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Brightspace is the Course Management System used by the University for instruction and course organization. Brightspace provides a number of tools, options, features, etc. that instructors can use to customize courses and experiences for students.
Go to https://my.sjf.edu/
Login with your Fisher credentials
Select Employees
Select LaunchPad
Look for Brightspace
Pre-Semester Prep: Helpful guide for common tasks to prepare your course for the semester.
Adding Users To A Brightspace Course and Brightspace User Types.
Attendance Tracking: Using the built-in attendance tracking tool within Brightspace.
Brightspace Basics: About the default course view, customizing course navigation, managing users, and content areas.
Brightspace Building: Building content in Brightspace including the content page, building modules, and setting dates/restrictions.
Brightspace Assignments: Set up, organize, and grade assignments.
Brightspace Discussion Boards: Set up, engage, and grade discussion conversations.
Brightspace Grade Book: Set up and organize grades to calculate course grades.
Brightspace Groups: Set up groups for students discuss together and submit group assignments.
Brightspace integration with LinkedIn Learning: Integrate LinkedIn Learning courses in your Brightspace course.
Brightspace Rubrics: Evaluate students based on pre-determined criteria.
Brightspace Quizzes: Set up and grade quizzes or exams.
Lumi: Utilize Brightspace AI to brainstorm ideas or create questions with this time-saving tool.
Creator +: Include engaging resources in your course to enhance the learning experience.
Intelligent Agents: Create automated messages that you can send to your students.
Video Note: Record up to 30 min of video content and post it to announcements, content, assignments, etc.
Please note that there is currently a bug with VideoNote that prevents users from recording more than 3 minutes on an iPad. If you need to record for more than 3 minutes, please use a computer.
Release Conditions: For creating custom learning paths or controlling visibility based on certain actions.
Class Progress: Check up on how your learners are doing in your course on a whole-class or individual basis.
Awards: Give students a digital badge or PDF certificate so they can show their achievements.
Explore the Brightspace FAQs page for common questions we receive from faculty about how to use Brightspace most effectively.
Getting Started: This resource was made for SJF students as an overview of the Brightspace homepage, Brightspace courses, submitting assignments, submitting discussion threads, and checking your grades.
Changing personal settings (i.e. profile photo, notifications, and account settings)
There are a number of tools that integrate with Brightspace. Find resources and support by clicking on the links below:
Google Drive: Google Drive documents can be uploaded in the following areas: Content, Discussions, Assignments, Email, and Announcements