Ammad Qureshi
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...
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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....
Austen Liaude
In Microsoft Teams you can select 4 different presenter modes for sharing your content. These are Content Only (default option), Standout, Side-by-Side and Reporter. To access it you will need to be either presenter or organiser in the meeting....
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...
If you would like to organise students into groups on Teams, to chat with them or send a post directed to them, you can use the tags feature to do so. Using tags as groups may be useful to keep track of students in group tasks or...
The chat tool allows you to create public and private chats to interact and communicate with either your entire module classlist or specific students or staff members in real-time. The chat feature can be used to discuss topics and...
In a Microsoft Teams live meeting you can share and collaborate with your students using the Whiteboard tool. This tool has recently been updated and includes more features like templates, note grids, uploading documents and images. Below is a...
The bookmarking feature allows you to bookmark content in Brightspace. Bookmarked content is saved in Bookmarks section in contents area and is only visible to you. This short video below demonstrates how you can bookmark your content in Brightspace....
Lucy Thacker
In the module overview widget the last link is Tool Access, this will bring up a pie chart representing the interaction per tool on your Brightspace module. Below is a short video demonstration on the tool access chart. Now...