Support site Brightspace

Instructors - English

Getting started
- Getting to know Brightspace, short video
- Quick Start Guide for Instructors
- How do I log into Brightspace?
- How do I log out from Brightspace?
- How do I navigate through the Brightspace Homepage?
- How do I navigate through a course?
- How do I add a course to my homepage?
- How do I adjust the course image?
- How do I adjust my profile picture?
- How do I adjust my account?
- How do I change my email notifications?
- How do I adjust my notifications?
Contact the support team and register for Brightspace trainings
- Contact the Brightspace Support Team
- Grades Advanced Online Training
Course Management
- Checklist: Is my course ready for live education?
- How can I change the visibility of my course?
- How can I change the visibility of the content of my course?
- How can I view my course as a student?
- How do I use the Attendance tool?
- How do I use Manage Files?
- Short video: How to use the Course Builder (English only)
- How do I use the Course Builder?
- How do I copy the content from one Brightspace course to another Brightspace course?
- What are Replace strings and how do I use it?
- How do I organize the Course Home of a course?
- The name / code / semester of my course is incorrect, how can I change this?
- Course Life Cycle for Instructors
User Management
- How do I use the Classlist?
- How do I add users to my course?
- Permissions within a Course
- How are students enrolled/unenrolled to courses?
- What is Special Access and how do I use it?
- Can I view submissions, contributions and grades of unenrolled and inactive students in Brightspace?
- Viewing grades of students who unenrolled from a course
From Blackboard to Brightspace
- Quick guide: migration from Blackboard to Brightspace for instructors
- How do I migrate my course from Blackboard to Brightspace?
- How do I migrate quizzes from Blackboard to Brightspace?
- PeerMark / Peer Review from Blackboard to Brightspace
- Noticeable differences between Blackboard and Brightspace
- What are the consequences for my teaching when Brightspace replaces Blackboard?
Content
- Content: An Overview
- Short video: How to add new and existing content to your course (English only)
- What is the standard structure of a course?
- Short video: Leiden Course Model (English only)
- What is the standard course vocabulary?
- How do I structure my course with units/lessons/folders/topics?
- The optimal workflow for creating and adding content to your course
- How do I upload and add a file to Content?
- How do I create and add a HTML document to Content?
- How do I use HTML templates in my content?
- Short video: HTML Templates (English only)
- How do I create and add a Weblink to content?
- How do I upload a video to Kaltura and place it in the course content?
- How do I add Weblectures to my Course and Content?
- How do I add videos to Content?
- How do I add a resource from the Copyright Repository to a course?
- How do I add a download link to a file in a course?
- How do I add SCORM/xAPI objects to my course?
- How do I add a link to an Assignment/Discussion/Quiz to my Content?
- How do I add Remindo to my course and Content?
- How do I add LabBuddy to my Course and Content?
- How do I add Virtual Classroom to my Course and Content?
- MedischOnderwijs.nl
- How can I change the visibility of the content of my course?
- How do I adjust Content availability?
Announcements
- Short video: how to use announcements
- How do I create an Announcement?
- How do I manage Announcements?
Anonymous Marking
- Anonymous Marking - An Overview
- How do I assess an assignment using anonymous marking?
ANS
- Support for ANS
Assignments
- Workflow Assignments
- Short video: How to create an assignment (English only)
- How do I use Assignments?
- How do I create an Assignment?
- How do I set restrictions for an Assignment?
- How can I use Assignments for groups?
- How do I attach a grade item to an assignment?
- Grading Assignments
- How do I set up a Pass / Fail scheme in Assignments?
- How do I assess an assignment offline?
- How do I assess a video assignment?
- How do I assess an assignment with inline feedback?
- How do I assess a group assignment?
- How do I use Pitch2Peer for assignments?
- How do I restore a deleted Assignment?
- How do I use Submission Logs with Assignments?
- How do I add and edit categories to manage assignments?
- How do I import my Turnitin Rubrics and QuickMarks
Awards
- What are Awards and how do I issue these to students?
- Add or create Awards
- How do I revoke and edit Awards?
- Deleting awards in Brightspace
Calendar
- The Calendar widget
- How do I adjust settings in the Calendar?
- How do I share or print the Calendar?
- How do I use tasks in the Calendar?
Checklists
- How do I create and use a Checklist?
- How do I add a checklist to Content?
Copyright Materials
- What are copyright materials?
- How can I check if there is a link available to the resource?
- How do I add literature / copyright protected materials?
- Short video: Learning Object Repository (English only)
- How do I upload resources to the Copyright Repository?
- How do I add a resource from the Copyright Repository to a course?
Digital Examination
- Digital Examination: An Overview
Discussions
- Short video: How to make a Discussion (English only)
- How do I use Discussions?
- How do I create a discussion forum?
- How do I create a topic in a discussion forum?
- How do I change the settings for Discussions?
- How do I manage my discussions?
- How do I add restrictions to a discussion forum or topic?
- How do I create a discussion topic per group?
- How do I attach a grade item to a discussion topic?
- Grading Discussion Forums
Email
- How do I use email in Brightspace?
FeedbackFruits
- How do I place a FeedbackFruits module in my course?
- Support for FeedbackFruits
Grades
- Grades: An Overview & Short Videos
- Introduction to Brightspace Grades
- Setting up the Gradebook for the first time with the Grades Setup Wizard
- Create Grade Categories
- Create Grade Items
- Choosing a Grade Scheme
- Example Gradebook: Weighted Grading System
- Example Gradebook: Formula Grading System
- How do I use the Formula Editor?
