Once you have uploaded your video to Brightspace you can add auto-generated captions. If you have not provided captions already for your videos, you might wish to use this feature to make your videos more accessible to students. Below...
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In Teams you can set permissions of the Class Notebook, so sections are only editable by some students. You might use this feature to create sections for groupwork, so each group have their own section in the notebook. Please...
When you upload an image to Brightspace, via the file creation process, you have basic image manipulation options such as the ability to crop the image, resize the image dimensions, re-orientate the image, as well as the ability to...
In a Teams meeting, you can present your PowerPoint Presentation using the PowerPoint Live Feature. This feature is useful if you have a few presenters as they can take over control of the presentation without needing to stop sharing...
You can add start and end dates for Announcements in Brightspace. You might wish to schedule announcements by adding a future start date or add an end date, so the announcement is removed based on the that date to...
In Brightspace you can a video note to your welcome message or any piece of content, by using Insert Stuff function in the text editor when creating the item. Adding a video note to your content makes your module more engaging as...
In the Activity Feed widget on Brightspace you can schedule posts for future dates using the Post Later feature. You might wish to use this feature to keep the widget up to date. If you wish to have this...
In Brightspace, you are able to create chatrooms for you and your students to converse about the content and topics. The chatroom, unlike discussion forums, is a live, real-time system for communicating and sharing ideas. The chats will automatically...
When content within a Brightspace module becomes outdated, it is good practice to delete the content link from the module content area, but leave the content available on Brightspace – just in case the file is required at a...
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....