Foundations
Overview: 60 minutes virtual training on the most commonly used tools in Brightspace to get started fast.
Audience: Beginner to Intermediate Brightspace Users
Length: 50 minutes with 10 minutes for questions
Description: The purpose of this training is to provide CCC instructors with the essential tools for getting started with D2L’s Brightspace. These topics have been carefully selected to provide you with foundational knowledge of navigating Brightspace, adding different types of content, and organizing your course.
At the end of this training you will have gained the skills to meet the minimum requirement of uploading your syllabus, in addition to learning about some of the more engaging and interactive tools.
This training serves as a prerequisite for more advanced training on other Brightspace features and interactivity.
Objectives
Participants will be able to:
- Navigate Brightspace with ease.
- Identify where to manage their profile settings, account settings, and notification settings, and show students how to do the same.
- Manage the course availability for students.
- Create and manage announcements.
- Send email to students through Brightspace.
- Navigate and understand the Content area.
- Create and manage modules
- Upload a file (e.g. Syllabus) and remove a file.
- Add an assignment, understand the assignment options, and tie the assignment to the gradebook