View as a PDF ]Reading and responding to Discussions in Brightspace. How to:
- Find Discussions
- Understand how Discussions are organized
- Read and post messages
- Respond to messages
- Read feedback to your posts
How to Use the Quizzes and Surveys Tools
Step-by-step guide
Due to length, these instructions are available in PDF for easier reading.
[Download/View as a PDF ]How to do Quizzes and Surveys in Brightspace. All about:
- Finding your quizzes
- Completing quizzes
- Viewing your submissions and seeing your grades
- Completing surveys
How to Use the Email Tool
Brightspace email is now send-only
As of December 2019, it is no longer possible to receive email messages in Brightspace. You can still compose and send messages, and your message will be sent from your Langara Office365 email address and sent to your recipient’s Langara email address. Any correspondence from that point will take place within Langara’s Outlook email system.
Click here for more information.
Sharing Awards in Brightspace
Sharing Awards
[Download/View as a PDF ]If you’ve taken courses that use Badges or Certificates, such as the Langara Student Success Course, you might need to be able to make those badges visible to other people. Watch the video below for a demonstration of how to do this.