Brightspace Tip #6: Keep Students Engaged Between Class Meetings Training Recap

This week’s “Keep Students Engaged Between Class Meetings” training focused on how faculty can communicate and collaborate with their students outside of the classroom in order to enhance the instructional environment.

In case you missed this week’s training sessions or if you attended one of the training sessions and want to recap what was covered, you can review these resources:

• Workshop Presentation Slides (pdf)
• Announcements Tool
  • Create an Announcement
  • Delete and Restore Announcements
• Contact Learners
  • Use Classlist to Email/Instant Message Learners
  • Email Learners (pdf)
  • Instant Messages Tool
• Discussions Tool
  • Create a Forum
  • Create a Topic
  • Grade a Discussion Topic
  • Assess From Within a Thread
  • Subscription Options
• Calendar Tool
  • Create a Calendar Event

Our Brightspace training continues through the end of the semester.

Next week's training sessions will focus on collecting and grading student work using the Assignment Tool in Brightspace. Please visit our events page for workshop details and to RSVP for upcoming Brightspace training sessions.

Want more information?

View all the Brightspace training recaps
Brightspace Migration FAQs
Request a sandbox course
Sign-up for Brightspace training sessions
You can find Brightspace help at D2L's website.
Join the Brightspace Community.
Try these Brightspace How-To documents.
Visit our Brightspace FAQs for additional Brightspace information
or schedule a one-on-one session, email, or
call Janice Florent: (504) 520-7418.