Brightspace Updates

Changes from the Fall 2020 semester

- Self Service Enrollment Manager tool is now available for Instructors to add Instructors/TAs to their courses

- Self Service Course Merge tool is now available to combine multiple courses/sections into one

- Brightspace self-help documentation (step-by-step guides)- https://www.purdue.edu/brightspace/Documentation.php

Q "Where are my courses?"

A "Courses are automatically created and populated based on data from the Banner/MyPurdue system"

If the course(s) are NOT showing for the Instructor in MyPurdue, they need to contact their Departmental Scheduling Deputy

Q "How can I make my course(s) available to my students?"

A KB 1241146 How do I change availability of a Brightspace course?

(Note: The default Start Date for courses is Jan 19th)

Q "How can I copy materials from another course?"

A KB 1274758 How do I copy a Brightspace course into another?

Q "How can I add Instructors/TAs to my course?"

A KB 1262223 How do I enroll instructors, teaching assistants and graders in Brightspace?

Q "How can I merge/combine different sections of my course?"

A KB 1407550 How do I merge my courses in Brightspace?

Q "Where are my courses"

A "Courses will not display to students until the Instructor has made their course(s) active"