Notify Students About Updated Course Content

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You can notify students about updates or changes to course content. By following these steps, you can send students an alert notification which will appear next to the picture of a bell above navbar. Clicking on the alert will bring students directly to the updated content.

Notifying Students About Updated Course Content

  1. On the navbar, select Content.
    Brightspace screenshot calling out the Content option in the drop down menu from the Course Menu
     
  2. In the Table of Contents navigation bar on the left side of the screen, select the module that contains the topic that needs to be updated.
    Brightspace screenshot calling out the Module options in menu on the left-side
     
  3. Select the drop-down menu found to the right of the title of the content item that is being updated and select the Edit HTML (Web Page) option.
    Brightspace screenshot calling out the Edit HTML (Web Page) option in the drop down menu on the right-side
  4. When all updates are finished on the page, select the Notify students that the content has changed check box located above the Save and Close, Save, and Cancel buttons at the bottom of the screen.
    Brightspace screenshot calling out the Notify Students that the content has changed at the bottom of the screen

    • If you want to describe your changes, enter a description in the Add a summary of the changes field.

    • If you want students to revisit the topic to complete the activity, select the Reset completion tracking check box.
      Brightspace screenshot calling out the space to describe changes made and Reset completion tracking

  5. Select the Save and Close button.
    Brightspace screenshot calling out the Save and Close option at the bottom of the screen

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Article ID: 10821
Created
Fri 5/26/23 1:53 PM
Modified
Mon 7/22/24 3:56 PM