{"id":21333,"date":"2025-05-01T15:47:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T20:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=21333"},"modified":"2025-05-01T15:47:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T20:47:41","slug":"brightspace-tip-512-end-of-semester-tasks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-512-end-of-semester-tasks\/","title":{"rendered":"Brightspace Tip #512: End-of-Semester Tasks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/classroom-school-education-learning-2093743\/\" title=\"empty classroom\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/classroom-2093743_1280.jpg?resize=512%2C384\" alt=\"empty classroom\" height=\"384\" width=\"512\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>As we approach the end of the semester there are a few things you can do in Brightspace to wrap up for the semester.  <\/p>\n<h3>Release final course grades<\/h3>\n<dl>\n<dt> <\/dt>\n<dd>Unlike other grade items and categories in the Grade Book, final grades are not available to students by default. Final grades must be released. If you did not choose to enable the automatic release of final grades when setting up your Grade Book, you will have to manually release final grades in order for students to see their final grade.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<h3>Export your Grade Book<\/h3>\n<dl>\n<dt> <\/dt>\n<dd>Student access to courses is removed two weeks after the end of a semester. This process of making the courses inactive allows student work and grades to be visible to instructors but students no longer have access to the course. Courses will remain on the Brightspace system for three semesters before they are removed. You should export (download) your Grade Book to your local computer after you submit your final grades.<\/p>\n<p><b>NOTE:<\/b> The export file that is created will NOT contain any student work or instructor feedback. Only the grades in your Grade Book will be exported.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<h3>Create a master copy of your course<\/h3>\n<dl>\n<dt> <\/dt>\n<dd>Courses remain on the Brightspace system for three semesters before they are removed. You can request a Master Course Shell that you can use to develop and maintain your course materials. Master Course Shells will not be removed from the Brightspace system.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<h2>Follow these steps to do it.<\/h2>\n<p>Instructions are available for <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-509-grade-book-release-final-grades\/\">releasing final course grades<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.torontomu.ca\/courses\/instructors\/tutorials\/grades\/grades-export-import\/\">exporting your Grade Book<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-452-master-course-shell\/\">requesting Master Course Shells<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Want more information?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-509-grade-book-release-final-grades\/\">Release Final Grades<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.torontomu.ca\/courses\/instructors\/tutorials\/grades\/grades-export-import\/\">Export your Grade Book<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/t_Rry9Zj73w\">video [2:03]<\/a>)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-317-master-copies-of-courses\/\">Master Copies of Courses<\/a><\/p>\n<p>View current, past, and preview upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/community.d2l.com\/brightspace\/categories\/release-notes-en\">Continuous Delivery release notes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/catwiki.xula.edu\/Brightspace:_Instructors_Quick_Start_Tutorial\">Instructors Quick Start Tutorial<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/catwiki.xula.edu\/index.php\/Brightspace_Known_Issues\">Brightspace Known Issues<\/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:\/\/community.d2l.com\/brightspace\/categories\/higher-ed-postsecondary\">Brightspace help<\/a> at D2L's website.<br \/>\nJoin the <a href=\"https:\/\/community.d2l.com\/brightspace\/categories\/higher-ed-postsecondary\">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 \/>\ncall Janice Florent: (504) 520-7418.<\/p>\n<p><strong>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-189-educator-share-showcase\/\">The Orange Room<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><small>Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/classroom-school-education-learning-2093743\/\">image<\/a> by WOKANDAPIX from <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/service\/license\/\">Pixabay<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we approach the end of the semester there are a few things you can do in Brightspace to wrap up for the semester. Release final course grades Unlike other grade items and categories in the Grade Book, final grades are not available to students by default. Final grades must be released. If you did <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-512-end-of-semester-tasks\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Brightspace Tip #512: End-of-Semester Tasks\"<\/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-21333","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-5y5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13668,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-95-end-of-semester-tasks\/","url_meta":{"origin":21333,"position":0},"title":"Brightspace Tip #95: End of Semester Tasks","author":"Janice Florent","date":"April 28, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"As we approach the end of the semester there are a few things you can do in Brightspace to wrap up for the semester. 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