Download Brightspace Template
GBC Brightspace Template Version 1 (June 15, 2023)
Step by Step instructions: How to import a zip file into Brightspace?
This course shell provides a structure you can incorporate into your own Brightspace course to provide a more consistent experience for students.
Instructions on how to use the file
1. Go into your course and go to the Course Admin Tools menu tab
2. Select Import/Export Course Package
3. Scroll down and check the radio button for Import Components
4. Click the blue Start button
5. Upload the template zip file you have downloaded to your device by clicking the Upload button.
6. Click the Import All Components blue button to begin the process of integrating the template into your course
7. The process will take a few minutes. When done the blue View Content button should be highlighted. Click this button to go to the Content section for your course.
8. The template material will appear at the bottom of your Table of Contents.
Minimum specification requirements to access the Brightspace platform
- D2L Community: System Requirements and Browser support
- Brightspace Pulse platform requirements
New Instructions for Self Crosslisting
- How to Self-Crosslist your Brightspace Courses? (Important Notes: Faculty who plan to cross-list their course should not work in the live shell until the cross-list has been completed. Please use Google Chrome or Firefox. Safari cannot be used for crosslisting.)
Technical Help
For all technical help related to cross-listing within D2L including new cross lists, additions to existing cross lists or cross list removal, please send a help desk request to helpdesk@georgebrown.ca
- Microsoft Stream migration
Q: I have videos on MS Stream. Is there anything I need to do to ensure they remain available after April 15?
A: You do not need to do anything immediately. The links and embeds you had to Stream Classic will be redirected to the Stream on SharePoint site. Those links will expire on February 15, 2025.
To continue linking to migrated videos beyond that date you will need to generate a new link or embed code for the video in question. Videos with an expiring link will display the following message above the window:
Q: How do I access, and add, content in Stream on SharePoint?
A: Log into Microsoft 365 from your browser (http://portal.office.com/). If Stream does not appear in your list of favourite apps, click on the Apps icon on the vertical menu bar on the left of the window, and then find and click Stream from the list of apps displayed.
Q: Is further assistance available?
A: Yes, contact the IT Help Desk at helpdesk@georgebrown.ca, or call 416-415-5000, ext. 4938 (HELP).
- How do I locate my courses?
- How to Change Course Name and Banner?
- How can I reorder my courses on the dashboard?
- How do I view my course from the student view?
- How do I add my photo, edit my profile, and manage account settings?
- Is there a mobile app?
- How to Manage Dates for Your Course on Brightspace?
- How to set up Attendance in Brightspace?
- Content
- How do I clean up/delete all contents in Brightspace?
- You can clean up your sandbox and reuse them
- You can clean up any existing contents before import or copy course into your Brightspace course
- How to export in Brightspace (zip) and import the zip in another course in Brightspace?
- Faculty A to share a course with others - How to export Brightspace Course Package into zip?
- Faculty B receives a zip file - How to import the zip into another course in Brightpace?
- How do I copy an entire Brightspace course within the same instructor's account? (Course Copy)
- Copy my Dev Shell to the Live course
- How to copy some components from one Brightspace course to another?
- e.g. Discussion and Quizzes
- How do I create modules and add content to them?
- How do I make content unavailable to students?
- How do I import course materials from Blackboard?
- How can I release content to Sections or Groups at different times?
- Can I check my student’s progress in my class?
- How do I add videos to my content?
- How do I import a SCORM package?
- How do I add links to my content?
- What’s completion tracking?
- Can I exempt specific students from content items?
- How to enable LTI into Brightspace(e.g. peerScholar, Wiley, Ucertify and, etc.)
- How to add H5P contents?
- How to access Zoom in Brightspace?
- How to upload video to Stream and embed into Brightspace?
- How do I add videos to my content? (Youtube or Stream Videos)
- Advanced YouTube - How to add segment of Youtube video?
- How to create FAQ questions and categories for Learners?
- How do I clean up/delete all contents in Brightspace?
- Assignments
- How do I create an Assignment? What types of assignments can I create? How do I link an assignment to a grade item?
- How to enable Turnitin Assignment and how to add instruction to students?
- Incorporate Turnitin Similarlity Checker into D2L Assignment Tool
- How do I email students who haven’t submitted an assignment?
- How do I video and download assignment submissions?
- Can I annotate student submissions directly in Brightspace?
- How do I return grades and papers to students when I collected physical copies of the assignment?
- How do I create/edit audio/video notes with captioning in Brightspace??
- How do I give select students a different due date?
- Grading & Rubrics
- How do I grade an assignment? How do I use the annotation tool to grade?
- How do I email students who haven’t submitted an assignment?
- How do I set up my gradebook? (To show Student ID)
- How to export grades?
- Where do students see their grades?
- How do I create a rubric?
- How to setup weighted grades in Brightspace without category?
- Final calculated grades is hidden by default to students. How to release final grades?
- How to grade a discussion topic?
- Groups & discussion boards
- How do I create groups?
- How do I add students into groups?
- Can students’ self-enroll in groups?
- As a learner how do I self-enroll in a group? (You can provide this information to your students)
- Join the Group Sample Page (Faculty can view this Sample Page)
- How do I create a discussion forum and topic?
- Can I grade discussion topics?
- How do I set dates to a discussion topic?
- Can I use discussions for journaling?
- If you use Journals in Bb, this is the instructions of doing Journaling in Brightspace
- Notifications
- Assessments
Test questions and Point
- How to create quiz and settings (Slide 1- 3)
- Review and edit questions and answer
- Preview test
- How to review Quiz Points Value
- How to duplicate a test
Test settings
- Accommodation
- Set Test Availability, Timer settings, Number of Attempts and Evaluation & Feedback (Slide 4 -8)
- How to reopen a test for learners
- How to reset attempts for learners?
- How to Enable Respondus LockDown Browser in Brightspace (Faculty)
- How to Download and Install Respondus (Learner View)
After Assessment
- Grade written response question
- Publish Grade
- How to view View Question Statistic
- How to Edit Quiz questions after the Quiz has taken place
- What to do if the answer is incorrect
- How to update question's score after the test
- 3rd-party applications (GoReact and LibApps)
- Zoom
