Ammad Qureshi
You can manage your Brightspace notifications to keep yourself up to date with the latest interactions with your module and content. You can receive notifications as an email or receive notifications on Brightspace itself – using the built-in notifications...
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Austen Liaude
In Brightspace you can mark your content items as not required. Items marked as not required aren’t tracked in the content’s progress bar and from the number of items next to the unit/sub-unit name. You can mark a single...
In Brightspace you can create checklists and attach them to your module content area. Checklists can be useful to highlight tasks students are expected to do as they can mark which tasks they have completed and see their progress....
The flag feature allows you to flag users in the Classlist in Brightspace so you can keep track of those users. For example, of students who haven’t accessed the module for a while. You can then search for these users in...
The Glossary function in Brightspace allows you to define difficult keywords from your module content. It is possible to explain a phrase or keyword by linking multimedia content like a YouTube video to explain it. This can be a more interesting and enjoyable...
The Module Healthcheck feature in Brightspace is tool to help tutors and module leaders see where they can improve their modules for students. A well-structured and engaging module means a better learning experience for students. Watch the video below...
You may subscribe to a discussion forum or topic to be able to keep on top of the discussions and responses. When subscribing you can choose whether to get a notification via email or within the Brightspace notification area....
If you would like to email your entire Classlist, reminding them of an assignment or sending them a general message, you can easily do it from your Classlist area on Brightspace. The email classlist feature allows you to email every student and tutor, without having...
The built-in accessibility checker in Brightspace’s text editor can detect basic contrast errors and problems. It gives quick problem resolutions and links to verified external sites for extra reading. The font colour picker also gives accessibility recommendations. Watch the...
In Brightspace’s Discussions, you can set up a forum where students can post anonymously. You may want to allow anonymous posts when talking about sensitive or non-assessed topics to allow students to interact without feeling targeted. The short video below explains...