Accessible Course Materials
What are Accessible Course Materials? From the National Center on Accessible Educational Materials for Learning: Accessible educational materials (AEM) are...
Brightspace
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Brightspace – Grading: Publishing Options
If you want to grade student work over a period of time, we recommend that you save individual student grades... -
Brightspace – Guest Access for UVM Affiliates
Guests in Brightspace can only view content. Guests cannot access any course tools like assignments, quizzes, or discussions. Brightspace refers... -
Brightspace – Accessibility Checker and Ally
Brightspace Accessibility Checker The Accessibility Checker is available within the HTML Editor when you create or edit HTML content pages.... -
Brightspace – Add TAs and Course Builders
In Brightspace, instructors can now add Teaching Assistants (or course builders) directly into their courses, with no wait time. Step... -
Brightspace – Announcements
Overview Course announcements appear on the homepage of your course. Instructors will see the small down-arrow next to “Announcements” and... -
Brightspace – Assignments
Assignments can be created in two ways: Go to Course Tools on the green course nav bar, then click Assignments.... -
Brightspace – Banner on Home Page (Modify)
In Brightspace, you can modify your course banner and change its text. Change the banner image Hover over the banner... -
Brightspace – Bulk Manage Dates
Bulk Manage Dates in Course Content Area Manage due dates and availability for all your course content in one place,... -
Brightspace – Calendar
Overview The Brightspace Course Calendar is a useful tool for students, displaying due dates for assignments, when content will become... -
Brightspace – Cengage Integration
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Brightspace – Cengage Integration
Instructors: Cengage (WebAssign) Integration with Brightspace Connecting Your WebAssign Course to Brightspace 1. In WebAssign, create your course the usual... -
Brightspace – Checklist
Overview Instructors can use the Checklists Tool to help students stay on track with assignments and tasks for a course.... -
Brightspace – Class Progress
The Class Progress Tool is available to both instructor and students in the Course Menu under Grades & Feedback. Features... -
Brightspace – Classlist (View Roster & Email Students)
Accessing Classlist Classlist is directory of names, emails, and group settings which provides you with quick access to your students.... -
Brightspace – Completion Tracking Tool
Set up the Completion Tracking tool The Completion Tracking tool in Brightspace helps students stay on track with the course... -
Brightspace – Content & Activities
Overview Course content is organized through Modules and Topics. Modules organize the units of your course (for example, Week 1,... -
Brightspace – Content: Create a File (Text Editor)
Create File In the navbar, click on Content & Activities. Click on an entry in the Table of Contents area,... -
Brightspace – Copy One Course to Another
Video instruction (4:32) You have two options to access the course Import/Export/Copy feature.Select the Gear Icon Go to your destination... -
Brightspace – Course Builder
Using the Brightspace Course Builder Course Builder Overview The Course Builder tool is useful for creating a draft of a new... -
Brightspace – Create a Sandbox Course Space
UVM faculty and staff can create sandbox spaces in Brightspace. Sandbox spaces will never contain student enrollments. They are not... -
Brightspace – Discussions
How to use Discussions A discussion is a place where students can come together online and therefore a good place... -
Brightspace – Find Your Course
Pinned For convenience, you can pin a course so that it floats to the top of the page. Just click... -
Brightspace – for Students
Brightspace is UVM’s new LMS (Learning Management System), replacing Blackboard in Fall 2023. Brightspace is another tool available to faculty... -
Brightspace – Grades: Display Cumulative Course Grades to Students
To let students track their course grades throughout the semester, a few things must be set in place. Before anything... -
Brightspace – Grades: Export the Gradebook
It is recommended to back up your gradebook before making any major grading changes or editing gradebook settings. This is... -
Brightspace – Grades: Set Up Your Grade Book
Set up your Grade Book Accessing Grades Center On the Navigation bar menu click on Grades & Feedback and Select... -
Brightspace – Grading Work
Grading in Brightspace Grading in Brightspace is different from what we were accustomed to in Blackboard. There are 3 ways... -
Brightspace – Grading: Granting Exemptions
Exemptions You are able to exempt a student from a particular grade or exempt a student from multiple grade items.... -
Brightspace – Grading: Manually Enter into the Gradebook
To manually enter grades for students all at once: Go to Grades & Feedback > Grades: Enter Grades > Switch... -
Brightspace – Group Tool
Groups in Brightspace Brightspace groups are useful for a variety of reasons, you may wish to have students submit a... -
Brightspace – Helpful Links for Instructors
General Resources Brightspace Implementation web site Brightspace Community Site (Registration required) Where to Get Help UVM Tech Team For basic... -
Brightspace – Intelligent Agents
What are Intelligent Agents (IAs)? Intelligent Agents automatically scan Brightspace according to the criteria you set. When you run an... -
Brightspace – Learner View
View as Learner The “View as Learner’ preview function is a quick way for instructors to see how course content... -
