Table of Contents
Moving Things Around in the Content Tool
“Opt-In” and “Default” Feature Status
Switching Between Original and Opt-In Features
Import a CTEL Jumpstart Package into your Course
Why Start With The Grades Tool?
5 Reasons why setting up the Grades tool before anything else is crucial:
Setting up a Points-Based Course
Setting up a Weighted Percentage-Based Course
Category Setup for Points-Based Courses
Category Setup for Weighted Percentage-Based Courses
Grade Item Setup for Points-Based Courses
Grade Item Setup for Weighted Percentage-Based Courses
Changing / Editing Grade Items & Categories
Edit Multiple Grade Items & Categories
Deleting Grade Items & Categories
Understanding Weighted Percentage-Based Courses
Setting up Extra Credit / Bonuses
Understanding How Points Work in Brightspace
Weighted Percentage-Based Demonstration
Recovering Deleted Assignments
Working With Discussion Forums and Topics
What's the Difference Between a Forum and a Topic?
Part 1: Setting up the Main Quiz Options
Part 2: Setting up Submission Views
Importing Quiz/Exam Questions From a Package
Importing Questions From another Quiz/Exam
Types of Quiz & Exam Questions
What Do You Mean By "Sequencing"?
Creating Your Sequence from Scratch
Add Previously Created Course Assessments
Post Your Syllabus in Brightspace
Syllabus in PDF or MS Word Format
Syllabus in Google Docs Part 1: Setting Up and Getting the Share Link
Syllabus in Google Docs Part 2: Creating a Link in Brightspace
Copying All or Part of a Course to Another
Activate Your Course So Students Can See It
Restoring Deleted Announcements
Choose the Strategy that Works for You
Preview How Students Will See their Grades
Grading Via the Individual Activity Tools
Grading Discussions (Whole Topic)
Grading Discussions (Individual Posts)
Student View of Graded Discussions
Reset a Student's Quiz/Exam Attempt
Releasing a single student’s final grade
Releasing the final grade for all students
Posting Final Grades in MaineStreet
Setting Special Access Options
Edit a Student’s Accommodations for All Quizzes/Exams
Edit Special Access for a Single Quiz/Exam
How Group Activities Work in Brightspace
Manually Assigning Students to Groups
To give all members of a group the same grade
To grade students in a group individually
Filtering the Discussion view by group
Help Your Students Self-Enroll
Create a Replacement for Blackboard’s “Journal” Feature
# of Groups – No Auto Enrollments
Single user, member-specific groups
# of Groups, Capacity of # - Self Enrollment
Find a Course’s Brightspace ID