ITS -- Brightspace FAQs
Brightspace FAQ
- How do I access Brightspace?
Brightspace Course Navigation
- Now that I’m here, how do I maneuver in Brightspace?
Brightspace Course Navigation - How can I introduce my course to my students?
Course Overview Section - How can I keep communications current in my course?
- Announcements for the whole class – Creating Announcements
- Emailing individual or groups of students – Message/Email using Classlist
Building Out Your Course
- How do I organize my course with modules?
Creating a module
Manage Files and Upload to Modules
Add existing Activity to Content - How do I create quizzes?
Creating a New Quiz with New Questions
Create a New Quiz with Imported Questions - What is the Grades Tool? How do I use Brightspace as a gradebook?
Understanding the Gradebook in Brightspace - How do I manually enter grades?
Manual Grade Entry - How do I create categories in the Grades Tool?
Categories in Grades Tool - How do I get assignments, discussions, and assessments into my gradebook?
Creating a Grade Item - How do I associate an activity, discussion or assessment to a grade item in my gradebook?
Grade Item Association - How do I grade items and provide feedback to students?
Grade Items and Provide Feedback
Online Teaching Faculty Protocol
There are specific considerations for faculty teaching in an online course at Springfield College. The Faculty Senate has prescribed the following expectations for all faculty contracted to teach online. At a minimum, online faculty are expected to enter the online classroom six times a week. To best serve the interest of the students, faculty are expected to provide constructive feedback to student submissions. Best practice for providing feedback to student submissions is within two weeks of the initial submission. To promote the value of communication in an online course, faculty must generate discussion posts and provide feedback to at least five unique student original discussion posts. Supplemental feedback comments are at the discretion of the faculty member. And finally, all faculty committed to an online course are required to maintain and update their course grade book.
To maximize the use of Brightspace in your course for things like:
- Using formative and summative assessment
- Providing effective feedback on assignments
- Engaging students in your course
Please contact:
Center for Excellence In Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship: cetls@springfield.edu, 413 748-4731
Technical Service Center: tsc@springfield.edu, 413 748-4872
