Course Home

Owned by Skylar Grant
Last updated: Jan 20, 2024
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After selecting a course on the Home Page, you will be brought to the course’s home page:

On the course home page you can find announcements made by the instructor, a table of contents, and a calendar that the instructor may put important dates on.

While in a course, the Nav Bar changes and adds new options, outlined below.

Navigation Bar

Home

In the Home drop-down, you can find Course Home and Announcements.

  • Course Home: returns you to the course’s home page

  • Announcements: brings you to a page showing all course announcements

Content -

Select Content to view all of the learning modules in the course. Content includes reading assignments, supplemental documents, discussion boards, quizzes and more. You can also find a copy of the syllabus and other important course information here.

Assignments -

Under the Assignments drop-down you’ll find Assignments, Discussions, Quizzes, and the Plagiarism Checker.

  • : this is where you’ll find what needs to be completed and submitted for the course.

  • : this is where you’ll find discussion boards (similar to forums) where classmates can engage in conversation related to the course.

  • : this is where you’ll find any quizzes that the instructor has assigned.

  • : you can use this tool to check an assignment for plagiarism before submitting it.

Communications -

 

Under the Communications drop-down you’ll find email, virtual classroom, chat, and the classlist.

  • Email: You can compose and send emails in this tab, however KVCC does not recommend the use of Email within Brightspace, and instead recommends using Microsoft Outlook for all campus-related email.

  • Virtual Classroom: If your instructor chooses to host a virtual class session you may find it here.

  • Chat: If your instructor (or classmates) choose to have a real-time chat discussion it may be found here.

  • Classlist: You can find a list of your classmates here

Grades -

Under the Grades drop-down you’ll find Class Progress and Grades.

  • Class Progress:

  • Grades:

 

Resources -

 

 

  • Academic Support Request (Tutoring): Use this link to schedule an appointment to obtain tutoring services.

  • Library Resources: Use this link to be brought to the Library’s LibGuides site where many support resources can be found.

  • Calendar: Use this link to access Brightspace’s built in calendar to keep track of your due dates.

  • Brightspace Help: This link will bring you to Brightspace’s official Community Forums where you may be able to find answers to questions about Brightspace.

  • ePortfolio: Use this link to access Brightspace’s built-in ePortfolio tool.

  • Course Evaluations: Towards the end of each semester you can use this link to fill out course evaluation surveys to provide feedback to your instructors.

  • BoLTS Brightspace Support: Use this link to access this knowledge base to lern more about how Brightspace works here at KVCC.

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