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BrightspaceLearningEnvironment10.6+

CreatingCourseContent-InstructorGuide

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BRIGHTSPACELEARNINGENVIRONMENT10.6+..............................................................................................1

DOCUMENTCHANGEHISTORY.......................................................................................................................4

CONTENT........................................................................................................................................................6

Buildingacourse.................................................................................................................................................6

Contenttooloverviewforinstructors..............................................................................................................6

Aboutcoursecontentorganization.................................................................................................................7

Aboutaccessiblecoursesandaccessiblecoursecontent................................................................................8

WhatkindsoffilescanIuseforcoursecontent?..........................................................................................10

Createanewmodule....................................................................................................................................10

Createanewtopic.........................................................................................................................................11

AddanexistingcourseobjecttoContent......................................................................................................11

Addsubtitlestovideotopics..........................................................................................................................12

AboutSRTfiles...............................................................................................................................................13

Managingcoursecontentusingdraganddrop............................................................................................13

SetupaquicklinktoadiscussionforumortopicinContent.........................................................................14

Setacontenttopicormodule'sstatus..........................................................................................................14

Stylingcontenttopicsconsistently................................................................................................................14

EnableHTMLtemplatesinContent...............................................................................................................15

ApplyanHTMLtemplatetoanewdocumentinContent.............................................................................15

Addalearningobjectivetoacontenttopic...................................................................................................15

CreateaSCORMobject'sgradeitem.............................................................................................................16

RemoveSCORMsimplesequencing..............................................................................................................16

WhyareYouTubevideosandotherembeddedmediausingInsertStuffnotworking/loading?..................16

Whycan'tlearnersseetheContentIposted?...............................................................................................17

Deliveringacourse............................................................................................................................................17

Notifylearnersaboutupdatedcoursecontent..............................................................................................17

AddavailabilityandduedatesinContent.....................................................................................................18

EvaluateAssignmentssubmissionsfromContent.........................................................................................18

Monitoringacourse..........................................................................................................................................19

TrackactivityanduserprogressonSCORMobjects......................................................................................19

WhatdoesBrightspaceLearningEnvironmentreportonforSCORMobjects?.............................................19

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WhatdoesBrightspaceLearningEnvironmentreportonforusersofSCORMobjects?...............................20

Abouttrackingcontentcompletionandparticipation..................................................................................20

Managecompletiontrackingsettingsforatopic.........................................................................................20

Checkcompletiontrackingforacontenttopic..............................................................................................20

Checkcoursecontentstatistics.....................................................................................................................21

Checkcoursecontentfeedback.....................................................................................................................21

Changecontentdisplaysettings....................................................................................................................22

ViewuserprogressinContent.......................................................................................................................22

HTMLEDITOR................................................................................................................................................23

WhatarethebasicsofHTMLEditor?................................................................................................................23

AboutinsertingequationsintheHTMLEditor..................................................................................................25

AbouttheGraphicalEquationEditor................................................................................................................25

TabsintheGraphicalEquationEditor...............................................................................................................26

Createanequation............................................................................................................................................26

Editanequation................................................................................................................................................27

LINKS.............................................................................................................................................................28

Aboutlinks........................................................................................................................................................28

Createalink......................................................................................................................................................28

Createalinkcategory........................................................................................................................................29

Deletelinksandlinkcategories.........................................................................................................................29

FixbrokenlinksinContent................................................................................................................................29

RELEASECONDITIONS...................................................................................................................................30

AccessReleaseConditions................................................................................................................................30

Toolsthatsupportreleaseconditions...............................................................................................................30

Howdoreleaseconditionswork?.....................................................................................................................31

Bestpracticesforcreatingreleaseconditions..................................................................................................31

Releaseconditiontypes....................................................................................................................................33

ABOUTD2L....................................................................................................................................................36

BrightspaceLearningEnvironment10.6+DocumentChangeHistory


DocumentChangeHistoryThisversionofthedocumentreplacesallpreviousversions.Thefollowingtabledescribesthemostrecentchangestothisdocument.

RevisionDate SummaryofChanges

October6,2016 • UpdatedCheckcoursecontentstatisticstopicwithinformationonResetStatisticsandExportStatisticsoptions.

September1,2016 • UpdatedAddanexistingcourseobjecttoContenttopicwithanoteregardingadditionalmenuoptionsbeingavailableintheAddExistingdrop-downmenu.

August4,2016 • UpdatedtheCreateanewtopictopictoreflectaccuratemenunameaspertheUI.

• UpdatedtheAddavailabilityandduedatesinContenttopictoexplainthatcontentduedatesoverrideenddatesinCalendar.

• UpdatedtheCheckcompletiontrackingforacontenttopictopicindicatingthecompletionsummarylimitof1000learnersinacourse.

July7,2016 • UpdatedtheReleaseconditiontypestopictoincludeaconfigurationvariablethatrequiresspecialconsiderationwithareleasecondition.

April7,2016 • Awardshavebeenaddedtoexistingreleaseconditions.Existingawardreleaseconditionscannowbereusedanywhereintheorgunitthatsupportsaddingreleaseconditions

March3,2016 • Addedthefollowingtopics:

• FixbrokenlinksinContent

• SetupaquicklinktoadiscussionforumortopicinContent

• WhyareYouTubevideosandotherembeddedmediausingInsertStuffnotworking/loading?

• Whycan'tlearnersseetheContentIposted?

BrightspaceLearningEnvironment10.6+DocumentChangeHistory


RevisionDate SummaryofChanges

February4,2016 • UpdatestoWhatdoesBrightspaceLearningEnvironmentreportonforSCORMobjects?andWhatdoesBrightspaceLearningEnvironmentreportonforusersofSCORMobjects?topics.

December3,2015 • UpdatestoReleaseConditions-additionalinformationaboutreleaseconditionswiththe"not"operator.

November5,2015 • Removedbulktoolconfigurationsection.

July2,2015 • MinorupdatestoContenttooloverviewforinstructorsandadditionaldetailsonoverdueactivitiesinAddavailabilityandduedatesinContent.

May7,2015 • Initialrelease.

ThecontentinthisguideisapplicabletothemostrecentversionofBrightspaceLearningEnvironmentunlessotherwisenoted.

BrightspaceLearningEnvironment10.6+Content


Content

BuildingacourseContent too l overv iew for ins t ructors

Figure1:TheContenttoolinterface

1)Whenusersaccessacourse'sContenttoolforthefirsttime,thefirstpagetheylandonistheOverview.UsetheOverviewpagetoorientuserstothecourse,contentmaterials,andcourseexpectations.Ifyoudecidenottoaddanythingtothispage,theOverviewlinkandpageishiddenfromlearners'view.

2)TopicsyoubookmarkappearinalistontheBookmarkspage.ThenumberbesidetheBookmarkslinkindicateshowmanybookmarksyouhave.

3)TheCourseSchedulepagelistscoursematerialduedates,startdates,enddates,overduecourseactivities,andothercourseeventsforthenextsevendays.Ifyousetavailabilitydatesoraduedateforacourseobject,itappearsintheCourseSchedulepageandtheAgendaviewintheCalendartool.Ifyousetaduedateforacourseactivitythathasnoenddateorithasanenddatethatoccursaftertheduedate,theactivityappearsontheOverduetabforlearnerswho



misstheduedate.TheOverduetablistsoverduecourseactivitiesthatlearnerscanstillcompletebeforetheitemorcoursebecomesunavailable.

Thedateslistedonthispagearenotexclusivetocontenttopics;upcomingeventsincludealleventswithinthecoursefromtheCalendartool.ThenumberbesidetheUpcomingEventslinkindicateshowmanyupcomingeventsyouhave.

4)TheTableofContentspanellistsallmodulesavailableinyourcourse.ThenumberbesideeachmodulenameintheTableofContentspanelindicatesthenumberoftopicsyouhavesetcompletiontrackingfor.ThenumberbesidetheTableofContentslinkindicatesthetotalnumberoftopicsyouhavesetcompletiontrackingfor.Usethenumbertotalstodeterminethetaskloadbeingputonlearnerspermodule.