- Set up Resits in your Gradebook
- How do I attach a grade item to an assignment?
- How do I attach a grade item to a quiz?
- How do I attach a grade item to a discussion topic?
- Grading Students
- Grading Assignments
- Grading Quizzes
- Grading Discussion Forums
- How do I export Grades?
- How do I import Grades?
- Release Grades to your student
- Copy your Gradebook and Grade Settings to another course
- Working with Grades & Remindo
- Working with Grades & Medischonderwijs
- How to delete a Grade item associated to an External Learning Tool?
- Viewing grades of students who unenrolled from a course
Groups
- How do I use Groups?
- Short video: How to create Groups (English only)
- How do I create Groups?
- How do I remove Groups?
- How do I create or export an attendance list from my Groups?
- How can I quickly see who is in my Group?
Kaltura
- How do I use Kaltura in my Brightspace course?
- How do I upload a video to Kaltura and place it in the course content?
- How do I just upload a video into Kaltura?
- How do I manage and edit my Kaltura videos?
- What is the course Kaltura Media Gallery?
- How do I add a Kaltura Live Room to my course?
- Why do I get an Access Denied message when I try to view Kaltura videos in Brightspace?
Medischonderwijs
- What is MedischOnderwijs.nl?
- Working with Grades & Medischonderwijs
- Support for Medischonderwijs
Quick Eval
- Quick Eval
Quizzes
- How do I use Quizzes?
- How do I create a quiz?
- What type of questions can I add to a Quiz?
- How do I edit a quiz?
- How do I use the Question Library?
- How do I set restrictions for a quiz?
- How do I add a quiz to Content?
- How do I attach a grade item to a quiz?
- Grading Quizzes
- Quiz Statistics: where do I find them and what do they show me?
- How do I create a (statistical) report of a Quiz?
- How do I delete a student's quiz attempt?
- How can I set up what students see when they hand in a quiz?
- How do I publish feedback for a quiz?
- How can I preview what a student sees when handing in a quiz?
Release Conditions
- All about Release Conditions, Manage Dates and Availability of your Content, Grades and Tools
- What are release conditions?
- How do I set up Release Conditions?
- Set different (due) dates per group or sections of students for an Assignment or Quiz
- Automatically Release Content for a certain time period, or after a certain date
- How do I use Manage Dates?
Remindo
- How do I add Remindo to my course and Content?
- Working with Grades & Remindo
- Support for Remindo
Rubrics
- How do I use Rubrics?
- How do I create a Rubric?
- How do I associate a Rubric to an Assignment or Discussion?
- How do I assess an assignment using a Rubric?
- Rubrics FAQ and Tips & Tricks
Surveys
- How do I create Surveys?
- How do I set up restrictions for a survey?
- How do I add a Survey and how do I edit a Survey in Content?
- How do I view the results of a survey?
- How do I create a report of a survey?
Turnitin
- All about Turnitin
- 5 things I wish I knew before working with Turnitin Assignments
- Check your Turnitin More Options settings
- How do I create a Turnitin Assignment?
- Restricting access to your Turnitin Assignment
- How do I set up Turnitin for Group Assignments?
- How do I use Anonymous Marking in combination with Turnitin?
- How should I approach a Remote Exam with Turnitin?
- How do I assess Turnitin Assignments with Feedback Studio?
- How do I control when and how students see their Feedback and Grade for Turnitin Assignments?
- How do I transfer Turnitin Scores to Grades?
- How do I re-sync grades from Turnitin Feedback Studio to Brightspace after I Published Feedback?
- Create your own QuickMarks set and use this set as a default while evaluating Assignments in Feedback Studio
- How do I assess Turnitin Assignments with Rubrics?
- How do I use PeerMark / Peer Review?
- Turnitin Troubleshooting
- Tell me more on the More Options in Turnitin
- How do I submit a file on behalf of a student in Turnitin?
- How do I download inline feedback in bulk from Turnitin.com?
Brightspace Release Notes
- Known Issues
- December 2020 - 18/12/2020
- November 2020 - 20/11/2020
- October 2020 - 16/10/2020
- September 2020 - 18/09/2020
- August 2020 - 21/08/2020
- July 2020 - 17/07/2020
- June 2020 - 19/06/2020
- May 2020 - 22/05/2020
- April 2020 - 17/04/2020
- March 2020 - 20/03/2020
- February 2020 - 21/02/2020
- January 2020 - 17/01/2020
- December 2019 - 20/12/2019
- November 2019 - 21/11/2019
Privacy and Security
- Privacy Statement
- Update your browser
- Gebruikersvoorwaarden OneDrive (Dutch only)
FAQ
- A student is not enrolled in a Brightspace course, how can I solve this?
- How do I set content to hidden/visible?
- What is the course Brightspace Online Training?
- What is a Sandbox and how can I use it?
- Can I alter an assignment after it is published?
- Why do I get an Access Denied message when I try to view Kaltura videos in Brightspace?
- How do I view a quiz as a student?
- Is it required to use the Gradebook?
- Where can I find the Wiki functionality?
- I see a broken link, what's gone wrong?
- Is there a Brightspace app available?
- Why do I see an error message in Internet Explorer?
- What is the Objectives tab in Assignments and Surveys?
- How are the manuals created?
- Peermark unauthorized access issues
- 'Migrators' have appeared on my classlist in Blackboard. Who are they and what are their rights?
- The name / code / semester of my course is incorrect, how can I change this?