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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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)
Content
Upload Files (Make new video for overview of Manage Files tool)
Import or Copy Course Materials
Course Builder and HTML Templates
Adding Media (Make a new video for Embedding Kaltura Images)
Adding Dates and Release Conditions
Backup Your Course (Add images to accordion how to)
Communication
Announcements and Activity Feed (Add images to accordion, make new video for Activity Feed?)
Assignments
Create an Assignment (Add link to Rubrics, Groups — Create a Group Category, create new video Overview Assignment Tool)
Discussions
Create a Discussion (Update PDF & video — group discussions, link to groups page, create 1:1 video?, create overview video)
Moderate or Manage Visibility Restrictions for Discussions
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
Rubrics
Manage Dates (Availability and Due Dates)
Class Progress
Awards
Calendar
Logs (Tracking Activity History)