Brightspace

Bright­space is NIC’s learn­ing man­age­ment sys­tem (LMS), a cen­tral­ized plat­form where instruc­tors post course mate­ri­als, cre­ate assess­ments, and track class progress, and stu­dents access con­tent, grades, and com­mu­ni­ca­tion tools. Use the tabs below to find Instruc­tor sup­port resources.

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Login (Add link to Term Start Check­list once cre­at­ed)

Nav­i­ga­tion (Add link to Term Start Check­list once cre­at­ed)

Access Your Cours­es (Add link to Term Start Check­list once cre­at­ed)

Classlist and Accom­mo­da­tions (Add link to Term Start Check­list once cre­at­ed, also add link to page on Spe­cial Access)

Term Start Check­list (Link to new resource once devel­oped — need web­pages fin­ished to link in PDF)

Make Course Active (make new video show­ing how to cre­ate a Wel­come Video)

Data Reten­tion Pol­i­cy

Text­book Inte­gra­tions

Bright­space Basics Course (Will need to edit links to new site)

Stu­dent Bright­space Sup­port

Content

Con­tent Tool Overview

Upload Files (Make new video for overview of Man­age Files tool, link to Course Builder, Con­tent Tool and Learn More pages)

Import or Copy Course Mate­ri­als (Link to Learn More pages)

Course Builder

Design and Acces­si­bil­i­ty

Adding Media

Adding Dates and Restric­tions

Back­up Your Course (Link to Learn More pages and add images to accor­dion how to)

Communication

Announce­ments and Activ­i­ty Feed (Add images to accor­dion, make new video for Activ­i­ty Feed?, link to Learn More pages)

Email and Instant Mes­sages

Wel­come Win­dow

Assignments

Assign­ments Tool Overview

Cre­ate Assign­ments

Assess Assign­ments

Anno­ta­tions

Attach a Rubric

Discussions

Dis­cus­sions Tool Overview

Cre­ate Dis­cus­sions

Man­age Dis­cus­sions

Dis­cus­sion Types

Assess Dis­cus­sions

Attach a Rubric

Quizzes

Quizzes Tool Overview

Ques­tion Library

Cre­ate Quizzes

Man­age Quizzes

Grade Quizzes

Fix Com­mon Issues

Print Quizzes

Grades

Grades Tool Overview

Grade­book Set­up

Grade­book Views

Grad­ing Sys­tems

Grade Cat­e­gories

Grade Items

Enter­ing Grades

Rubrics

Release Final Grades

Sub­mit or Export Final Grades

Other Tools

Groups

Sur­veys

Quick Eval

Man­age Dates (Avail­abil­i­ty and Due Dates)

Class Progress

Self Assess­ments

Awards

Cal­en­dar

Logs (Track­ing Activ­i­ty His­to­ry)