1. The Course Homepage

2. The Course Header

3. The Course navigation bar

4. The Welcome widget

5. The Visual Table of Contents

6. Course Announcements

7. Course Calendar

When you click on a course from the Brightspace Homepage, the course homepage will be the first page you land on. Every course homepage has the same layout (regardless of whether you are a student or a staff member).

1. The header within courses contains a minibar with the ability to send mails from your course, see notifications etc.
2. From the navigation bar you can access several course tools.
3. The Welcome widget enables you to set a message and change the banner on the course homepage.
4. From the Visual Table of Contents you can quickly navigate to course content.
5. In the Announcements on the course homepage you can place announcements for your students.
6. In the Calendar widget you can review upcoming events/activities/deadlines for this specific course.

Please click on the topics below for in-depth information of each element of the course homepage

1. Click on the THUAS logo to return to the Brightspace Homepage.
2. Click on the Course Name to return to the course homepage.
3. Click on the Course Selector icon to quickly navigate to another course.
4. Click on the Message Alert icon to access Sent Mail. 
5. Click on the Subscription Alert icon to review notifications on discussion threads you subscribed to.
   • If there is an orange notification badge present, it means there is an update in one of the discussion threads you subscribed to.
   • You can control if you receive updates on subscriptions.
6. Click on your name or picture to access your personal profile or to Log Out. See below for more information on:
   • How do I adjust my profile picture?
   • How do I adjust my account?
   • How do I log out from Brightspace?
7. Click on the Cog to quickly navigate to Import/Export/Copy Components. See here for more information.

1. Click on Course Home to return to the course homepage.
2. Click on Content to go directly to your Course Content. See here more information
3. Click on Classlist to get an overview of the students in your course
4. Click on Quick Eval to open the Quick Eval Tool. See here for more information
5. Click on Grades to access the Grades tool. See here for more information.
6. Click on Class Progress to see the progress of your class/students.
7. Click on Course Tools to access the following tools (click on the tool name to see more information):
   • Groups
   • Assignments
   • Ouriginal
   • Quizzes
   • Surveys
   • Discussions
8. Click on Course Admin to go to a screen with all settings for your course

You are able to adjust the course home banner and text in the Welcome Widget. Please see below how you can do this.

1. Click on the three dots of the Welcome widget, to change or remove the banner image.
2. Upload your own image at the right corner.
3. Or choose one of the default images.
4. Finally, hit Save.

The Visual Table of Contents offers links to the content in your course. Click on the 'i' to open the description of the unit, on the title or image to go to the unit and on the arrow or check mark to go to the part of the unit where you left off.

1. Click on the arrow to create a new announcement, reorder your announcements etc. Click here for more information.
2. If you click on the x next to an announcement, you only dismiss it from your own view.
   • If you wish to delete the announcement for students, see here for more information.
3. Under Show All Announcements you can review all (dismissed) Announcements in your course.

1. Click on the current date to open the Month View of the course calendar
2. Click on a date with a dot, to review that day's events/activities/deadlines.
3. Click on Upcoming events to review all future events of this course.