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Creating exams using Brightspace
This guide details how to set up a final exam in Brightspace. There are several settings that can affect the testing experience, and we will go into each in detail. Basic details and questions Availability and conditions Timing and display Attempts and completion...
Switching between the Classic Content Experience and New Content Experience
Brightspace now allows instructors to switch between the Classic Content Experience and New Content Experience in their course pages on their own, without having to submit a request. You can switch between the New Content Experience and Classic Experience by following...
Importing Final Course Grades into FAST Student from Brightspace
After recent integration efforts, final course grades can now be imported into FAST Student directly from Brightspace. This page contains instructions on how to prepare your grades in Brightspace, steps on how to access FAST, and details on how to run the import...
Using Activity Feed and Alignment Standards (New Content Experience)
Activity Feeds and Alignment Standards are two pieces of advanced course content which can be used for communicating with your students in a centralized manner. Activity Feeds can be used to post messages and content on your course's front page, allowing students to...
Using Checklists for Learning Outcomes
Checklists are made up of items that refer to important or required assignments, readings, or other activities learners are expected to complete. Checklists may contain multiple categories to help keep the items within organized.Why use a Checklist?The Checklist...
Create Lessons and Organize Course Content (New Content Experience)
Lessons are an effective method of organizing your course content. You can use them to simplify your topic structure and to apply conditional releases to entire sections. The New Content Experience allows you to put multiple folders into a lesson, and multiple lessons...
Using Course Builder
Course Builder is a user-friendly tool that allows you to create, modify, and review course content in one place.Why use Course Builder? Create and Manage Content and Activities in One Place Access all of the Brightspace tools you need to set up your course content...
Create a Custom Learning Path in a Course
As an instructor for a course, you have the ability to guide students in a specific pathway with the function of Release Conditions. Certain course content will not become available or seen with these Release Conditions unless specific pre-conditions are met.Why...
Question Library
A Question Library helps you create repositories of stored questions that can be used and re-used throughout course creation. Filling out the question library is often an excellent first step in creating course content as it offers a place to create, edit and import...
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