Bits & Bytes

December 2021

Copyleaks Plagiarism Checker Integration

is Coming to Town!


Now your students don't have to leave Brightspace or remember a new login to use Copyleaks. Copyleaks will be housed in the content for courses that require theme papers. Instructors will have no change in how you assess papers in the regular assignment evaluation experience. To see how students will use copyleaks integration, check out this video.

Brightspace logo with Large white B in an orange filled circl and Copyleaks Logo with a blue circle around the letter C. A lego block icon picture.

Click the Button above to see what updates are happening in Brightspace for Dec. 2021






Take a Byte: Get Notifications for Discussion Replies and comments in Panopto

Panopto allows users to set notifications when viewers leave comments or replies to discussions. Watch the video to learn how.

How to set up Discussion and comment Notification & How to start a Discussion using Panopto

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News To Remember


A Little Bit about: Brightspace - Remove the Orange Dot from the Gradebook

Don't Let the ORANGE DOT make you a Grinch!

Here's how to remove the orange dot for graded submissions in your gradebook.

Google Updates

Google Bits and Bytes

Here's a Great Google Tip!

Insert and Access Shortcuts in Google Docs Using the @ symbol!