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Brightspace

Welcome to Brightspace!

TLC is excited for the move to Brightspace. In order to help you prepare for a successful semester we have developed this website to provide you some guides and workshops.

Whether you're new to Brightspace or looking to get more out of the tools you already use, this self-paced course offers practical guidance, teaching tips, and just-in-time resources to support your success. You can self-enroll at any time and access the materials whenever you need them.

If you are looking for student support, please see .

Please see our workshop page for information on our ongoing workshops.

Let's Get Started

Here are the tutorials that you may find the most useful while you are getting started with Brightspace. You will find these tutorials and more below, however, they are provided here for your quick reference.

Review a Blackboard Migrated Course in Brightspace

Copying Your Brightspace Course Within Brightspace

Navigating Brightspace

Creating Content in Brightspace

Upload Files to Brightspace

Create a Welcome Window

Tutorials

This page has how-to instructions in written and video format for completing common tasks within Brightspace.

You can also view 51污漫 Videos by going to

For FAQs and other information about preparing for Brightspace see our LMS Website.

Instructor Tutorials

Here you will find instructor tutorials on various topics of Brightspace. If you are looking for a tutorial that is not yet available please reach out to asktlc@ufv.ca and we can provides an individualized tutorial for you.

Accessibility

Brightspace Accessibility Features Guide

Improve Accessibility Using Ally in Brightspace

How to Access Alternative Formats with Ally

How to use Immersive Reader in Ally

Allow Special Access to a Specific Quiz for specific Students

Set Time Accommodation for a student for all Quizzes in a course

Provide Extra Time to a student to Complete a Specific Assignment

Assessments

Creating Exemptions for Assessment Activities

Create an Assignment

Edit and Copy an Assignment

Add an Assignment to a Unit or Lesson in Content

Delete and Restore Assignments

Clear an Assignment submission

Mark an Assignment

Create a Quiz

Delete a Quiz attempt

Quiz Question Types

Use Question Libraries

Setting Quiz Feedback

Clear a Survey submission

Communication

Create a Discussion

Add a Discussion to Course Content

View, Post and Reply to threads in Discussions

Create a Journal

Create a Journal – Introduction: |
Create a Journal – Option 1: |
Create a Journal – Option 2: |
Create a Journal – Option 3: |
Create a Journal – Option 4: |

View and Restore Deleted Discussion Posts

Send an Email

Create and Edit Announcements

Copy, Delete and Restore Announcements

Pin and Unpin Announcements to the Top

Send Instant Messages

Create Groups

Create a Group Assignment

Create a Group Discussion

Enroll Students in Groups

How to Save the Class List as an Excel File

Create a Survey

Course Development

Review a Blackboard Migrated Course in Brightspace

Creating Content in Brightspace

Copying Your Brightspace Course Within Brightspace

Navigating Brightspace

Make a copy of an existing HTML page in the same Brightspace Course Content

Written

Using Page Templates

Upload Files to Brightspace

Add a Web Link

Create a Welcome Window

Manage Dates

Create and Add a Padlet to your Course

Personalize Your Course Banner

Impersonating a Demo Student

First, you must and ask ITS to add a Demo Student to your course(s).

Course Tools

Taking Attendance

Feedback and Grading

Setting up the Gradebook

Weighted Gradebook: |

Points Gradebook:

Grade Discussions

Grade Assignments

View Class Progress

Release the Final Grades

Display the Letter Grade for the Final Grade

Export Grades to an Excel File

Other Tools

YouTube

Insert YouTube videos in Brightspace

Kaltura

Embed an existing Kaltura Video

How to Close-Caption Videos

Media Library

Create a Video using Brightspace Media Library

Embed a Brightspace Media Library Video in a Brightspace Course Content

Edit a video in Brightspace Media Library

Calendar

Create Events in Calendar

Create Tasks in Calendar

Zoom

Access your 51污漫 Zoom Portal

Create and Edit a Zoom Meeting for the Whole Term

Enable Closed Captioning and Transcripts in Zoom Live Meetings and Cloud Recordings

Start a Zoom Meeting

Find and Share a Zoom meeting information

Edit Zoom Meeting Options

Create Small Group Zoom Meetings for Students

Record a Brightspace Zoom Meeting to the Cloud

Access a View a Zoom Meeting Recording to the Cloud

Download a Zoom Cloud Recording and upload it to Kaltura

Create Office Hour Zoom Meeting in Brightspace

TurnItIn (TII)

TurnItIn inside Brightspace - Three Scenarios

PDF | PowerPoint

Brightspace Tutorials

Find an event

Find a workshop

Book a consultation

Request a Course Review

ConnectED event

TLC has been so helpful this summer when I have been "stuck." It has been so reassuring to have someone double-check and get me on the right track.

I was one of the first group of instructors to teach online at 51污漫, following in the footsteps of early adopters Wendy Burton and Patrick Murphy (both now retired). I have loved teaching online and have been through several changes in learning management systems. Using Blackboard had become second nature, and I had learned some of the tricks to make my online teaching life easier.

When Brightspace was launched for the Summer 2025 term, I quickly mastered the basics with the help of the TLC Brightspace tutorials. As with Blackboard, working with small group discussions, assessment tools, and grades is a bit trickier! Whenever I felt on shaky ground, TLC was happy to help me out. This made the change to Brightspace a lot less stressful overall.

– Elizabeth Dennis