{"id":21931,"date":"2026-01-02T07:42:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T13:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=21931"},"modified":"2026-01-02T07:42:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T13:42:24","slug":"brightspace-tip-557-set-up-your-spring-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-557-set-up-your-spring-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Brightspace Tip #557: Set Up Your Spring Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our Information Technology Center (ITC) has created the spring courses in Brightspace.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> You should see your spring courses in the My Courses widget. If you do not see your spring 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). Verify that you are listed as the instructor for the course in Banner. You can find more information about the updated My Courses Widget sort logic<\/a> at this link.<\/em><\/p>\n

As you prepare to teach this spring, you can get started setting up your Brightspace courses. 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

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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 submit a request to merge your Brightspace courses<\/a> before you add course materials or grades to the courses.<\/p>\n

Additionally, if the spring course you are teaching is the same as one of your previous courses you can copy<\/a> the entire course (or copy components<\/a>) into your \"empty\" Brightspace spring course.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> ITC will enroll students in Brightspace courses after the first deregistration (dereg) of students who are not fiscally cleared. The dereg process usually occurs Friday after registration. The registrar informs ITC of when the dereg process is complete. While students are not initially enrolled in in Brightspace courses, instructors can still email students. This can be done by sending email to students in Banner or email the students through EAB.<\/p>\n

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

Listed below are links with instructions to:<\/p>\n