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Use of TurnItIn Ends Soon. New Platform Forthcoming

Dear faculty, In fall 2025, City Colleges of Chicago will end our use of the Turnitin (TII) Originality Checker because City Colleges is unable to accept the company's new terms and conditions, which would put student data and privacy at…
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Fall 2023 – Start of Semester

Tech 4 U: Making Technology Work for You Welcome to Brightspace Fall 2023 Highlights In this Newsletter: ·         Beginning of Semester FAQs for Brightspace and Zoom ·         New in Brightspace…
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Fall 2022 – Start of Semester

Tech 4 U: Making Technology Work for You Welcome to Brightspace Fall 2022 Highlights In this Newsletter: ·         Beginning of Semester FAQs for Brightspace and Zoom ·         New in Brightspace…

Training Courses

CCC’s Brightspace Training Catalog

Featured Knowledge Base Articles:

Three Things You Should Know About Brightspace

1

How do I create modules and add content to them?

You must create a module (a content container or folder) before you can add topics (content or activity items). You can create sub-modules (modules within existing modules) to establish a deeper hierarchy. Once you create modules, you will populate them with topics. You can drag and drop files from your computer into a module, or you can select the Upload/Create button or Existing Activities buttons to create new topics or add existing course content to the module. A module is a storage place for a group of related course items (called topics)

You can use modules to organize your content by week/unit, or by types of activities:

Add a New Module

  1. From Content, under the Table of Contents, click in the “Add a module…” box
  2. Type a name for your module
  3. Press enter on your keyboard or click outside the text box to create your module
  4. Once you create your module you can set date restrictions, add a description, and manage the availability.

Add a File

  1. From Content, click on the module where you want to add your file
  2. Click on Upload/Create and select Upload Files
  3. Click My Computer and navigate to the file(s) you want to upload

Click Add

2

How can I make my course active, so it is visible to students?

In Brightspace, your course availability to students is controlled by the course start and end dates listed in PeopleSoft CS9 (My.ccc.edu).

If you want your course to “open” or “close” on another date, you can manage that on the Course Offering Information page.


To Manage Course Availability and Dates

  1. Click on Course Admin > Course Offering Information
  2. Check or uncheck “Course is Active” status
  3. Change your course Start and End Dates to control when the course will open and close
  4. Click Save

3

How do I email my entire class?

How do I email my entire class?

1. Enter your course and click Classlist

2. Near the top of the page, click Email Classlist.

3. This will open a page displaying a list of all your students. Click on Send Email (at the very bottom) to begin composing your email.

4. A pop-up window will open, where you can compose your email. Note that students will automatically be populated in the bcc: field for privacy. Once you are satisfied with your email, click Send (at the top).

What Instructors Have Said:

“I like how easy it is to embed videos and other content into Brightspace.”

“The Checklist and Awards tool, along with the Activity Feed, really improve class engagement. I noticed fewer withdrawals and higher levels of interaction and content engagement with Brightspace during the summer launch.”

“So far I find it very intuitive to use while setting up my courses for the semester and find it easy to navigate. I look forward to seeing how the students respond to using this new LMS.  It should be easier for them to navigate as well.”

“Brightspace makes it much easier to upload documents and content, and to add to the ‘content.’”

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