Before and during the Pilot of Brightspace, research has been done on the structure of a course. After the evaluation, findings indicated that students have a strong preference for a consistent lay-out across all courses. In such way, students will know where to find the right information.
The contents of the structure
The information below covers the default content structure. Depending on the faculty you are bound to, you may see less content units, as they are not always relevant for your course.
Moreover, you can always able to hide or remove content units that are not relevant to your course, e.g. if your course does not contain a Study guide, you may want to remove it from your course.
Under General Information you can add:
- A link to your Study guide
- Information on the Grading Method
- Your Contact Information
Course outline:
- Under the unit Course outline, you can structure your course and explain the way its taught. Making it possible for students to know and prepare for their lesson .
- Brightspace provides a default content structures. This can be adjusted to fit a week or theme structure. Week 1 will then be displayed as Theme 1.
Under Submission point you can add:
- An assignment, you can put a link to the assignments and/or information about the assignment(s).
Under Q&A you can add:
- A discussion, here you can ask and answer questions about course content. This way, you can ask your teacher(s) or your fellow students for advice.
Under Online class you can add:
- A link to Microsoft Teams
- Set up Collaborate Ultra for an online class.