5)ThecoursecontentadministrationoptionslocatedontheTableofContentspageallowinstructorstoimportandcopycoursecontent,bulkCourseAdmincontentproperties,managecoursefiles,viewreportsoncoursecontent,andrestoredeletedcourseitems.

About course content o rgan iza t ion

Yourcoursecontentisorganizedusingcontenttopicsandmodules.Usemodulestoorganizetheunitsofyourcourseoffering(forexample,week1,week2,week3,andsoon)andtopicstoorganizethecontentofeachmodule(forexample,lesson1,lesson2,lesson3,andsoon.)



About access ib le courses and access ib le course content

Organizingyourcourseinawaythatsupportsthelearningneedsandstylesofalluserscanbeadifficulttask.Yourlearningmaterialsneedtoengage,educate,evaluate,andaccommodatepeopleeffectively.

Guideline Explanation

Setclearcourseexpectations Therearesomedesigndecisionsyoucanmakethatwillhelpalllearnersuseyouronlinecourseeffectively:

• UsetheContentOverviewpagetohelpfamiliarizeyourlearnerswithyourcoursecontent.

• AddyourcoursesyllabustotheContentOverviewpage.Thishelpsallusersclearlyunderstandyourcourseexpectationsupfront.Linkeachsyllabusitemtotheactualiteminyourcourse.Thisprovidesanavigationshortcuttoimportantcontentandhelpsstudentswithlearningdisabilitiesclearlyseehowcoursecontentrelatestocourseexpectations.

• SetupenumerationsintheContenttool'sSettingstoestablishaclearhierarchyinyourcoursecontent.Well-definedcoursestructureiseasiertonavigateforscreenreaderusersandlearnerswithlearningdisabilities.

Maketimelimitsanddeadlinesflexible

• Providereadingswellinadvanceofdeadlinessouserscanworkaheadandprepare.Manylearnersneedtheextratimetoreadthroughcontentmultipletimes.Ifyouusereleaseconditionstocontrolwhentoreleasecoursecontentonamodulebymodulebasis,makesureyougivelearnersplentyoftimetocompleteeachcomponent.

Providealternativelearningmaterials

Oneofthemosteffectivecoursedesigndecisionsyoucanmaketoimproveengagementistooffercoursematerialsthatappealtomorethanonesense.Forexample,thesamematerialcanhaveanaudio,video,andtextcomponent.Thistypeofredundancyhelpsengagelearnerswithdifferentlearningtypes,reinforcesimportantconcepts,andhelpsensurethatuserswithphysicaldisabilitiescanaccesscontentinasuitableformat.

• UsetheContenttoolforreadingsandcoursematerial.HTMLcodeiseasierforassistivetechnologiestointerpretthanapplication-basedfilessuchasMicrosoftWord.Followwebstandardswhencreatingyourcontent.

• IfyouneedtousePDFfilesforadditionalcontent,useopticalcharacterrecognition(OCR)ifyouarescanningdocumentssothetextcanbereadbyscreenreaders.Alsoconsideraddingtagstoyourdocumentstoenablescreenreaderuserstonavigatethemmoreeasily.FormoreinformationaboutPDFaccessibility,gotohttp://webaim.org/techniques/acrobat.

• Ifyourreadingsandlecturematerialsusemanygraphics,tables,videos,oraudiorecordings,provideatext-onlyalternative.Text-onlymaterialshould



Guideline Explanation

supplement,notreplace,otherdeliverymethods.Videos,graphics,andaudiofilesareagreatwaytogenerateinterestinatopic,presentmaterialfromdifferentperspectives,andhelpstudentswithlearningdisabilitiesthroughredundancy.Makethetext-onlyalternativeseasytocompileforprintsothatalllearnerscanusethemasstudyaidsattheirleisure.

MostofthefollowingtipsprovidedarewebcontentstandardssetbytheWorldWideWebConsortiumintheWebContentAccessibilityGuidelinesandshouldbeconsideredwhencreatingHTMLcontent.

• Useasimplelayoutthatdoesnotorganizecontentintablesorcolumns.Simplyorganizedmaterialiseasierforlearnerstoreadandunderstand,iseasierforassistivetechnologytointerpretandpresent,andiseasierformobileandhandhelddevicestoresize.

• Useheadingstocommunicatetherelationshipsbetweensections.UseHeading1forthetitle,Heading2formajorsections,Heading3forsubsections,andsoon.Ifheadingsareusedcorrectly,screenreaderuserscanquicklysearchapagebyheadingandparticipantswithcognitivedisabilitiescanunderstandhowsectionsandcontentrelateeasier.

• Makesureeachheadingisunique.DonotusethesametextforaHeading3(subsection)thatyouusedforyourHeading1atthestartofthedocument.Thesameprincipleappliestofile/itemnames.Makesureeachfileoritemyoucreatehasauniquename.

• Forlongertopics,includeatableofcontentsthatlinkstoeachsectionand"Backtotop"linksattheendofeachsection.

• Includealternativetextdescriptions(alttext)forallgraphics.Usedoublequotes(null)""asthealttextiftheobjectisadecorativeelementthatdoesnotaddmeaning.Ifthegraphicisalink,beginthealttextwith"Linkto".TheHTMLEditorinBrightspaceLearningEnvironmentautomaticallypromptsyoutoincludealttextwhenyouinsertanimage.

• Includedetailedcaptionsbelowtablesandgraphs.Thesecaptionsshouldexplainwhattheobjectsconvey,includingimportanttrendsandstatistics.Thiswillhelpalllearnersinterprettheobjects.Fortables,includeacaptionusingthecaptionelementthatexplainshowthetableisorganized.Checkthattablesmakesensewhenreadfromlefttoright.Screenreadershavedifficultyconveyinginformationthatreadsfromtoptobottom.

• Usethesametexton-screenandinthealttextforlinks.Makesurethetextdescribestheactionthatwilloccur.Neverusetextsuchas"ClickHere"asthelink.Screenreaderusersoftenusealistoflinkstoquicklynavigateactionsonapage;thisisnotpossibleiflinksarenotdescriptive.

• Includetextalternativesofmultimediacontent,suchasaudioorvideofiles.Ifyoudonothavethetimetocreateacompletetextalternative,includeadescriptivelabelthatsummarizesthecontent.

• Donotuseblinkingorflashingmultimediaasitcancauseseizuresinindividualswithphotosensitivity.Useanimationwhenithelpsconveyaconceptandnottodrawattentiontoanunchangingobject.Useacombinationofsize,color,andprominencetodrawattentiontoobjects.



• Neveruseonlycolortoconveymeaning.Ifyouwanttoshowhowconceptsandobjectsrelatetoeachotheruseacombinationofsize,color,andtextlabels.

• Ensurethereisastrongcontrastbetweenthetextandbackgroundcolorsusedinyourcoursematerials.

• Userelativefontsizesandmakesurethetextandpagelayoutadjustswhenfontsizesarechanged.Usersshouldnothavetoscrollhorizontally.

• IfyoucreatePDFdocumentsfromMicrosoftWordoranotherwordprocessor,makesureyouformattitlesandsectionsusingheadingssotheyaretaggedcorrectlyinthePDF.

• Ifuserscanusetext-to-speechsoftwaretoreadtextaloudorhighlighttextastheygothroughit,testthesoftwaretoensureitfunctionscorrectlyforspecifictoolsandsettingsyouwanttocreate.Forexample,disablingright-clickinquizzescanpreventsometext-to-speechsoftwarefromtrackingtext,sotryyoursoftwaretoseeifyouexperiencesimilarissues.

• TakeadvantageofD2L-compatibletools,suchasOpenDyslexicfont,ReadSpeaker,Visualcoursewidget,andaudiotopics.

What k inds o f f i l e s can I use fo r course content?

