Brightspace offers participants the possibility to communicate with one another by means of two communication systems, Instant Messages and Email. Both options are available by clicking the Message alerts icon in the alerts menu. While instant messages will...
Answer keys can help instructors maintain consistency in the overall grading process when multiple graders are involved. Answer keys can be associated with the questions they refer to in a quiz and will only be visible to markers, who can be teaching...
This page provides some tips that will help you successfully prepare for and write an online timed exam in Brightspace. These tips are particularly useful for those who will be writing their exams using the quiz tool in Brightspace. Here are some things to...
The following guide on the Quiz Converter Tool may be most helpful when you already have a pre-existing Word document or PDF with all your questions and answers. What is the Quiz Converter Tool? The Quiz converter tool allows users to create...
The New Quiz Creation Experience has become permanent in Brightspace since July 28, 2023. In the “New Quiz Creation Experience”, we can no longer assign a “Grace Period” for Quiz timing.
There are currently two ways to adjust your Brightspace quiz security against unwanted access: Password: You may set a password that you provide to your students so that only those with the password may access the quiz. IP Address: You can limit access to the...
In Brightspace, you can create a link to existing activities such as assignments, Zoom sessions, files or pages in different locations in your course site by means of the quicklink function. Quicklinks are a useful way to help students find content that already exists...
The Quiz tool in Brightspace allows instructors to add hints to questions when designing quizzes. Hints allow for extra information about a question to be displayed to students when they are taking a quiz. This post will walk you through the process of adding...
Method 1: How to link a gradebook item to an already existing assignment In the case that the instructor has already created an assignment (or even added feedback), they can link it to a gradebook item without overwriting existing feedback. Go into your...
Grade items in your grade book represent all the work that you want to evaluate users on in a course. This post will show you how to create a grade item, which can later be associated with an activity you would like your students to receive a grade on. 1. Open...
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