BrightSpace Instructor FAQ

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

  1. D2L Community: System Requirements and Browser support
  2. 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

Land acknowledgement

George Brown College is located on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and other Indigenous peoples who have lived here over time. We are grateful to share this land as treaty people who learn, work and live in the community with each other.


Learn more about our land acknowledgment