Extension FileType Notes

HTM,HTML,MHT,MHTML Webdocument BrightspaceLearningEnvironmentstripsthe<title>tagandtextwithinthetagfromusercreatedwebdocuments

RTF,PPT,PPS,PDF,DOC,DOCX,PPTX,XML,XLS,TXT,WPD

Textdocument

JPG,JPEG,PNG,GIF,BMP,TIF,TIFF Image

SWF,MPG,MPEG,RM,MP3,MP4,M4V,M4A,AVI,WAV,RAM,ASF,MOV,RA

Media TheextensionsMP4,M4V,andM4Aallowuserstodragentirealbums,videopodcasts,andmoviesfromiTunes

Create a newmodu le

Youmustcreateamodulebeforeyoucanaddtopics.Youcancreatesubmodules(moduleswithinexistingmodules)toestablishadeeperhierarchy.

IfyourcourseisSCORM2004-compliant,newmodulesthatyoucreateareoutsidethesequencingandnavigationbuiltintotheSCORMpackage.

1. Onthenavbar,click Content.

2. Inthe TableofContentspanel,intheAddamodulefield,enterthenameofyournewmoduleandthenpressEnter.



Toaddasubmodule,clickintothemodule.IntheAddasub-modulefield,enterthenameofyournewsub-moduleandthenpressEnter.

Create a new top ic


2. Inthe TableofContentspanel,clickonthemoduleinwhichyouwanttocreateanewtopic.

3. FromtheNewdrop-downmenudooneofthefollowing:

• Toaddavideooraudiotopic,click VideoorAudio.

• ToaddaBrightspaceCapturetopic,click Capture.

• Toaddexistingfilesfromyourcomputer,courseofferingfiles,orSharedFilesarea,clickUploadFiles.

• Toaddanewfile,click CreateaFile.

• Toaddalink,click CreateaLink.

• ToaddexistingfilesfromManageFiles,click AddfromManageFiles.

• ToaddfilesfromBrightspaceLearningRepository,click AddObjectfromLOR.

• Toaddanewchecklist,click NewChecklist.

• Toaddanewdiscussiontopic,click NewDiscussion.

• Toaddanewassignmentsubmissionfolder,click NewAssignments.

• Toaddanewquiz,click NewQuiz.

• Toaddanewsurvey,click NewSurvey.

4. Followthepromptsonthescreentomodifyyournewtopic.

Add an ex i s t ing course ob jec t to Content


2. OntheTableofContentspage,forthemoduleyouwanttoaddacourseobjectto,clickAddExistinganddooneofthefollowing:

• Toaddanexistingchat,click Chat.

• Toaddanexistingchecklist,click Checklist.

• Toaddanexistingdiscussiontopic,click Discussions.

• Toaddanexistingassignmentsubmissionsfolder,click Assignments.

• ToaddanexistingBrightspaceePortfolioitem,click BrightspaceePortfolio.



• Toaddanexistingexternallearningtool,click ExternalLearningTools.

• Toaddanexistingformtemplate,click Forms.

• Toaddanexistingonlineroom,click OnlineRooms.

• Toaddanexistingquiz,click Quizzes.

• Toaddanexistingselfassessment,click SelfAssessments.

• Toaddanexistingsurvey,click Surveys.

• Note:Additionalmenuoptionsmaybeavailabledependingonyourinstitution.

3. Dooneofthefollowing:

• Toinsertanexistingactivity,intheAddActivitywindow,clickontheactivity.

• Tocreateandinsertanewactivity,intheAddActivitywindow,clickCreateNew[activity].EnteryouractivitydetailsandclickCreateandInsert.

Add subt i t les to v ideo top ics

YoucanaddsubtitlestouploadedvideosbyuploadinganSRTorWebVTTfile.Youcanalsoattachmorethanonesubtitlefiletoavideotoaccommodatemorethanonelanguage.Thiscanmakeyourvideoavailabletoabroaderaudience.Subtitlesappeartostudentsasclosedcaptionswithinthevideoplayerandtheycandecideiftheywanttoviewthevideowithsubtitlesenabled,aswellaswhichoftheavailablelanguagestheywanttouse.Subtitlesarenotautomaticallygeneratedforvideos,andtheyarenotautomaticallytranslatedintodifferentlanguages.Theclosedcaptionfileuploadsintoasubfolderinthesamelocationasthevideofile.Youcanonlyaddsubtitlestothevideosthatyouupload.Ifyouwanttoincludesubtitlesforwebvideoshostedonanothersite,suchasYouTube,youmustfollowthepracticesofthatsite.


2. Inthe TableofContentspanel,clickonthemoduleinwhichyouwanttocreateanewvideotopic.

3. FromtheUpload/Createbutton,click VideoorAudio.

4. IntheUploadtab,uploadyourvideo.

5. ClickAddSubtitles.

6. FromtheSubtitleLanguagedrop-downlist,selectalanguage.

7. TouploadtheSRTorWebVTTfilecontainingyourclosecaptionsforthevideo,clickBrowse.LocateyourfileandclickOpen.

8. ClickDone>Save.



About SRT f i le s

AnSRTfileisa.srtextensionfilethatcontainsaformattedplaintextlistoftimecodes(HH:MM:SS,MIL)matchedwithsubtitles.Eachitemonthelistisnumberedsequentiallystartingwith1.YoucancreateyourownSRTfilewithaplaintexteditorsuchasNotepadorTextEdit,andsavethefilewithextension.srt.Thefollowingisa.srtfileexample:

1

00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000

Hello, welcome to this CaptureCast presentation.

2

00:00:07,050 --> 00:00:12,000

Today I will be speaking about changes in eLearning technology.

3

00:00:12,050 --> 00:00:20,000

This is a thirty minute seminar. If you wish, you may take notes during this presentation.

Manag ing course content us ing drag and drop

IntheContenttool,youcanarrangeyourcoursecontentbydragginganddroppingmodulesandtopicsusingthemoduleortopic'sdraghandle( ).

Ifyoudragamoduleortopicaboveorbelowothermodulesandtopics,agraylineappearstoindicateyoucandropthemoduleortopicthere.Ifyoudragamoduleortopicoveranothermodule,themoduleappearsorangetoindicateyoucandropitthere.

Youcanalsoautomaticallyupdateyourexistingfilesbydraggingthenewestversionofyourfilefromyourcomputerintotheappropriatemodule.Whenamodulecontainsnotopics,anuploadtargetdisplays.Ifyoudragafileoveranuploadtarget,thatareaappearsorangetoindicateyoucandropitthere.Whenamodulecontainstopics,youcanstilldragafileintoit.Ahorizontallineindicateswherethefilewillbedropped,allowingyoutocreatenewtopicsbetweenpre-existingones.YoucanalsodropfilesfromyourcomputerdirectlyintotheTableofContentspanel.

Whenyoudragfilesfromyourcomputerintoamodule'suploadtargettoaddorupdatetopics,thefileswillsaveintheManageFilestool.AdialogpromptwillappearaskingyouwhereinManageFilesyouwanttosavethenewfile.

InternetExplorer9andoldercurrentlydonotsupportdragginganddroppingfilesfromyourdesktopintoBrightspaceLearningEnvironment.



Set up a qu ick l ink to a d i scuss ion fo rumor top ic in Content

YoucansetupaquicklinktoadiscussiontopicorforumsothatitexistsasaContenttopicunderaparentmoduleorsub-module.YoucanalsosetupaquicklinktoadiscussiontopicorforumwithinanexistingContenttopicbylinkingtothediscussiontopicorforuminsidethebodytextoftheContenttopic.

TosetupaquicklinktoadiscussiontopicorforumsothatitexistsasaContenttopicunderaparentmoduleorsub-module:

1. Fromthecoursehomepage,click Content.

2. Inthemoduleorsub-moduleyouwanttoaddthequicklinkto,clickExistingActivitiesandthenDiscussions.

3. Clickthediscussionforumthatyouwanttoaddaquicklinkto:

• Toaddadiscussionforum,clicktheInserticonfortheforum.

• Toaddadiscussiontopic,clickthetopic.

