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K-12 Quick Tips for D2L Brightspace

Quick video tutorials that showcase best practice workflows, examples, tips and tricks, and help optimize your Brightspace classroom. Looking for something a little more in-depth?

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Getting Started

Adding Import/Export/Copy to Your Navbar thumbnail

Adding Import/Export/Copy to Your Navbar

Using Course Banners to Welcome Students thumbnail

Using Course Banners to Welcome Students

Editing the Navigation Bar thumbnail

Editing the Navigation Bar

Editing Your Course Homepage thumbnail

Editing Your Course Homepage

Adding Curriculum Expectations to a Course thumbnail

Adding Curriculum Expectations to a Course

How to Use the Classlist Tool thumbnail

How to Use the Classlist Tool

How to Activate a Course thumbnail

How to Activate a Course

Delivering Content

Using Emojis in Your Navbar thumbnail

Using Emojis in Your Navbar

Organizing Content thumbnail

Organizing Content

Adding Curriculum Expectations to your Course thumbnail

Adding Curriculum Expectations to your Course

Adding Content to Brightspace for K-12 thumbnail

Adding Content to Brightspace for K-12

Adding Content to Your Virtual Classroom thumbnail

Adding Content to Your Virtual Classroom

The Brightspace Editor thumbnail

The Brightspace Editor

Creating an Assignment in Activity Feed thumbnail

Creating an Assignment in Activity Feed

Using Activity Feed and Lessons thumbnail

Using Activity Feed and Lessons

Using Import/ Export/ Copy Components thumbnail

Using Import/ Export/ Copy Components

Adding a Creator+ Element into Brightspace thumbnail

Adding a Creator+ Element into Brightspace

Adding a Creator+ Practice into Brightspace thumbnail

Adding a Creator+ Practice into Brightspace

Portfolio Tool

Using Funster thumbnail

Using Funster

Using Portfolio at Home thumbnail

Using Portfolio at Home

In-Class Mode thumbnail

In-Class Mode

Portfolio Overview thumbnail

Portfolio Overview

Tagging Artifacts with Expectations thumbnail

Tagging Artifacts with Expectations

Setting Up The App thumbnail

Setting Up The App

Providing Feedback in Portfolio thumbnail

Providing Feedback in Portfolio

My Device Mode thumbnail

My Device Mode

Tagging Categories in Portfolio thumbnail

Tagging Categories in Portfolio

Communication and Engagement

Using Google Slides to Create a Custom Widget thumbnail

Using Google Slides to Create a Custom Widget

Tips for Creating Groups thumbnail

Tips for Creating Groups

Creating an Announcement thumbnail

Creating an Announcement

Creating an Activity Feed Post thumbnail

Creating an Activity Feed Post

Creating a Checklist Widget thumbnail

Creating a Checklist Widget

Creating a Dynamic Checklist thumbnail

Creating a Dynamic Checklist

Using Video Note thumbnail

Using Video Note

Creating a Video Reflection Assignment thumbnail

Creating a Video Reflection Assignment

Creating Individual Student Groups thumbnail

Creating Individual Student Groups

Creating Unique Learner Pathways thumbnail

Creating Unique Learner Pathways

Creating Groups thumbnail

Creating Groups

Intelligent Agents thumbnail

Intelligent Agents

Creating a Teacher Profile Widget for Your Homepage thumbnail

Creating a Teacher Profile Widget for Your Homepage

Publishing a Google Slide to Your Homepage thumbnail

Publishing a Google Slide to Your Homepage

Brightspace Parent & Guardian thumbnail

Brightspace Parent & Guardian

Attaching Release Conditions to an Award thumbnail

Attaching Release Conditions to an Award

Documenting Student Learning

Adding a Rubric to a Student Artifact in Portfolio thumbnail

Adding a Rubric to a Student Artifact in Portfolio

Add Educator Only Comments in Portfolio thumbnail

Add Educator Only Comments in Portfolio

Using Portfolio in Brightspace thumbnail

Using Portfolio in Brightspace

Using Custom Widgets to Link to Portfolio thumbnail

Using Custom Widgets to Link to Portfolio

Submitting an Assignment from a Tablet or Phone thumbnail

Submitting an Assignment from a Tablet or Phone

How to Submit an Assignment thumbnail

How to Submit an Assignment

Adding Expectations to an Assignment thumbnail

Adding Expectations to an Assignment

Annotating an Assignment thumbnail

Annotating an Assignment

How to Set Up the Grades Tool thumbnail

How to Set Up the Grades Tool

How to Create a Grading Scheme thumbnail

How to Create a Grading Scheme

Creating Categories thumbnail

Creating Categories

Providing Feedback

Providing Timely and Detailed Feedback thumbnail

Providing Timely and Detailed Feedback

Assessing or Evaluating Against Expectations thumbnail

Assessing or Evaluating Against Expectations

An Introduction to Providing Student Feedback thumbnail

An Introduction to Providing Student Feedback

Using The Quick Eval Tool thumbnail

Using The Quick Eval Tool

Creating a Rubric thumbnail

Creating a Rubric

Assessment and Evaluation

Quizzes in Brightspace thumbnail

Quizzes in Brightspace

Sharing Assignments With Families thumbnail

Sharing Assignments With Families

Using Rubrics for Younger Learners thumbnail

Using Rubrics for Younger Learners

Customizing Your Class Progress Tool thumbnail

Customizing Your Class Progress Tool

Table of Contents
  1. Getting Started
  2. Delivering Content
  3. Portfolio Tool
  4. Communication and Engagement
  5. Documenting Student Learning
  6. Providing Feedback
  7. Assessment and Evaluation