Brightspace Resources

Brightspace is the Learning Management System used for posting syllabus, grades, links to online course materials and textbooks, and assessing institutional learning outcomes.

Getting Started

• Go to Brightspace and log in with your IVCC email credentials.
• Use the Beginning of term checklist to verify your course is ready
• Use the MidTerm Checkup to make sure you are on track.

Brightspace Processes

• Use the Course Management Request form to request merging multiple rosters into one course, deleting courses, or the creation of course containers (templates).
• FERPA and Merging Sections in Brightspace
• Brightspace Enrollments and Withdrawals

Brightspace Tutorials

Basic Navigation

• Navigation in Brightspace
• Customizing the Navigation Bar

Content Management

• Create a Module and Add Content
• Create Content and Add Files
• Create Video Content
• Import, Export, and Copy Content
• Rearrange Topics, SubTopics, and Content
• Release Conditions
• Bulk Edit Dates in Manage Dates
• Make Final Grades Visible

Grading and Assignments

• Associate an Activity with a Gradebook Item
• Building the Gradebook
• Create Grade Categories to Organize Your Gradebook and Assign Weights
• Create an Assignment
• Create a Rubric
• Create a Quiz
• Reset a Quiz Attempt
• Submit a Test on Behalf of a Student
• Entering Grades
• Download Grades to Excel
• Troubleshoot Final Grades
• Exempting a Grade
• Monitoring Class Progress
• Grade a Discussion Topic
• Set Extra Time for Quizzes
• Instructions for Students on Viewing Feedback in Brightspace 

Communication

• Announcements
• Discussion Forums
• Discussion Topics
• Create and use groups

Accessibility Tools

• Accessibility Checker
• Accessibility Features

Tools

• Attendance
• Itemize Assignments using Checklists
• Use Replacement Strings to Personalize Content
• Intelligent Agents

Training and Documentation

• Sign in or register for a Brightspace Community account to access:
  • Brightspace Guided Training for Instructors
  • Brightspace Instructor Training Documentation
• Brightspace Essentials for Instructors is a self-paced course that contains a series of short tutorials and knowledge checks. Complete them all and earn a Brightspace Badge! Log in to Brightspace and click on the Discover link to self-enroll in the course. 
• To schedule one-on-one Brightspace help, email CETLA@ivcc.edu or call 815-224-0530.

External Resources in Brightspace

• Respondus Lock Down Browser
• Turnitin for Plagiarism Detection
• Pearson Content
• McGraw Hill Connect Content  

Your Learning Management System Team

Contact us at CETLA@ivcc.edu, (815) 224-0530, Room D-201

• Ellen Evancheck, Director of Learning Resources
• Dawn Lockwood, Instructional Technologist
• Daniel Elias, Instructional Technology Systems Coordinator