TosetupaquicklinktoadiscussiontopicorforumwithinanexistingContenttopic:


2. Clickthecontentmoduleorsub-moduleforthetopicyouwanttocreateaquicklinkin.

3. Fromthecontextmenuofthetopicyouwanttoaddaquicklinkto,clickEditHTML.

4. IntheContenteditor,enterthetextyouwanttohyperlinkto,highlightthetext,andthenclicktheQuicklinkicon.

5. IntheCourseMaterialsdialogbox,clickDiscussions.

• Toaddadiscussionforum,clicktheInserticonfortheforum.

• Toaddadiscussiontopic,clickdirectlyonthetopic.

Set a content top ic o r modu le ' s s ta tus

Ifyousetamodule'sstatusasdraft,themoduleandallitstopicsarehiddenfromstudents.



• Tosetatopic'sstatus,ontheTableofContentspage,fromthecontextmenuofthetopicyouwanttoset,

click ViewTopic.IntheActivityDetailstab,fromthestatusdrop-downlist,selecteitherPublishedorDraft.

• Tosetamodule'sstatus,fromtheTableofContentspanel,clickonthemodule'sname.Fromthestatusdrop-downlist,selecteitherPublishedorDraft.

Sty l ing content top ics cons i s tent ly

YoucancreateanewHTMLdocumentbasedonanyexistingHTMLfile.IfyousetupapathtoadirectorycontainingHTMLtemplatesinManageFiles,thesetemplatechoicesappearinadrop-downlistwhenyoucreateanewdocument.



Alllinkstoassetssuchasimages,CSS,andJSfilesaremaintainedwhenyoucreateanewHTMLdocumentfromatemplateinContent.

Therefore,youcanbuildmanydocumentsfromonecentraltemplatehousedinthetemplatedirectory,withstandardstylesandimagesalreadyincluded.

IfyouhavealreadycreatedanentirelynewHTMLdocument,youcansaveitinyourtemplatedirectoryforotherdocuments.

Enab le HTML templates in Content


2. Click Settings.

3. IntheContentAuthoringarea,selecttheEnableHTMLTemplatescheckbox.

4. Ifyouwanttochangewhereyourtemplatesarelocated,clickChangePath.Selectyournewlocation,thenclickSelectPath.

5. ClickSave.

App ly an HTML template to a newdocument in Content


2. OntheTableofContentspage,fromtheUpload/Createbuttonofthemoduleyouwanttoaddanewdocument

withanHTMLtemplateattached,click CreateaFile.


• Ifyouhaveadefinedtemplatedirectory,fromthedrop-downlist,clickSelectaDocumentTemplate.

• Ifyoudonothaveadefinedtemplatedirectory,click BrowseforaTemplate.Locatethetemplateyouwanttouse,thenclickAdd.

4. Customizeyourtopicaccordingtoyourneeds.


• Topublishyourtopic,clickPublish.

• Tosaveyourtopicforfurtheredits,clickSaveasDraft.

Add a learn ing ob jec t ive to a content top ic

YoucanassociatetopicswithlearningobjectivesdirectlyfromtheContenttool,butyoumusthaveexistinglearningobjectivesintheCompetenciestoolbeforeyoucancreatetheseassociations.


2. OntheTableofContentspage,clickonthetopicyouwanttoassociatewithalearningobjective.

3. IntheLearningObjectivestab,clickAddLearningObjectives.



4. Locatethelearningobjectivesyouwanttoaddtoyourtopic.Selectthecheckboxforeachlearningobjectiveyouwanttoadd.

5. ClickAddSelected.

Create a SCORMob ject ' s g rade i tem

YoucaneditSCORMpackageswiththesameoptionsthatareavailablewhenyoucreatecontenttopics.AlthoughyoucanaddagradeitemtoaSCORMobject,completingaquizincludedinaSCORMpackageautomaticallygeneratesagradeiteminthegradeslist,populatedwiththequizresults.


2. OntheTableofContentspage,clickontheSCORMtopicforwhichyouwanttocreateagradeitem.

3. IntheActivityDetailstab,intheAssessmentarea,clickAddagradeitem.

4. EnteraPointsvalueforthegradeitem.


• Toaddanexistinggradeitem,fromthedrop-downlist,selectyouritem.

• Tocreateandattachanewgradeitem,clickthe NewGradeItemicon.Enteryournewgradeitem'sdetails.ClickCreate.

6. ClickSave.

Remove SCORMs imp le sequenc ing

YoucanremovethesequencingandnavigationrulesfromaSCORMpackageifyouwanttousesomeofthemodulesortopicsinanothercourse,orreordermodulesandtopicsinthecurrentcourse.

RemovingsequencingandnavigationfromaSCORMpackageresetsprogresstrackingforthosetopics.


2. FromtheTableofContentspanel,clickonthemodulefromwhichyouwanttoremovesimplesequencing.

3. Fromthecontextmenuofthemodule,click RemoveSequencing.

4. ClickYes.

Whyare YouTube v ideos and other embedded med ia us ing Inser t S tu f f not work ing/ load ing?

WhenusingtheInsertStuffframeworktoaddaYouTubevideo/otherembeddedmediainaContentframe,theFirefoxinternetbrowserblocksthecontentbecauseitisunsecurewithoutinformingtheuserthatthereisactuallyaninvisibleblockaroundwherethemediashouldbe.Thismakesitappearasiftheinsertfailedeventhoughthebrowserisactuallyblockingtheunsecurecontent.

Toresolvethisissue,theURLthatislinkedfromwithintheContentframesmustusehttps://andNOTanhttp://URL.Ifthedestinationsitedoesn'thaveanhttps://URL,thenyoumightreconsiderlinkingtothiscontent.Ifitisnecessary,ensurethatyourstudentsknowthattheyneedtoenabletheabilitytoviewunsecurecontent.



Whycan ' t learners see the Content I posted?

Iflearnersindicatethattheycan’tseeaContentModuleorTopicthatyouposted,reviewthefollowingsettingsforthatContentModule/Topic:


2. SelecttheContentmodule/sub-modulefromthecontentssection.Iflearnerscan'tseeacontenttopic,clickthetopic'scontextmenuandselectEditProperties.

3. ClickAdddatesandrestrictions.

4. Reviewthefollowing:

1. EnsurethatthestartandenddatessetontheContentModule/Topicareaccurate.IfthereisastartorenddatesetontheContentmodule/topicthatwasn’tintended,removethedatesfilledintheStartDateandEndDatefieldssothattheyareblank.

2. UnderReleaseConditions,ensurethatthereleaseconditionssetontheContentModule/Topicareaccurate.Iftherearereleaseconditionssetthatweren'tintended,removethereleaseconditionsbyclickingtheDeleteicon.Ifthestartdate,enddate,andreleaseconditionsaresetaccurately,andstudent(s)stillcan’tviewtheContentmodule/topic,thenthereasonthestudent(s)cannotviewtheContentisduetothemnothavingmetthereleaseconditionstobeabletoviewtheContent.

DeliveringacourseNot i fy learners about updated course content

YoucannotifylearnerswhenupdatingorchanginganHTMLtopicinContent.TheyreceiveanUpdatealertnotificationintheirminibar;clickingthealertbringsthemtotheupdatedtopic.


2. Inthe TableofContentspane,clickonthemodulethatcontainstheHTMLtopicyouwanttoupdate,thenclickonthetopic.


• Toeditthecontentsofthetopic,fromthecontextmenuofthetopic,click EditHTML.Makeyourchanges.

• Toreplacethetopic,fromthecontextmenuofthetopic,click ChangeFile.Touploadanewfile,click Upload.Followthepromptstoaddyournewfile.

4. SelecttheNotifystudentsthatthecontenthaschangedcheckbox.

5. Ifyouwanttodescribeyourupdatechanges,enteradescriptionintheAddasummaryofthechangesfield.

6. Ifyouwantlearnerstorevisitthetopictocompletetheactivity,selecttheResetcompletiontrackingcheckbox.

7. ClickUpdate.



Add ava i lab i l i t y and due dates in Content

Startandenddatesspecifywhenlearnerscanaccessatopicormodule.Ifyousetastart,end,orduedateforatopicormodule,itwillappearontheUpcomingEventspageandtheAgendaviewintheCalendartool.SettinganenddatelaterthantheduedateforatopicenableslearnerstoaccessandcompletethetopicfromtheOverduetabontheCourseSchedulepage.TopicswithaduedateandnoenddatealsoappearintheOverduetabontheCourseSchedulepage.

