Resources and Tutorials

Glossary of Brightspace

Below is a glossary of terms used by Blackboard that are equivalent to the Brightspace experience.

Blackboard Tool	Brightspace Equivalent	Description/Function
Personal Information	Profile and Notifications	Create an online profile with personal information such as name, tagline, and profile photo. Edit notification preferences to control how you receive information about course activity
Blackboard Homepage	Brightspace Homepage	A course landing page that contains course activity updates, announcements, calendar, and Table of Contents displayed to students.
Marking Courses Available/Unavailable	Course Offering Information Quick-Start Guide	Course site administration tool for controlling whether your course is “Live” or “Hidden”
Announcements	Announcements	A tool to post time-sensitive information critical to course success.
Calendar	Calendar	Display class due dates, appointments, etc.
Users/Roster	Classlist Quick-Start Guide	Lists users enrolled in a course
Email	Email	Email all users of a course
Content	Content	Upload and organize documents, pdfs, and links to URLs of audio or visual material to display.
Assignments	Assignments	Create assignments online.
Tests and Surveys	Quizzes	Create and administer online exams
Grade Center	Grades	Create and grade tests, assignments, and any other assessment
Discussion Boards	Discussions	Engage with your students via an online forum.
Blogs	Not Available in Brightspace	There is no Blog feature on Brightspace. The Discussions tools can be used instead.
Groups	Groups	Divide your students into collaborative groups.
Not Available in Bb	Chat	Synchronous chat feature for online discussions for students and faculty.
Attendance	Attendance	Manually enter attendance for your students
Performance Dashboard	Class Progress	Track the progress of each student in a class.