Submitting Assignments

You can see a listing of all Assignments in a course by navigating to the Assessments menu and selecting Assignments.

File Submission Assignments

Brightspace has two types of assignments. The most common are File Submission assignments where you upload an Microsoft Word (.docx) or PDF (.pdf) format. Most word processing software can save/export files in either of those formats.  

When done, click the Submit button so your professor can grade your work. 

Text Submission Assignments

The other type of assignment in Brightspace is Text Submission. These assignments require you to type or paste directly into a text editor box. In addition to text, you can add hyperlinks, images, video, and audio. See below for a detailed description of the editor’s buttons. 

When done, click the Submit button so your professor can grade your work. Note: If you plan on writing a lot, consider drafting your text in a separate program, such as Microsoft Word, and then copying and pasting it into the assignment’s text editor box. This will prevent you from losing work in the event you lose your internet connection.

The Brightspace Editor

The Brightspace Editor is like a stripped-down version of Microsoft Word or Google Docs. It lets you type text content directly into a Brightspace page, add images, videos, hyperlinks, and other content. Here is an image of the editor toolbar and a description of its buttons.

1. Select the More button if your Editor doesn’t show all the buttons depicted here.

2. Set the Format of the typed or highlighted text, such as whether it is a heading, paragraph, etc.

3. Text Styling (Bold, Italic, Underline, etc.)

4. Text Alignment (left, right, center)

5. Lists and indentation

6. The Insert Stuff button.(for videos, links, etc.)

7. The Insert Quicklinks button (for linking Google Drive files)

8. The Insert Image button

9. Equations (graphical, chemistry, MathML, and LaTeX )

10. The Insert Other button (tables, special characters, emoji, etc.)

11. Font and Font size selector

12. The Format Painter

13. Accessibility Checker

14. Word Count

15. Preview

16. Source Code (for editing the HTML of the content)

17. Undo / Redo buttons

18. Full Screen Mode