NoteAddingaduedatetoacontentitemthatisassociatedtoanassignmentsubmissionfolderoverridesanexistingenddatethatisfurtherinthefuture.TheduedatealsooverridestheenddateintheCalendartool.


2. Onthe TableofContentspage,click BulkEdit.

3. Foranytopicormoduleyouwanttoaddavailabilityorduedatesto,clickAdddatesandrestrictions.

4. Doanyofthefollowing:

• Toaddastartdate,clickAddstartdate.Enteryourstartdatedetails.

• Toaddaduedate,clickAddduedate.Enteryourduedatedetails.

• Toaddanenddate,clickAddenddate.Enteryourenddatedetails.

5. ClickUpdate.

6. ClickDoneEditing.

Eva luate Ass ignments submiss ions f romContent

Youcanevaluatealearner'sAssignmentssubmissionsfromContentevenifthelearnerdidn'tsubmitanythingtotheassignmentsubmissionsfolder.Asaresult,youcanassigncommentsandgradestolearnerswithnosubmissions(forexample,agradeof0),andtolearnerswhosubmittedworkoutsideofBrightspaceLearningEnvironment.


2. Inthe TableofContentspane,clickonthemodulethatcontainstheassignmentsubmissionsfolderforwhichyouwanttoevaluatesubmissions.

3. Clickontheassignmentsubmissionsfolder.

4. IntheCompletionSummarytab,clickonauser'sname.

5. EnteryourfeedbackintheEvaluationarea.


• Topublishyourfeedback,clickPublish.

• Tosaveyourfeedbackwithoutpublishing,clickSaveDraft.


• Tonavigatetothenextuserinthelist,clickNextStudent.



• Tostopevaluatingusers,clickBacktoFolderSubmissions.

MonitoringacourseTrack ac t iv i ty and user p rogress on SCORMob jects

IfyourcourseisbasedonSCORM,orusesSCOsaspartofthecoursecontent,youhaveaccesstoadditionalactivityreportsforeachSCORMobjectanduser.Thereportstracktheactivityonatopicandindividuals’progresswithmeetingdefinedobjectives,andindefinedinteractionswiththecoursecontent.

ThedatainthesereportsdependsonthedatacommunicatedtoBrightspaceLearningEnvironmentbyyourSCOs.Forexample,iftheSCOdoesnotsetvaluesforobjectives,thennoobjectiveinformationisavailableintheSCORMreportsforthatSCO.

YoucanexportSCORMstatistics;however,unlikenon-SCORMcourses,youcannotresetthestatistics.


2. Onthe TableofContentspage,fromtheRelatedToolsbutton,click ViewReports.

3. Inthe SCORMReportsarea,dooneofthefollowing:

• Toviewinformationonuserprogressandwhethertheirprogressiscompleteorincomplete,theirstatus,theirscore,numberofattempts,timespent,averagetimespent,andwhentheylastaccessedit,intheSCORMObjectstab,clickthe Summaryicon.

• Toviewinformationonuserprogresswiththecourseobjectivesincludingtheirscore,status,progress,andprogressmeasure,intheSCORMObjectstab,clickthe ObjectiveDetailsicon.

• Toviewinformationonuserattemptsattheinteractionsinanobjectiveincludingquestiontype,correct

response,learnerresponse,result,weighting,andtimespent,intheSCORMObjectstab,clickthe InteractionDetailsicon.

• Toviewinformationonaspecificuser,intheUserstab,clickonauser'sname.Formoreinformationaboutauser'sprogresswithaspecificobject,clickthe Detailsicon.

What does Br ightspace Learn ing Env i ronment report on for SCORMob jec ts?

ForeachSCORMobject,BrightspaceLearningEnvironmentrecords:

• Thenumberofuserattemptsontheobject.

• Thenumberofattemptscompleted.(Someattemptsappearasincompleteifauserendstheattemptatanobject).

• Thenumberofattemptspassed,thepassingscore,andtheaveragescore.

• Averagetimespentontheobject.

Youcanalsoviewdetailsonuserattempts,objectives,andinteractionsforeachitem.

Note:Ifalearnerviewsacontenttopicusingadirectlinktothetopicinfull-screenmode,theSCORMReportswon’treflectthatthelearneraccessedthetopic.



What does Br ightspace Learn ing Env i ronment report on for users o f SCORMob jec ts?

ForeachuserofSCORMcontent,BrightspaceLearningEnvironmentrecords:

• Theuser’snameandIDnumbers.

• ThenumberofSCORMobjectsattempted.

Youcanalsoaccessdetailsonauser'sprogress,status,scores,attempts,timespent,datelastaccessed,objectivedetails,andinteractiondetails.

Note:Ifalearnerviewsacontenttopicusingadirectlinktothetopicinfull-screenmode,theSCORMReportswon’treflectthatthelearneraccessedthetopic.

About t rack ing content complet ion and par t i c ipat ion

Completiontrackingenablesinstructorstosetthemethodofcompletionforanactivityandprovidesprogressindicatorsforlearnersastheycompletecourseactivities.Therearetwotypesofcompletiontrackingyoucanuseinyourcourseofferings:

• AutomaticCompletion-Completiontrackingthatautomaticallydetermineswhetherusershavecompletedatopicwhentheyclicktoviewit.Forsomeactivities,automatictrackingrequiresuserstoparticipateinachatordiscussion,submitafileorform,orcompleteanassessmentsuchasaquizorsurveybeforecompletionissuccessful.

• ManualCompletion-Completiontrackingthatismanuallysetbyusers.Userscanselectthecompletioncheckboxbesideeachcontenttopictoindicatetheyhavecompletedit.Althoughuserscanusemanualtrackingtoindicatethattheyhaveaccomplishedataskbeforeitiscompleted(forexample,selectingthecompletioncheckboxbesideaquizactivitybeforeattemptingthequizatall),thisdoesnotaffectassessmentscoresoruserattemptscountedtowardsanactivity.

Changinganautomaticallytrackedtopictomanualcompletionresetscompletiontrackingforthattopic.Thismeansthatusersmighthavetoreturntothetopictomarkitcomplete;usersdonotneedtoresubmitfilesorassessmentactivities.

Manage complet ion t rack ing se t t ings fo r a top ic


2. Onthe TableofContentspage,click BulkEdit.

3. Foranytopicyouwanttomanagecompletiontrackingfor,fromtheChangecompletionmethoddrop-downlist,selectoneofthefollowing:

• Required:Automatic

• Required:Manual

• NotRequired

Check complet ion t rack ing fo r a content top ic




2. Clickonthetopicyouwanttoviewcompletiontrackingresultsfor.

3. IntheCompletionSummarytab,doanyofthefollowing:

• Toviewallusers'resultsforthetopic,clickAll.

• Toviewalluserswhohavecompletedthetopic,clickCompleted.

• Toviewalluserswhohavenotcompletedthetopic,clickIncomplete.

NoteYoucanonlyviewaCompletionSummaryforcourseswithfewerthan1000learnersenrolled.

Check course content s ta t i s t i c s

Coursecontentstatisticscandisplaythetotalnumberofusers,thenumberofuserswhovisitedcoursecontent,andtheaveragetimeusersspentviewingcontent.Youcanviewoverallcoursecontentstatisticsaswellasspecificstatisticsforindividualtopics.

Somethingstoconsiderwhencheckingcoursecontentstatistics:

• Auserwhovisitsmultipletimesisonlycountedonce.

• ThetotalnumberofuserscountedinstatisticsdoesnotincludeanyuserswiththeManageContentpermission.

• Calculatedtimeusersspentviewingoverallcontentorindividualtopicsdoesnotincludeusersessiontimeoutsanduserscurrentlyvisitingcontentandtopicsasyouviewstatisticdetails.

• ResetStatisticsonlyresetsthenumberofvisitsto,andthetimespentineachcontenttopicthatisdisplayedontheContentStatisticspageandintheUserProgresstool.

