For Faculty

Getting Started with Brightspace

1. Logon to Brightspace

Use your MMC email address and password to log on to MMC’s Brightspace(opens in a new tab).

2. Navigate the Brightspace Homepage

Before delving into the four essential tools, here is a link to an introduction to the MMC Brightspace homepage(opens in a new tab). There you will get acquainted with the layout of the homepage, the home page nav bar, My Courses, and system-wide announcements, as well as the Brightspace Community.

3. Learn the Four Essential Tools of Brightspace

Knowing how to implement the following four tools in Brightspace will give you the necessary skills to get your class up and running online:

Classlist - PDF Instructions(opens in a new tab)

Use the Classlist tool in your Brightspace course to see the class roster, add students to your course roster, and email your students.

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Use the Announcements tool to post timely updates and new information to your users quickly and effectively.

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Use the Content tool to upload and organize course materials such as your course SYLLABUS. You can incorporate a variety of activities into your materials and divide your course by units and lessons.

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Use the Assignments tool to create and edit assignments, view and grade student submissions inline, and return submissions to your students with accompanying grades and feedback.

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4. Activate Your Brightspace Course for students

Your students will not be able to view the course until you activate it using these instructions, Activate Your Brightspace Course for Students.

5. Communicate From Brightspace to Your Students

These email instructions(opens in a new tab) include sample language for the email notification you will send students to let them know you are using Brightspace for the course. Send this email once you activate the course.

How to Activate Your Course in Brightspace

Brightspace FAQs

A “soft launch” of the platform is scheduled to take place in the Summer of 2021. Professors will then have the opportunity to use Brightspace as their LMS.

In addition, by the Fall of 2021, the Brightspace platform will be available to instructors to support their courses. Faculty will then have the option to use Brightspace or Blackboard— or both if they wish. MMC will be supporting both LMS for Fall 2021. By January 2022, all MMC courses will be using Brightspace as the LMS.

Yes! The goal is to have faculty become familiar with Brightspace during the 2021 Spring semester when they’ll be able to begin building content and moving content from Blackboard Learn. Faculty are encouraged to move courses during the spring semester to avoid an expected backlog in August. We are currently scheduled to have access to Brightspace available to all faculty by April 2021.

For Faculty

Getting Started with Brightspace

1. Logon to Brightspace

2. Navigate the Brightspace Homepage

3. Learn the Four Essential Tools of Brightspace

4. Activate Your Brightspace Course for students

5. Communicate From Brightspace to Your Students

How to Activate Your Course in Brightspace

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Brightspace FAQs

When can I start teaching using Brightspace?

Is training available for faculty to learn about Brightspace?

The timeline shows that D2L Brightspace won’t be in use until Summer 2021. Do I need to do anything now?

How can I access the new learning management system (LMS), Brightspace?

What will happen to my current Blackboard Learn course?

I had a 3rd party tool integrated into my Blackboard Learn course. Will it be available in Brightspace?

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