{"id":12373,"date":"2018-08-05T11:30:45","date_gmt":"2018-08-05T16:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=12373"},"modified":"2018-08-05T11:30:45","modified_gmt":"2018-08-05T16:30:45","slug":"brightspace-tip-48-setup-your-fall-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-48-setup-your-fall-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Brightspace Tip #48: Setup Your Fall Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/list-hook-check-mark-ticked-off-1030596\/\" title=\"checklist\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/list-1030596_640.png?resize=320%2C182\" alt=\"checklist\" height=\"182\" width=\"320\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>As you prepare to teach this fall, now is a good time to get started setting up your Brightspace courses. According to our Information Technology Center (ITC), the fall courses have been created in Brightspace. If you are listed as the instructor for the fall course in Banner, you should see the course in your My Courses widget in Brightspace. <\/p>\n<p><em><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> If you do not see your fall courses in your My Courses widget, you should click on the link to \"View All Courses\" (located at the bottom of the My Courses widget). If your fall courses are listed when you \"View All Courses\" but are not shown in your My Courses widget, you should pin the course in order to have it appear in the My Courses widget. Follow these instructions for <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-33-pin-unpin-courses\/\">pinning\/unpinning courses<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To get started setting up your course, 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>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 materials 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<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 Shell<\/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\/2018\/08\/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=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-31-update-a-file\/\">Update a File<\/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\/gzvc-uZzYBA\">Manage Dates - Offset Dates (video)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-33-pin-unpin-courses\/\">How to Pin Courses<\/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\/?s=Brightspace+%2Brecap\">Brightspace training recaps<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/catwiki.xula.edu\/index.php\/Brightspace_Known_Issues\">Brightspace Known Issues<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/community.brightspace.com\/s\/article\/All-Release-Notes\">Continuous Delivery release notes<\/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\/\">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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you prepare to teach this fall, now is a good time to get started setting up your Brightspace courses. According to our Information Technology Center (ITC), the fall courses have been created in Brightspace. If you are listed as the instructor for the fall course in Banner, you should see the course in your <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-48-setup-your-fall-courses\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Brightspace Tip #48: Setup Your Fall Courses\"<\/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-12373","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-3dz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18535,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-337-setup-your-fall-courses\/","url_meta":{"origin":12373,"position":0},"title":"Brightspace Tip #337: Setup Your Fall Courses","author":"Janice Florent","date":"August 7, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"As you prepare to teach this fall, now is a good time to get started setting up your Brightspace courses. 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