• ResetStatisticsdoesnotresetthecontentcompletionstatusofanycontenttopic(s)foranyuser,intheContenttoolorintheUserProgresstool.

• ExportStatisticsallowsyoutogenerateaCSVfilecontainingallofyourstatisticsforviewingandanalysisoutsideofBrightspaceLearningEnvironment.


2. Onthe TableofContentspage,fromtheRelatedToolsdrop-downlist,click ViewReports.

3. Inthe Statisticsarea,doanyofthefollowing:

• Toviewallstatisticsforatopic,intheContenttab,clicktheUsersVisitedlinkforthetopic.

• Toviewstatisticsforaparticularuser,intheUserstab,clicktheuser'sname.

Check course content feedback

Feedbackshowstheratingsandcommentsuserssubmitaboutspecificcoursecontent.Userscansubmitratingsandcommentsanonymouslyorincludetheirusernames.


2. Onthe TableofContentspage,fromtheRelatedToolsdrop-downlist,click ViewReports.



3. Inthe Feedbackarea,clicktheRatingslinkforthetopic.

Change content d i sp lay se t t ings


2. Click Settings.

3. MakeyourchangesandclickSave.

Viewuser p rogress in Content

Youcanviewgeneraldetailsofauser'scompletiontrackingintheUserProgresstool.

IfyouaccesstheContentsectionintheUserProgresspage,youcantrackhowmanyvisitsausermakestotheContenttool,howmuchtimeisspentviewingcoursematerial,andhowmanytopicswerevisited.Expandthereportdetailsundereachmoduletofindafurtherbreakdownofauser'sactions.Theexpandeddetailsshowalltopicsandsub-moduleswithinthemodule,howmanyvisitstheusermadeforeachtopic,andhowmuchtimewasspentineachtopic.Clickingonthemoduleortopic'snamebringsyoutothatmoduleortopicintheContenttool.


2. OntheTableofContentspage,clickonthetopicyouwanttoviewprogressfor.

3. IntheCompletionSummarytab,hoveryourmouseovertheprofilepicturefortheuseryouwanttoreviewprogressfor.

4. Intheuser'sprofilebadgethatdisplays,click UserProgress.

TheProgressSummarypagedisplays,showingoveralluserprogressresultsforthecurrentcourse.ToonlyviewContentresults,fromthecoursesidepanel,clickContent.

BrightspaceLearningEnvironment10.6+HTMLEditor


HTMLEditor

WhatarethebasicsofHTMLEditor?

Equation1:DesignviewofHTMLEditorwitheditingoptionscalledout



TheHTMLEditorhasthreeoptionsyoucanchoosewhenviewingcontent:

View Description

Designview ThedesignviewloadsautomaticallywhentheHTMLEditorisaccessed.UsethisviewtoquicklycreateandformatcontentwithoutneedinganypriorknowledgeofHTML.Enteryourcontentandusetheavailablecontrolstoapplyformattingtoyourtext,insertimagesandtables,andcreatelinks.

SourceEditorview Clickthe HTMLSourceEditoricontodisplaythesourceeditorview.Thisviewdisplaysthecodethatstructuresandformatsyourcontent.UsethisviewifyouhaveexperiencewithHTMLandprefertoauthoryourcontentinHTMLorwanttoapplystylesfromacascadingstylesheet(CSS).IfyouhaveHTML-basedcontentfromanotherapplication,youcanalsocopyandpastethatcodeintothesourceeditorview.

Preview UsetheviewtodisplayapreviewofyourHTMLcontentinanewwindow.Thisallowsyoutopreviewcontentandensurethatitdisplaysasexpectedpriortosavinganychanges.



AboutinsertingequationsintheHTMLEditorTheGraphicalEquationEditorenablesuserstoinsertmathematicalequationswithintheHTMLEditor.ItsupportstheinputofMathMLandLaTeX,andincludesagraphicaleditorwhereyoucanvisuallycreateequations.Dependingonyourorgsettings,youmaynothaveaccesstoallinputmethods.

TheGraphicalEquationEditorinBrightspaceLearningEnvironment10.2andnewerdoesnotrequireJavasupportorhavespecificbrowsercompatibilityconsiderations.ExistingequationscreatedbeforeBrightspaceLearningEnvironment10.2willstillrequireJavaAppletsupportbutareup-convertedtoMathMLuponanedit.

Concept Description

MathML MathMLisastandardadoptedbytheWorldWideWebConsortium(W3C).ItusesXMLtodescribemathematicalnotationbycapturingbothitsstructureandcontent.ThisenablesMathMLtosupportvisualdisplayandassistivetechnologyaccess.

Asastandard,BrightspaceLearningEnvironmentstoresanddisplaysallequationsintheMathMLformat,regardlessoftheformatyouusetoenterequations.BrightspaceLearningEnvironmentusestheMathJaxJavaScriptenginetodisplayMathMLequations.

Gotohttp://www.mathjax.org(http://www.mathjax.org)tolearnmoreaboutMathJaxfeatures.

LaTeX LaTeXisatypesettingsystembasedonTeX.Itprovidesatextsyntaxforcomplexmathematicalformulae.BrightspaceLearningEnvironmentstoresequationsenteredinLaTeXformatasMathMLtoensureconsistencyandaccessibility.

AbouttheGraphicalEquationEditorTheGraphicalEquationEditorisaJavascript-basedapplicationintheHTMLEditortoolthatenablesuserstoaddgraphical,MathML,andLaTeXequationstotheircontent.Theeditorprovidesthenecessaryelementstoconstructequationsquicklyandeasily.Eachbuttonintheeditortoolbaropensapaletteofrelatedmathematicalsymbols.

Beforeusingtheeditor:

• EnsurethatyouhaveinstalledthelatestversionofyourinternetbrowserandthatyouenableJavascript

• Disableanysoftwareorbrowsersettingsthatblockpop-upwindows



TabsintheGraphicalEquationEditorIcon Name Description

Generaltab • Addatemplateforbuildingequations.

• AddandedittextintheequationusingtheCut,Copy,Paste,Undo,Color,andothertexteditingfunction

Symbolstab Addmathematicalsymbolstoequations

Arrowstab Updateoraddarrowstoequations

Greekandletterstab UpdateoradduppercaseandlowercaseGreekcharacterstoequations

Matricestab Updateoraddmatricestoequations

Scriptsandlayouttab Addscriptsorlayoutstobuildequations

Decorationstab Addfencessuchasbracketsandverticalbarsaroundtextfields

Bigoperatorstab Updateoraddbigoperatorstoequations

Calculustab AddatemplateforbuildingCalculusequations

Createanequation1. NavigatetotheHTMLEditorwhereyouwanttocreateanequation.

2. FromtheGraphicalequationdrop-downlist,dooneofthefollowing:

• Toinsertagraphicalequation,clickGraphicalequation.

• ToinsertaMathMLequation,clickMathMLequation.

• ToinsertaLaTeXequation,clickLaTeXequation.

3. IntheInsertEquationwindow,enteryourequation.



4. ClickInsert.

Equation2:Anexampleofagraphicalequation

Editanequation1. Navigatetothecourseitemthatcontainstheequationyouwanttoedit.

2. Fromthecontextmenuofthecourseitem,click EditHTML.

3. InsidetheHTMLEditor,clickontheboxwiththe capitalsigmasign.

4. FromtheGraphicalequationdrop-downlist,dooneofthefollowing:

• Toedittheequationusingthegraphicalequationformat,clickGraphicalequation.

• ToedittheequationusingtheMathMLequationformat,clickMathMLequation.

BrightspaceLearningEnvironment10.6+Links


• ToedittheequationusingtheLaTeXequationformat,clickLaTeXequation.

Figure2:Clickthesigmasignandselecttheformatwithwhichyouwanttoedittheequation

5. Makeyourchanges.

6. ClickInsert>Update.

Links

AboutlinksUsetheLinkstooltoprovideURLlinkstoexternalwebsites,quicklinks,andinternalcourseofferingareasthatareusefultousersinyourcourse.

