Frequently Asked Questions
14 Articles
- How do I receive Announcements by e-mail?
- Are manuals also available in Dutch?
- How can I experiment with Brightspace?
- Can I add colleagues to my Sandbox?
- Can I add students to my Sandbox?
- Can I use a test student in Brightspace?
- How are OSIRIS and Brightspace connected?
- Where can I get support?
- How safe is Brightspace?
- Virtual Classroom FAQ
Basic settings
26 Articles
- How do I create a Brightspace account?
- How do I log in to Brightspace?
- How do I add a course to my homepage?
- How do I navigate within Brightspace?
- How do I change the course image?
- How do I edit my Profile?
- How do I change my account settings?
- How do I manage my notifications?
- How do I empty my course or my sandbox?
- How does ReadSpeaker work?
Content
26 Articles
- Copy Course: How do I copy the structure and content from one course to another?
- How do I copy a SCORM object?
- How do I export and/or import a course in Brightspace?
- How do I copy components from one course to another?
- How do I add documents to a course?
- How do I add audio and/or video to my course?
- How do I create an information block (File) file in my course?
- How do I add a link to my course?
- How do I add a SCORM object to my course?
- How do I add an HTML e-learning to my course?
Discussions
16 Articles
- How do I use Discussions?
- How do I create a discussion forum?
- How do I create a topic in a discussion forum?
- How do I add an existing discussion to Content?
- How do I change the settings for Discussions?
- How do I add restrictions to a discussion forum?
- How do I add restrictions to a discussion topic?
- How do I create a Discussion Topic per group?
- How do I use Lockers for Groups?
- How do I manage my discussions?
Assignments
12 Articles
- How do I use Assignments?
- How do I create an Assignment?
- How do I create a new category or manage my existing categories?
- How do I set restrictions for an Assignment?
- How can I use Assignments for groups? Assignments | Groups
- How do I add an assignment to Content?
- How do I attach a grade item and/or rubric to an assignment?
- How do I assess an assignment? (grade item, rubric)
- How do I assess an assignment offline?
- How do I assess a group assignment?
Quizzes, Self Assessment and Surveys
19 Articles
- How do I use Quizzes?
- How do I use the Question Library?
- How do I create a quiz?
- How do I set restrictions for a quiz?
- How can I set up what students see when they submit a quiz (Quiz Submission Views)?
- How do I edit a quiz?
- How do I add a quiz to Content?
- How do I attach a grade item to a quiz?
- How do I assess a quiz (grade item)?
- How do I adjust the assessment after adjusting a quiz question?
Grades
14 Articles
- How do I use Grades in my course?
- How do I import and export Grades from and to Brightspace?
- How do I use the grade book?
- How do I set up my grade book?
- How do I create grade categories?
- How do I create a grade item?
- How do I use grade schemes?
- How do I adjust settings in the grade book?
- How do I create a formula in my grade book?
- How do I exempt a student from an assignment, quiz or other activity (grade item)?
Rubrics, annotations, awards
10 Articles
- How do I use rubrics?
- How do I create a rubric?
- How do I make a rubric visible for students?
- How do I copy a rubric from one course to another?
- How do I use Annotations to add feedback to an assignment?
- How do I create Awards and how do I add an Award to my course?
- How do I issue Awards to students and how do I edit Awards?
- How do I design an Award with Classic Badge Designer?
- How do I give feedback with Audio and/or Video Capture?
- How do I create certificates and how do I add a certificate to my course?
Attendance, Calendar, Bookmarks
11 Articles
- How do I keep track of students' presence with Attendance?
- How do I use the Calendar?
- How do I add an event to the Calendar?
- How do I edit existing events in the Calendar?
- How do I adjust settings in the Calendar?
- How do I share or print the Calendar?
- How do I use Tasks in the Calendar?
- How do I import my RU schedule to my Calendar?
- How do I use Manage Dates?
- How do I use bookmarks?
- How do I create an Announcement?
- How do I manage announcements?
- How do I personalise messages with replace strings?
- What is an Intelligent Agent and how do I use it?
- How do I create an Intelligent Agent and how do I test them? Administration | Course Admin
- How do I manage Intelligent Agents? Administration | Course Admin
- How do I create a chat for my course?
- How do I edit chats and access old chats?
Best practices and examples of case studies
4 Articles
- Best practice: the automation of sending additional assignments/warning emails to absent students.
- Best practice: creating a sign-up sheet for student appointments.
- Best practice: move all downloaded Brightspace files from a zip-file to one folder.
- Best practice: using start dates, due dates and end dates.