Set Up

Course site basics

Find your way around your course site, edit course information, and add your syllabus

Watch: Navigate your course site

Notice that when you click on a course, the navbar and banner change. You're now on your course homepage! When you're in a course you will use the navbar to find your way around that specific course.

• Main course site tools are displayed in the course navbar. Click "More Tools" to see further options.

• The course navbar will be organized in the same way for all your courses in Brightspace.

• On your course homepage there are also a range of widgets that display information specific to the course.

Watch: Personalize your course name and image

Change the background banner, edit your course name, and learn how to make your course visible to students

To change your course image or name

• Hover over the welcome banner on your course homepage

• Click the "..." button

• Choose "Change image" or "Customize banner text"

• You can either upload your own image or browse the Brightspace image library

To adjust your course information (start/end dates, student access to site)

• Click "More Tools" on the navbar and select "All Course Tools"

• Choose "Course Offering Information"

• To "publish" your site choose the option to make it active

• To return to your course homepage click on the name of your course at the top of the screen after saving your changes

Watch: Add your syllabus

It's easy to copy and paste from another document

To add your syllabus...

• Click Content from the course navbar

• Click + New Unit

• Type Syllabus in the title field

• Paste your syllabus into the text field