Alllinksareorganizedintocategories.Forexample,apsychologycoursemightprovidethelinkcategoriesGeneral,Psychology,ReferenceMaterials,OnlinePublications,andsoon.Categoriesensurebetterorganizationoflinksandenableuserstoquicklyfindtheinformationtheyneed.

Createalink1. Onthenavbar,click CourseAdmin.

2. Click Links.

3. OntheManageLinkspage,clickNewLink.


• Toaddyourlinktoanexistingcategory,fromtheCategorydrop-downlist,selectacategory.

• Toaddyourlinktoanewcategory,clickNewCategory.Enteryourcategorydetails.ClickSave.

5. Enteratitleforyourlink.

BrightspaceLearningEnvironment10.6+Links



• Toaddanexternallink,intheURLarea,entertheURLinthefieldprovided.

• Toaddaquicklink,intheURLarea,clickthe Quicklinkicon.IntheInsertQuicklinkdialog,navigatetothelinkyouwanttoinsert.

7. ClickSave.

Createalinkcategory1. Onthenavbar,click CourseAdmin.

2. Click Links.

3. OntheManageLinkspage,clickNewCategory.

4. Enteryourcategorydetails.

5. ClickSave.

DeletelinksandlinkcategoriesDeletingacategoryalsodeletesallthelinksinthatcategory.

1. Onthenavbar,click CourseAdmin.

2. Click Links.

3. Fromthecontextmenuofthelinkorlinkcategoryyouwanttodelete,click Delete.

FixbrokenlinksinContentLinksinContentmaybebrokenifusersreceivea"NotAuthorized"errormessagewhenattemptingtoaccessaresource/toolbyclickingonitsquicklink.

1. Onthecoursehomepage,click Content.

2. Clickonthemoduleorsub-modulethatcontainsthetopicwiththebrokenlink.


• Ifthetopicisadirectquicklink,clickEditLinkfromthecontextmenuofthequicklink,makechanges,andthenclickUpdate.

• Ifthebodytextofatopiccontainsaquicklink,clickEditHTMLfromthecontextmenuofthetopiccontainingthebrokenlink,highlighttheaffectedlinkinthetextbox,clicktheQuicklinkicon,andclickonthetool(Quizzes,Discussions,etc.)youwanttoquicklinkto,orselectUrlifthequicklinkisaURL.

BrightspaceLearningEnvironment10.6+ReleaseConditions


ReleaseConditions

AccessReleaseConditions1. Navigatetothecourseitemyouwanttoaddreleaseconditionsto.

2. Fromthecontextmenuofthecourseitem,click Edit[courseitem].

3. Doanyofthefollowing:

• Toaccessreleaseconditionsforadiscussionforumortopic,checklist,assignmentsubmissionsfolder,gradeitem,quiz,orsurvey,clicktheRestrictionstab.

• Toaccessreleaseconditionsforacustomwidget,clicktheReleaseConditionstab.

• ToaccessreleaseconditionsforaAnnouncementsitem,scrolltotheAdditionalReleaseConditionsarea.

ToolsthatsupportreleaseconditionsYoucanaccessreleaseconditionsforanyofthefollowingcourseitems:

• Awards

• Checklist

• Contentmodulesandtopics

• Customwidgets

• Discussionforumsandtopics

• Assignments

• Gradeitemsandcategories

• IntelligentAgents

• Announcementsitems

• Quizzes

• Surveys



Howdoreleaseconditionswork?Releaseconditionsallowyoutocreateacustomlearningpaththroughthematerialsinyourcourse.Whenyouattachareleaseconditiontoanitem,userscannotseethatitemuntiltheymeettheassociatedcondition.Forexample,youcouldattachareleaseconditiontothesecondtopicinyourcourse’scontentareathatwouldhidethattopicuntilusersviewedthetopicbeforeit.Oryoucouldcreateaconditionthatrequireduserstoviewacontenttopicbeforegainingaccesstoaquiz,oronethatrequiredthemtoposttoadiscussiontopicbeforetheycouldseeacontentmodule.

Releaseconditionscanalsobeaddedtointelligentagentstocreateemailnotificationsforusers.Forexample,youcouldcreateanintelligentagentthatsendsareminderemailtouserswhohavenotyetcompletedarequiredquizorassignmentinthecourse.Thisscenarioisidealforusingreleaseconditionswiththe"not"operator.

Ifyouattachmultipleconditionstoanitem,usersmustmeetallconditionsbeforetheycanaccesstheitem.Forexample,youcouldrequireuserstovisitthefirstthreecontenttopicsinaunitbeforegainingaccesstoanassociatedquiz.

Onceausermeetsareleasecondition,theconditionisclearedforthatuserandcannotbereset.Forexample,ifyouattachareleaseconditiontoadiscussiontopicrequiringuserstoachievemorethan60%onaquizbeforetheycanaccessthattopic,andoneofyourparticipantsreceives72%onthequizbutyouadjusttheirgradeto55%theywillbeabletoaccessthetopicbecausetheydidmeettherequirementatsomepoint.

Bestpracticesforcreatingreleaseconditions• Setupconditionsbeforeusersaccessthecourse-Createallofyourcoursematerialsandsetupyourrelease

conditionsbeforethecourseopenstousers.Thisgivesyouachancetocheckformistakesintheconditionsorforcircular,contradictory,orunnecessaryconditions.Ifyouaddnewreleaseconditionsafterusershaveaccessedthecourse,usersmightbeconfusedbyresourcesdisappearing.Sinceconditionscannotbereset,youalsoriskhavingusersmeetconditionsbeforeyourresourcesareready(forexample,accessingacontenttopicbeforeitisfinished).

• Avoidunnecessaryconditions-EachconditionyouassociatewithatooltakesadditionaltimeforBrightspaceLearningEnvironmenttoprocess.Usingasfewconditionsaspossibletosetupalearningpathminimizestheamountoftimethatusersspendwaitingforpagestoload.Forexample,yousetupacontenttopic,aquiz,andanassignmentsubmissionsfolderforthesecondweekofclass.Youwantuserstoreadthetopicbeforetakingthequiz,andyouwantthemtoreadthetopicandattemptthequizbeforesubmittingtheweek’sworktotheassignmentsubmissionsfolder.Fortheassignmentsubmissionsfolder,youonlyneedtoattachtheconditionthatusersattemptthequiz.Sinceusersmustreadthecontenttopicbeforetheycantakethequiz,itisnotnecessarytoaddthisconditiontotheAssignmentsfolderassignmentsubmissionsfolder.

• Avoidcircularreferences-Acircularreferencemakesitimpossibleforuserstosatisfyasetofconditions.Forexample,ifyousettheconditionthatusersmustviewacontenttopicbeforetheycanaccessanassignmentsubmissionsfolder,andthensetaconditionthattheymustsubmitafiletotheassignmentsubmissionsfolderbeforetheycanaccessthecontenttopic,youhaveacircularreference.Userscan’tsatisfyeitherconditionwithoutsatisfyingtheotheronefirst.Circularreferencesaremorelikelytooccurwithlongchainsofconditions.Forexample,acontenttopicthatdependsonaquizthatdependsonanassignmentsubmissionsfolderthatdependsonachecklistthatdependsonthecontenttopic.



• Avoidimpossibleconditions-Ensurethatyourconditionsarenotimpossibleforuserstosatisfy.Forexample,aconditionthatusersmustachievegreaterthan100%onagradeitemwouldbeimpossible(unlessbonusmarksareavailablefortheitem).Ifusersareunabletosatisfyacondition,theyareunabletoaccessthecontentortoolstowhichtheconditionisattached.

• Avoidcontradictoryconditions-Contradictoryconditionsoccurwhentwoormoreconditionsthatcanceleachotheroutareassociatedwithanitem.Forexample,theconditions“Usermustachievegreaterthan49.9%onGradeItem1”and“Usermustachievelessthan50%onGradeItem1”arecontradictory.Userscouldnotsatisfybothconditionsatthesametime;theywouldnotbeabletoseetheitemassociatedwiththeseconditions.

