A Brightspace Quick Start

Relevant to: faculty and staff

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Quick Start Guide

Here is a list of resources to help you navigate as you begin your journey in Brightspace.

• Brightspace Access
• Quick Tour of Brightspace Menus and Widgets
• Multi-Factor Authentication Learnscape
• SUNY Empire Multi-Factor Authentication Webpage
• Overview of the Visual Table of Contents Widget
• Visibility Settings of Modules and Topics
• Meet Your Instructor Widget in Brightspace - Instructor Profile
• About the Calendar Tool and Using Bulk Edit to Set Due Dates
• How to Use the Announcements Forum
• How to Use the Brightspace Email Tool
• Using Drag and Drop to Manage Your Course Content
• Creating Course Content
• The Brightspace HTML Text Editor
• Using the Assignment Activity
• Brightspace and Turnitin
• Configure Override Access for an Activity Extending Time-Due Date for Students
• How to Create a Discussion Forum and Topic in Brightspace
• How to Moderate a Discussion in Brightspace
• Overview Discussions
• Adding Student Overrides to a Quiz Activity
• Create a Quiz
• How to Manage Questions in the Brightspace Question Library
• Add and Organize Items and Categories in the Gradebook
• Entering Grades in a Course
• Using Quick Eval
• Adding Mircosoft Teams Meeting Links to a Courses
• Adding a Module