{"id":11942,"date":"2018-05-06T08:39:12","date_gmt":"2018-05-06T13:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=11942"},"modified":"2019-12-13T07:42:39","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T13:42:39","slug":"brightspace-tip-30-setup-your-summer-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-30-setup-your-summer-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Brightspace Tip #30: Setup Your Summer Course"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you prepare to teach this summer, now is a good time to get started setting up your Brightspace courses. According to our Information Technology Center (ITC), summer courses will be created in Brightspace this week.<\/p>\n<p>To get started, you can post your syllabus, course documents, announcements, and setup your Grade Book in your Brightspace courses. You can also customize your course homepage and\/or course image\/banner.<\/p>\n<p><div align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/checklist-check-list-marker-2077020\/\" title=\"checklist\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/checklist-2077020_640.jpg?resize=448%2C281\" alt=\"checklist\" height=\"281\" width=\"448\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>If you teach a course that is cross listed you will have a Brightspace course for each cross listing. You can combine the cross listed courses into one Brightspace course so that you can post course materials and grades to one combined Brightspace course. Combining courses may also work for you if you are teaching different sections of the same course and would like to have the different sections combined into one Brightspace course so that you can post course documents and grades in the one combined course. The beginning of the semester is the best time to <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-faq\/#merge\">submit a request to merge your Brightspace courses<\/a> before you add course materials or grades to the courses.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-12-master-course-shell\/\">Master Course Shells<\/a> are available for faculty who want to get a head start on building their courses before the actual summer courses are created. You can <a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-17-copy-course-or-copy-components\/\">copy<\/a> the Master Course Shell contents into your \u201cempty\u201d Brightspace course once the course becomes available. Alternatively, if the summer course you are teaching is the same as your spring course you can <a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-17-copy-course-or-copy-components\/\">copy<\/a> the entire spring course (or <a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-17-copy-course-or-copy-components\/\">copy components<\/a>) into your \"empty\" Brightspace summer course.<\/p>\n<h3>Follow these steps to do it.<\/h3>\n<p>Listed below are links with instructions to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-12-master-course-shell\/\">Request Master Course Shells<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-faq\/#merge\">Merge Courses<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5ic1tA7eCuA&list=PLxHabmZzFY6lGUfsKyTm5i24DcI5AV3YA\">Getting Started for Instructors Video Playlist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-4-add-profile-picture-to-humanize-your-course\/\">Add Profile Picture to Humanize Your Course<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-7-change-the-name-of-your-course\/\">Change the Name of Your Course<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campusservices.greenville.edu\/support\/solutions\/articles\/12000032052-changing-course-image-in-d2l-daylight\">Change Course Image<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.brightspace.com\/EN\/le\/widgets\/instructor\/homepages_and_widgets.htm?Highlight=homepage%20and%20widgets\">Homepages and Widgets<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DesignCourseHomepageWithWidgets.pdf\">Design a Course Homepage with Widgets (pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/PlaceTwitterFeedInCustomWidget.pdf\">Place Twitter Feed in Custom Widget (pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-19-google-apps-integration\/\">Google Apps Integration<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Content-Tool-Quick-Reference-Guide.pdf\">Content Tool Quick Reference (pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/HTML-Editor-Quick-Reference-Guide.pdf\">HTML Editor Quick Reference (pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Grades-Tool-Quick-Reference-Guide.pdf\">Grades Tool Quick Reference Guide (pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_3pckzsJeJ4\">Understanding the Grades Tool (video)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-sRyXi2bNp4\">Create an Announcement (video)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-17-copy-course-or-copy-components\/\">Copy Course or Copy Components<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xJxRILLibmY\">Manage Dates - Offset Dates (video)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/brightspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/2016\/12\/How-do-I-pin-my-courses.pdf\">How to Pin Courses (pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/2017\/05\/22102905\/How-do-I-view-my-course-from-the-student-view.pdf\">View Course as a Student (pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Want more information?<\/h3>\n<p>View all the <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-29-training-recaps-and-help-resources\/\">Brightspace training recaps<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/xulacat.wikispaces.com\/Brightspace+Known+Issues\">Brightspace Known Issues<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-25-continuous-delivery-updates\/\">Continuous Delivery Updates<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-2-sandbox-courses\/\">Request a sandbox course<\/a><br \/>\nSign-up for <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/events\/index.php?mode=index&status=all&tag=Brightspace\">Brightspace training sessions<\/a><br \/>\nYou can find <a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.brightspace.com\/EN\/-\/-\/-\/welcome_page.htm\">Brightspace help<\/a> at D2L's website.<br \/>\nJoin the <a href=\"https:\/\/community.brightspace.com\/\">Brightspace Community<\/a>.<br \/>\nTry these <a title=\"Brightspace How-to\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-documents\/\">Brightspace How-To documents<\/a>.<br \/>\nVisit our <a title=\"Brightspace FAQs\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-faq\/\">Brightspace FAQs<\/a> for additional Brightspace information<br \/>\nor <a title=\"Schedule 1-on-1\" href=\"http:\/\/jflorent.youcanbook.me\/\">schedule a one-on-one session<\/a>, <a title=\"Send email\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/mail\/?to=31\">email<\/a>, or <br \/>call Janice Florent: (504) 520-7418.<\/p>\n<p><small>Image credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/checklist-check-list-marker-2077020\/\">image<\/a> by TeroVesalainen from <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/service\/license\/\">Pixabay<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you prepare to teach this summer, now is a good time to get started setting up your Brightspace courses. According to our Information Technology Center (ITC), summer courses will be created in Brightspace this week. To get started, you can post your syllabus, course documents, announcements, and setup your Grade Book in your Brightspace <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-30-setup-your-summer-course\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Brightspace Tip #30: Setup Your Summer Course\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[403],"tags":[402],"class_list":{"0":"post-11942","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-brightspace","7":"tag-brightspace","8":"h-entry","9":"hentry","10":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-36C","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13612,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-96-setup-your-summer-course\/","url_meta":{"origin":11942,"position":0},"title":"Brightspace Tip #96: Setup Your Summer Course","author":"Janice Florent","date":"May 1, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"As you prepare to teach this summer, now is a good time to get started setting up your Brightspace courses. 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