• Releasecontentbasedonlearningabilityandcourseperformance-Includeadditionalcontentinyourcoursespecificallyforuserswhoneedextrahelpandreleasethiscontenttouserswhoscorebelowaspecifiedthresholdonaquizorgradeitem.Alternately,releaseaspecialsurveytouserswhoattainahighscore.

• Releasecontentinstages-Torevealcontenttopicstousersonlyaftertheyhavereadpriorcontent,attachreleaseconditionsonthelatertopicsormodulesthatrequireuserstoviewearliertopics.Thiscanprovideaclearpaththroughthematerialandpreventusersfrombecomingoverwhelmedbyalargetableofcontentsatthestartofthecourse.

• Releasecontentbasedonenrollmentdate-Ifyourcoursehasrollingenrollment,youcansetcoursematerialsandassessmentstobecomeavailablerelativetoausers'enrollmentdate.Thisallowsyoutoprovideastructuredpaththroughthecourseforeveryuserregardlessoftheirenrollmentdate.

• Customizecontentforgroupswithinacourse-Ifyourcoursehasgroupprojectsandyouwanttoprovidedifferentinstructionsorresourcesforeachgroup,youcancreateseparatecontenttopicsormodulesforeachprojectandattachreleaseconditionsbasedongroupenrollment.Groupmembersworkingononeprojectwillseecontentrelatedtotheirworkwithoutbeingdistractedbycontentnotrelevanttothem.

• Useachecklisttoorganizeactivities-Youcancreateachecklistthatliststheactivitiesusersshouldcompletethroughoutthecourse.Forexample,achecklistforthefirstweekmightincludereadingthecourse’sintroductorycontent,postingtoanintroductorydiscussiontopic,andsubmittingalistoflearninggoalstoassignmentsubmissionsfolder.Youcansetreleaseconditionsbasedonuserscheckingoffitemsfromtheirchecklist.Forexample,youmightreleaseaAnnouncementsitemonyourcourse’shomepageonceuserscheckoffthattheyhavecompletedthefirstweek’sactivities.

• Useintelligentagentstomonitoruseractivityornon-activity-Youcansetupintelligentagentswithreleaseconditionsusingthe“not”operatortointervenewithstudentswhohavenotcompletedcoursework.Forexample,createanintelligentagentthatsendsareminderemailtouserswhohavenotyetcompletedaquizattemptorsubmittedanassignmenttoanassignmentsubmissionsfolder.



ReleaseconditiontypesConditionType Description

<tool_award>-Awards Theusermusthaveearnedaspecificawardinordertofulfillthereleasecondition.

Checklist-Completedchecklist Theusermustcompleteallitemsontheselectedchecklistinordertofulfillthereleasecondition

Checklist-Incompletechecklist Theusermustnotcompleteoneormoreitemsontheselectedchecklistinordertofulfillthereleasecondition

Checklist-Completedchecklistitem Theusermustcompleteaspecificitemontheselectedchecklistinordertofulfillthereleasecondition

Checklist-Incompletechecklistitem Theusermustnotcompletethespecificitemontheselectedchecklisttofulfillthereleasecondition

Classlist-Groupenrollment Theusermustbeenrolledinaspecificgroupinordertofulfillthereleasecondition

Classlist-Orgunitenrollment Theusermustbeenrolledinaspecificorgunitinordertofulfillthereleasecondition

Classlist-Sectionenrollment Theusermustbeenrolledinaspecificsectioninordertofulfillthereleasecondition

Classlist-Roleincurrentorgunit Theusermusteither:

• beenrolledasaspecificrole

• notbeenrolledasaspecificrole

inordertofulfillthereleasecondition

Classlist-Dateofenrollmentincurrentorgunit

Theusermustbeenrolledinthecurrentorgunitforaspecifiednumberofdaysinordertofulfillthereleasecondition

Competencies-Competencyachieved Theusermustcompleteaspecificcompetencyinordertofulfillthereleasecondition

Competencies-Competencynotyetachieved

Theusermustnotcompleteaspecificcompetencyinordertofulfillthereleasecondition

Competencies-Learningobjectiveachieved Theusermustcompleteaspecificlearningobjectiveinordertofulfillthereleasecondition



ConditionType Description

Competencies-Learningobjectivenotyetachieved

Theusermustnotcompleteaspecificlearningobjectiveinordertofulfillthereleaseconditions

Competencies-Scoreonassociatedrubric TheusermustachieveaspecifiedScoreandThresholdlevelonalearningobjective,basedonanassociatedrubric,inordertofulfillthereleasecondition

Content-visitedcontenttopic Theusermustvisitaspecificcontenttopicinordertofulfillthereleasecondition

Content-Notvisitedcontenttopic Theusermustnotvisitthespecifiedcontenttopicinordertofulfillthereleasecondition

Note:dependingonyourorganization'ssecurityconfigurations,especiallyiftheconfigurationvariabled2l.Tools.ManageFiles.UseContentRestrictedSecurityisON,usersmaynotbeabletoaccessspecifiedcontenttopicsatallwhenthisreleaseconditionisset.

Content-Visitedallcontenttopics Theusermustvisitallcontenttopicsinthecourseofferinginordertofulfillthereleasecondition

Discussions-Postsauthoredintopic Theusermustauthoraspecifiednumberandtypeofpostsinadesignatedmoduleortopicinordertofulfillthereleasecondition

Discussions-Nopostsauthoredintopic Theusermustnotauthoranynumberortypeofpostinadesignatedmoduleortopicinordertofulfillthereleasecondition

Discussions-Scoreonassociatedrubric TheusermustachieveaspecifiedScoreandThresholdlevelonadiscussionmoduleortopic,basedonanassociatedrubric,inordertofulfillthereleasecondition

Assignments-SubmissiontoAssignments Theusermustmakeasubmissiontoaspecifiedassignmentsubmissionsfolderinordertofulfillthereleasecondition

Assignments-NosubmissiontoAssignmentsAssignmentsubmission

Theusermustnotmakeasubmissiontoaspecifiedassignmentsubmissionsfolderinordertofulfillthereleasecondition

Assignments-ReceivefeedbackonAssignmentsubmission

Theusermustreceivefeedbackonasubmissiontoaspecifiedassignmentsubmissionsfolderinordertofulfillthereleasecondition



ConditionType Description

Assignments-Scoreonassociatedrubric TheusermustachieveaspecifiedScoreandThresholdlevelonaassignmentsubmissionsfolderanassignmentsubmissionsfoldersubmission,basedonanassociatedrubric,inordertofulfillthereleasecondition

Grades-Gradevalueonagradeitem Theusermustachieveaspecifiedgradevalueonagradeiteminordertofulfillthereleasecondition

Grades-Nogradereceived Theusermustnotreceiveaspecifiedgradevalueonagradeiteminordertofulfillthereleasecondition

Grades-Scoreonassociatedrubric TheusermustachieveaspecifiedScoreandThresholdlevelonagradeitem,basedonanassociatedrubric,inordertofulfillthereleasecondition

Quizzes-Scoreonaquiz Theusermustachieveaspecifiedscoreonaquizinordertofulfillthereleasecondition

Quizzes-Completedquizattempt Theusermustachieveaspecifiednumberofattemptsofaquizinordertofulfillthereleasecondition

Quizzes-Scoreonselectedquestions Whenaquizhasalearningobjectivewithassociatedquestionsandanassessmentmethodattachedtoit,theusermustachieveaspecifiedgradevalueonthelearningobjectiveinordertofulfillthereleasecondition

Quizzes-Scoreonassociatedrubric TheusermustachieveaspecifiedScoreandThresholdlevelonaquiz,basedonanassociatedrubric,inordertofulfillthereleasecondition

Quizzes-Nocompletedquizattempt Theusermustnotcompleteanyattemptonaquizinordertofulfillthereleasecondition

Surveys-Completedsurveyattempt Theusermustachieveaspecifiednumberofattemptsofasurveyinordertofulfillthereleasecondition

Surveys-Nocompletedsurveyattempt Theusermustnotcompleteanyattemptonasurveyinordertofulfillthereleasecondition



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