{"id":20855,"date":"2024-10-11T16:32:21","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T21:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=20855"},"modified":"2024-10-11T16:32:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T21:32:21","slug":"brightspace-tip-476-pronouns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-476-pronouns\/","title":{"rendered":"Brightspace Tip #476: Pronouns"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"four<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

Wednesday, October 16th, is International Pronouns Day. International Pronouns Day is celebrated on the third Wednesday of October and seeks to make respecting, sharing, and educating about personal pronouns commonplace. Referring to people by the pronouns they determine for themselves is basic to human dignity. Being referred to by the wrong pronouns particularly affects transgender and gender nonconforming people. For more information about International Pronouns Day visit pronounsday.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ICYMI, read Bart\u2019s \u201cYes, you should totally tell your students your pronouns<\/a>\u201d blog post.<\/p>\n

Did you know, users have the option to indicate their pronouns in their Brightspace user profiles?<\/strong> Brightspace user profiles are visible to anyone who shares a course with a particular user, including students, instructors, administrators, etc.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The area in your Account Settings, where you can set your pronouns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A user profile card with the pronouns displayed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Classlist<\/a>
Pronouns display in the 'Last Name, First Name' column of Classlist, to the right of the user's name, in parentheses. User name text is blue, pronoun text is grey.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Celebrate International Pronouns Day by entering your pronouns into Brightspace and invite your students to do the same.<\/p>\n

If you are looking for a good pronoun primer on inclusive teaching, check out this Gender Diversity and Pronouns resource<\/a> from the University of Michigan.<\/p>\n

Also, check out name.pn<\/a> if you or your students are looking for an easy way to share how you would like people to use your name. You can create a URL that links to information to help users get your preferred pronouns, title, and the pronunciation of your name correct.<\/p>\n

Follow these steps to do it.<\/h2>\n

To enter your pronouns:<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. From your Personal Menu click on Account Settings<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. Check the Allow others to see my pronouns<\/strong> box.<\/li>\n
  3. Click on the Use different pronouns<\/strong> radio button and enter your pronouns.<\/li>\n
  4. Click on Save and Close<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Want more information?<\/h2>\n

    How to set your Pronouns<\/a>
    \n    Navigate Brightspace Learning Environment - Account Settings \u2013 Learner (video)<\/a><\/p>\n

    View current, past, and preview upcoming Continuous Delivery release notes<\/a>
    \n    Instructors Quick Start Tutorial<\/a>
    \n    Brightspace Known Issues<\/a>
    \n    Request a sandbox course<\/a>
    \nSign-up for     Brightspace training sessions<\/a>
    \nYou can find     Brightspace help<\/a> at D2L's website.
    \nJoin the     Brightspace Community<\/a>.
    \nTry these     Brightspace How-To documents<\/a>.
    \nVisit our     Brightspace FAQs<\/a> for additional Brightspace information
    \nor     schedule a one-on-one session<\/a>, email<\/a>, or
    \ncall Janice Florent: (504) 520-7418.<\/p>\n

