We have curated a list of resources and instructions for the most common tasks in Brightspace. (For How To's in a video format, visit our curated list of How-To Videos)
Brightspace Quick Reference Guide
D2L Brightspace Higher Ed Instructor Documentation
Getting started
- Sign in using your UWin ID email (UWinID@uwindsor.ca) and password
- Navigate Brightspace Learning Environment
- Change personal settings in Brightspace Learning Environment
- Manage Notifications (video). Learn how to set up getting notifications either by email or text when certain activity occurs in your course.
- Log out of Brightspace Learning Environment
- Computer and Browser requirements
- Add an existing user (TA/GA/Departmental support/Guest) to my course
- Roles in UWindsor's Brightspace - How to search for users in the Classlist
- Download a classlist
- Blackboard and Brightspace tool comparison
Create Content
- Create course content with the Content tool (use the forward arrow on the screen to scroll through all docs on Content)
- Why can't learners see the Content I posted?
- Hide newly created content so students are not notified
- About Brightspace Editor
- Notify learners about updated course content
- Best practices for creating release conditions
- Delete a module
- Exporting Videos from a Blackboard Site into YuJa, then Adding Video to Brightspace Site
- Connect Legato course reserves as a module in your course
- Copy course material from another course
- Use images provided by D2L Brightspace in Content
Assignments
- Create a rubric
- Create an assignment
- About assessing assignments
- Evaluate and add feedback to assignments
- Using Rubrics to grade
Quizzes
- Create a question library
- Create a quiz
- Copy an existing quiz (in the same course)
- Submit an in-progress quiz on behalf of student
Grades Tool
- Assess and grade learners
- Managing grades and grade items
- Grades FAQs – Choose from the left-hand questions or the right-hand menu for Grades Book and grading FAQ answers.
- Show running total to students
- Learn to use the Grades Tool (video tutorials).
Communicate and Engage with Learners
- Create an Announcement
- Create private and group chat rooms
- Email learners in Brightspace Learning Environment
- List of Replace Strings for Announcements and Intelligent Agents
Discussions
- Assess users in discussion threads
- Create and manage discussion forums – Scroll through the various items
- Allow learners to reflect on their learning – Self Assessments
Groups
Teams as Virtual Classroom
- Create a recurring Teams Meeting
- Add Teams meeting to Nav bar
- Activate your Teams Course team
- A Guide to Teaching in Teams
- IT Services Teams Owner Guide
Turnitin (similarity/plagiarism checker)
- Create an Assignment with Turnitin enabled (where it says "folder" our instance says "assignment")
- Introduction to Turnitin Feedback Studio (video of workshop provided to UWindsor by Turnitin)
- Turnitin Instructions for D2L Brightspace Instructors
- Setting reasonable expectations for the Turnitin Similarity Score