Welcome K12 Educators

Heidi Strata

Are you excited to dive into using Brightspace, but feeling unsure about how to get started or what to do when? Then this guide is for you!

We've prioritized some of the most effective tasks for K-12 educators and divided them up to provide you with a chronological checklist that you can simply follow step-by-step to get your school year started.

At the end of each step, you will be given an activity that you can try in your own course to check your learning and, best of all, actually take steps towards setting up your own online space. For these checkpoint activities, we suggest having two windows open (or two screens, if possible) to alternate between this course and your own live environment.

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Table of Contents

Getting Started: Navigate Brightspace

Week 1 - Communicate: Engage Your Classroom

Week 2 - Publish: Share Learning Materials

Week 3 - Evaluate: Assess Student Learning

Week 4 - Personalize: Create a Uniquely Personal Classroom

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Getting Started: Navigate Brightspace

Navigate Brightspace

Try Navigate Activity

Find your class in Brightspace

Prioritize and Pin Classes

Inspire with Brightspace

Week 1 - Communicate: Engage Your Classroom

Create and Pin a Message in the Activity Feed

Try Creating a Basic Activity Feed Post

Manage Activity Feed Permissions

Post an Announcement

Try Creating a Basic Announcement

Send Email

Inspire with Brightspace

Week 2 - Publish: Share Learning Materials

Add Materials to Brightspace

Try Adding a File to Your Lesson

Record Video (Virtual) Lesson

Import Standards

Inspire with Brightspace

Week 3 - Evaluate: Assess Student Learning

Set Up Your Gradebook

Try Grades Setup Activity

Create an Assignment

Try Creating a Basic Assignment

Create a Quiz

Try Creating a Basic Quiz

Create a Discussion

Try Creating a Basic Discussion

Collect Learning Evidence with Portfolio

Inspire with Brightspace

Week 4 - Personalize: Create a Uniquely Personal Classroom

Personalize Your Class

Change Class Banner

Personalize Messages

Show Your Face and Personality

Enable Instant Notifications

Inspire with Brightspace

Join Brightspace Community Groups to Find and Foster Your Communities of Practice