Select the issue: You have just started using Brightspace, what are the most important things you should know?What are some best practices for entering grades?What are some best practices for creating and configuring discussions?What are some best practices for setting up Release Conditions?How to make changes to my personal settingsHow to enroll students through the Classlist You have just started using Brightspace, what are the most important things you should know? Start and End Date: Setting Start/End Dates on items will makes them visible but inaccessible to students outside of the set dates. If only a Start Date is set, the item will not be accessible until that time, but will remain available afterwards.If only an End Date is set, the item will be available up until the date, and will then be inaccessible.Start and End Dates can be set for a number of tools, such as Discussions, Quizzes, Dropboxes / Assignments, Content, and more.The option to add Start and/or End Dates can be located when editing the item, in the Properties or Restrictions tabs. Caveats: If you Hide the item as well as add Start/End Dates, hiding will override Start/End Dates.If you set Release Conditions as well as Start/End Dates, users who do not meet conditions will not have access to item. Setting Release Conditions: Release Conditions can be set in tool items such as Quizzes, Content, Dropboxes, Discussions, and more.Release Conditions are criteria students must meet to access the item To set a Release Condition: Go to the Edit page for the item you are assigning a condition.Go to Restrictions.Click Create and Attach:Select Condition Type and Condition Details:Click Create or Update.If multiple conditions are made, choose if access to the item is dependent on meeting all or any of the conditions:Click Save.Back to top What are some best practices for entering grades? Best practices for entering grades are: When creating grade items, ensure Max Points is not zero. If associated to an item in the course (ex. Quiz, Dropbox, etc.) ensure max points matches the max points of the item it is associated to.When sorting grade categories and items, sort them in the order they will be marked. To re-order grade categories and items: Go to Grades.Select Manage Grades.Click More Actions, Reorder:Use the numeric menus beside each item to sort accordingly:Once complete, click Save.Avoid creating duplicate entries or blank grade items, and remove any in your course.Back to top What are some best practices for creating and configuring discussions? Best practices for creating and configuring discussions are: Ensure there are Discussion Topics created under Discussion Forums. If not, students will not have a place to post, as posts cannot be made to Forums.Ensure Discussion Forums and/or Topics are not unintentionally hidden. If hidden, students will be unable to view and access area.Ensure no unwanted date restrictions are set for the Discussion Topic or Forum.If group restrictions are used, verify the correct group is set, and that the group contains correct members.Back to top What are some best practices for setting up Release Conditions? Best practices for setting up Release Conditions are: Set up conditions before users access the course.Avoid unnecessary conditions.Avoid circular references.Avoid impossible conditions.Avoid contradictory conditions.Back to top How to make changes to your Personal Settings Changes to personal settings can be completed in two areas: My Settings on the homepage (if enabled):Account Settings. Click on your name in top right corner of page.Click Profile, Notifications, or Account Settings, to access the respective pages:Back to top How to enroll students through the Classlist To enroll students through your Classlist (permissions allowing): Go to Classlist:Click Add ParticipantsSelect Add Existing Users:Use Search For to search for the desired users.Check the box to left of the desired user name(s).Select the role, and if applicable, the section to enroll them into:Click Enroll Selected Users.Back to top