    Note: Are you doing something innovative in Brightspace or perhaps you've discovered a handy tip? Share how you are using Brightspace in your teaching and learning in The Orange Room<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Image Credit: \"pronoun badges at State of the Map 2019<\/a>\" by Edward is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Wednesday, October 16th, is International Pronouns Day. International Pronouns Day is celebrated on the third Wednesday of October and seeks to make respecting, sharing, and educating about personal pronouns commonplace. Referring to people by the pronouns they determine for themselves is basic to human dignity. Being referred to by the wrong pronouns particularly affects transgender ...continue reading \"Brightspace Tip #476: Pronouns\"<\/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":[402,368,483],"class_list":{"0":"post-20855","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-brightspace","7":"tag-brightspace","8":"tag-diversity","9":"tag-pronouns","10":"h-entry","11":"hentry","12":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-5qn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17555,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-270-pronouns\/","url_meta":{"origin":20855,"position":0},"title":"Brightspace Tip #270: Pronouns","author":"Janice Florent","date":"October 17, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Wednesday, October 20th, is International Pronouns Day. International Pronouns Day is celebrated on the third Wednesday of October and seeks to make respecting, sharing, and educating about personal pronouns commonplace. Referring to people by the pronouns they determine for themselves is basic to human dignity. Being referred to by the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Brightspace Small Plates"","block_context":{"text":"Brightspace Small Plates","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/topic\/brightspace\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"group of people each with one foot in a circle showing off their colorful socks and shoes","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/157\/374987554_fac9ae18fd_b.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/157\/374987554_fac9ae18fd_b.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/157\/374987554_fac9ae18fd_b.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":19829,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-412-pronouns\/","url_meta":{"origin":20855,"position":1},"title":"Brightspace Tip #412: Pronouns","author":"Janice Florent","date":"October 15, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Wednesday, October 18th, is International Pronouns Day. International Pronouns Day is celebrated on the third Wednesday of October and seeks to make respecting, sharing, and educating about personal pronouns commonplace. Referring to people by the pronouns they determine for themselves is basic to human dignity. Being referred to by the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Brightspace Small Plates"","block_context":{"text":"Brightspace Small Plates","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/topic\/brightspace\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"four pronoun badges","src":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/99\/State_of_the_Map_2019_-_pronoun_badges.jpg\/640px-State_of_the_Map_2019_-_pronoun_badges.jpg","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":21741,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-544-pronouns\/","url_meta":{"origin":20855,"position":2},"title":"Brightspace Tip #544: Pronouns","author":"Janice Florent","date":"October 13, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Wednesday, October 15th, is International Pronouns Day. International Pronouns Day is celebrated on the third Wednesday of October and seeks to make respecting, sharing, and educating about personal pronouns commonplace. Referring to people by the pronouns they determine for themselves is basic to human dignity. Being referred to by the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Brightspace Small Plates"","block_context":{"text":"Brightspace Small Plates","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/topic\/brightspace\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"four pronoun badges","src":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/99\/State_of_the_Map_2019_-_pronoun_badges.jpg\/640px-State_of_the_Map_2019_-_pronoun_badges.jpg","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":18731,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-354-pronouns\/","url_meta":{"origin":20855,"position":3},"title":"Brightspace Tip #354: Pronouns","author":"Janice Florent","date":"October 17, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Wednesday, October 19th, is International Pronouns Day. International Pronouns Day is celebrated on the third Wednesday of October and seeks to make respecting, sharing, and educating about personal pronouns commonplace. Referring to people by the pronouns they determine for themselves is basic to human dignity. Being referred to by the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Brightspace Small Plates"","block_context":{"text":"Brightspace Small Plates","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/topic\/brightspace\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"group of people each with one foot in a circle showing off their colorful socks and shoes","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/157\/374987554_fac9ae18fd_b.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/157\/374987554_fac9ae18fd_b.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/157\/374987554_fac9ae18fd_b.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18485,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-332-june-continuous-delivery-updates\/","url_meta":{"origin":20855,"position":4},"title":"Brightspace Tip #332: June Continuous Delivery Updates","author":"Janice Florent","date":"June 25, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"D2L (the company that owns Brightspace) uses Continuous Delivery to update our Brightspace system. The Continuous Delivery model gives us regular monthly updates allowing for incremental and easily integrated changes with no downtime required for our Brightspace system. Our Continuous Delivery update occurs on the 4th Thursday of each month.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Brightspace Small Plates"","block_context":{"text":"Brightspace Small Plates","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/topic\/brightspace\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"update","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/update-1672363_640.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":14501,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/happy-ipd\/","url_meta":{"origin":20855,"position":5},"title":"Happy IPD","author":"Bart Everson","date":"October 16, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Let me be the first to wish you a happy IPD. That's right, it's International Pronouns Day!\u00a0 It\u2019s become a custom, recently, to let other people know your pronouns by way of introduction. You might see them in an email signature, for example. Sometimes people label them as \u201cgender pronouns\u201d\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Transformative Banquet"","block_context":{"text":"Transformative Banquet","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/topic\/integrative\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20855"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20859,"href":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20855\/revisions\/20859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}