Brightspace – Make Your Course Active (Available) for Students
By default, Brightspace courses are not available to students until instructors make them available, or “active.” When a course is... -
Brightspace – Non-Credit Course Creation/ Learner Self-Enrollment
UVM faculty and staff can create spaces in Brightspaces for educational or organizational purposes. These spaces are for UVM affiliates... -
Brightspace – Organizing Course Content
The three general methods for organizing content described on this page each have benefits and limitations. The goal is find... -
Brightspace – Profile, Notifications and Account Settings
Profile To personalize your Brightspace course, click on your name in the upper right corner of any Brightspace window. Choose... -
Brightspace – Quick Start for Instructors
View upcoming CTL workshops as well as workshop recordings Find and pin your courses This short article in the UVM... -
Brightspace – Quiz Settings: What Students See
Brightspace offers instructors a number of options under Evaluation & Feedback to control what students see after they submit a... -
Brightspace – Quizzes
In Brightspace, the quiz tool is used for quizzes, tests, and exams. This page for instructors explains how to set... -
Brightspace – Release Conditions
Release Conditions Release conditions allow you to create a custom learning path through the materials in your course. When you... -
Brightspace – Replace Strings
An excellent way to personalize your course and communications in Brightspace is to use Replace Strings. Replace Strings are specific... -
Brightspace – Respondus LockDown Browser (Instructors)
What is the Respondus LockDown Browser? LockDown browser (LDB) prevents students from printing, surfing the Internet, taking a screenshot, or... -
Brightspace – Respondus Lockdown Browser and Monitor for Students
If your instructor is using LockDown Browser, or LockDown Browser with Monitor, this page will help ensure you have a... -
Brightspace – Respondus Monitor (for Instructors)
Respondus Monitor is a video “proctoring” add-on for Respondus LockDown Browser, which is a web browser that restricts students’ access... -
Brightspace – Rubrics
What are Rubrics? Rubrics are used to grade student work according to defined criteria. These criteria serve to make the... -
Brightspace – Self Assessments
What are Self Assessments? Self Assessments is a formative assessment tool that enables instructors to provide students with a series... -
Brightspace – Solutions to Blackboard Tools: Journals, Blogs, and Wikis
1. Journals Brightspace does not have a Journal tool, so Journals in Blackboard do not migrate to Brightspace. It may appear that... -
Brightspace – Student View Account for Instructors
We now have the option to create a “student view” account in Brightspace. This can be useful for checking what... -
Brightspace – Surveys
In Brightspace, surveys can be created with multiple question types, including branching, and they can be anonymous or non-anonymous.... -
Brightspace – Using the HTML Editor
Using the HTML Editor The Brightspace Text Editor allows you to add images, videos, hyperlinks, and other content, and checks... -
Brightspace – UVM Landing Page
Brightspace Login Sign into Brightspace at https://brightspace.uvm.edu Brightspace Landing Page See All Courses or filter by type with the tabs... -
Brightspace Migration: Assignments
Check to see if Blackboard assignments made with the Assignment Tool moved over to Brightspace On the top navigation bar,... -
Brightspace Migration: Check and Clean up the Course Content
How to use the Syllabus Link (Above the Table of Contents) Single Syllabus File: Go to “Content & Activities” and... -
Brightspace Migration: General Tips for Checking Courses
The tips described here can help you in your work flow of reviewing and revising your Brightspace course (migrated from... -
Brightspace Migration: Internal Course Links from Blackboard
If you created Internal Course links in your Blackboard course to, for example, link from one page directly to another... -
Brightspace Migration: Quizzes
Step 1: Review and Clean Up Quizzes Enter your migrated course and go to Course Tools > Quizzes. The first... -
Brightspace Migration: Rubrics
Generally, rubrics (created by the Blackboard tool of the same name) have migrated well to Brightspace. Some column labels may... -
Brightspace Migration: Discussion
How does Brightspace discussion terminology and display differ compared to Blackboard? There are three levels to the discussion tool: Forum,... -
Brightspace – Course Level Accommodations
While you able to set accommodations and access through an individual quiz, you are also able to set accommodations at... -
Brightspace – TurnItIn
Turnitin is a tool that can be used to assess similarities between students’ written submissions and other documents.TurnItIn generates a... -
Brightspace: Add Gradescope
What is possible with Gradescope? Gradescope is an assessment tool. Instructors can use Gradescope to deliver and grade assignments, quizzes,... -
Brightspace: Attendance Tool
The Attendance tool enables you to create registers that track attendance for activities within your course. You can track attendance... -
iClickers at UVM
iClicker is an electronic polling technology that allows students to give instant feedback or answers to questions during class. Students... -
Perusall
Perusall is a powerful teaching tool developed at Harvard University that is integrated with Brightspace. Perusall allows students and their... -
Yellowdig for Instructors
Yellowdig is a conversation platform that can be linked from a Brightspace course to form a private class community. Yellowdig...
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