LMS Weekly Update: Have You Ever Wondered What To Do If You…(part 2) and the Winners for the SYTYCB Contest!

Posted on Friday, November 15th, 2019

For detailed instructions on the tips listed below and in the previous update, contact us at brightspace@algonquincollege.com.

  1. Can’t seem to find a way to reply to topic threads under Discussions? Once you click on the name of the thread, the Reply to Thread button will show up above and below the content of the thread.
  2. See your Assignments/Quizzes under the Activities menu on the nav bar, but not under the Content area? Once in a while we see a bit of confusion about the area where you should make your quizzes/assignments accessible to your students. Regardless of the way you create your quizzes/assignments, they will ALWAYS exist under the Activities menu on the course nav bar. There is nothing wrong in having your students go to access the quizzes/assignments from there, but sometimes, depending on how your course is structured, your might want to make them available under one particular module, under the Content area. This is when you will be using the Existing Activities/Quizzes or Assignments to create a link to the existing quizzes/assignments.
    Important!     Removing the link from the Content area and choosing the second option on the confirmation pop-up screen, will delete your quiz/assignment from your course.
  3. Your students view the grades for a hidden gradebook item? Displaying how the final grade is calculated will actually give away the hidden grades. From Grades, click on the Settings option and then on the Org Unit Display Options tab. Make sure that the Display how final grade was calculated to users is not checked off.
  4. Need to attach multiple files to one item under Content area? Use the Upload/Create button and then Create a file. In the next window, enter the Title and then use the Insert stuff tool to upload the first file from your computer.

So You Think You Can Brightspace

Learning and Teaching Services would like to thank everyone who participated in this contest. Our panel of 6 judges, a mixture of staff, faculty and students, were very impressed with the submissions and the results were as follows:

  1. Danielle Allard – $50 gift card
  2. Kate Ming-Sun – $25 gift card
  3. Mark McKenna – $25 gift card

Congratulations to our winners! Here is a video showcasing some of the work that was submitted – we’re sorry that not all courses could be covered in this short video, and we’re very grateful to those who gave permission for their content to be shared in this way.


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