Offerings that relate to the management of academic course materials (e.g., videos, documents, spreadsheets) and that facilitate teaching and learning using online portals. Includes learning management systems and other learning platforms, as well as services that provide on-demand, usually modular skills-based learning to employees and/or students.

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Accessing Pearson's MyLabs using RedShelf

RedShelf is the tool that is used for all SUNY Oswego inclusive access textbooks. This guide is intended for courses that are using Pearson's MyLabs. Note: Chrome is the preferred browser for accessing Pearson MyLabs from Brightspace.

Assistant with Starfish

Starfish only setup in Brightspace for ease of access. The Advisement Center is responsible for resolving Starfish issues.

Changing the Course Banner Image

This document shows how to change the Course Banner image.

Changing the Course Banner Text

This document shows how to customize the Course Banner text.

Copy an existing announcement to other courses

You can easily copy an existing announcement to other courses using the Copy Announcement option. Note, that announcement restrictions will not be copied.

Copy an existing assignment to other courses

You can quickly create new assignments from existing assignments using the Copy Assignment option. This feature copies all settings of an existing assignment except the associated grade item and Turnitin settings.

Creating an Assignment in Brightspace

This document provides the steps to create an assignment in Brightspace. The steps will include how to add the assignment to the grade book along with how to add the assignment to the Content section of the course.

Editing an existing assignment

Assignments can be easily edited. This allows you to initially create an assignment then update any missing/incorrect information. Note, certain settings cannot be changed after student submissions are received.

Enabling Turnitin for an assignment

Turnitin is a tool to aid with plagiarism detection. Work submitted to Turnitin.com is reviewed compared against both institutional and global databases and flags work that may not be original. The tool also has its own inline grading function.

Full Course Copy to a different course

Course materials created in one course can easily be copied to another course. Using this method will copy all date and grade book settings.

Grading Quizzes in Brightspace

The purpose of this document is to provide brief guidance as to where to go to grade a quiz.

How to Edit Announcements

The purpose of this document is to demonstrate how to edit existing Announcements in Brightspace.

How to Reorder Announcements

The purpose of this document is to demonstrate how to reorder announcements.

How to Use Modules in Brightspace

Modules and sub-modules are used to organize content within Brightspace. This document will walk through creating such Modules.

Is there a mobile app for Brightspace?

This article explains how to access Brightspace on mobile devices through the Pulse app. The app can be found in the Google Play Store and the App Store.

Making your Brightspace Course Available

On Campus Home page, click on Qwickly Course Tools > Course Availability > update course On/Off toggle

Partial Course Copy to a different course

Course materials created in one course can easily be copied to another course. Using this method will copy select course components to a different course.

RedShelf FAQ

This article outlines instructions regarding some common issues related to RedShelf.

Removing the Course Banner Image

This document shows how to remove the Course Banner image.

Setting up Panopto in Brightspace

This article details the instructions for faculty on how to add a Panopto video to their course in Brightspace.

Setting up RedShelf Digital Learning Materials in Brightspace

This article will show instructors how to put a link to their digital learning materials for Inclusive Access through RedShelf in their Brightspace course.

Submit an In Progress Quiz Attempt

The purpose of this document is to explain how to submit a student’s in progress quiz attempt.  A quiz can get stuck “In Progress” if a student closes their browser without submitting.  If the quiz access closes or the quiz timer runs out, a student may not be able to get back in to submit their work.  In such cases, it is usually easiest for the instructor to force submit the quiz for the student.

Submitting a Panopto Video Assignment

In this article, we will review the steps necessary to create a video in Panopto and submit it to an assignment in a Brightspace course.

Transferring Final Grades to myOswego

This guide walks you through the steps needed to successfully move student final grades from Brightspace to myOswego. Note: this guide assumes that you are utilizing a Grade Scheme. If you have not done so already, either go back and set up the Grade Scheme. Otherwise, you will need to convert the grades downloaded into their respective letter grade.

Viewing email messages in Brightspace

Emails sent from Brightspace to your campus email address can be viewed inside Brightspace using the Message Alert icon.