What is Brightspace Templates?
It is a course shell located on Brightspace that is intended to save faculty time by jumpstarting the design of Brightspace sites. It not only provides best practices to ensure students have a seamless experience navigating Brightspace, but also contains elements to engage and motivate students.
The site is continually updated to include new tools and interactive features. Below is a list of contents and a short video tour.
Contents of the site:听听
- Interactive elements that can be imported into any course and showcase information:听听Slides, sliders, hotspots, accordions, tabs etc.听
- Interactive knowledge checks that can be imported into any course:听听Flip cards, matching items, ordering items, fill in the blank etc.听
- Best practices for designing announcements, assignments, discussions, and homepages听
- How to design and organize content in the New Content Experience听
Site Tour:
How to Access Brightspace Templates听
Instructions听
- 听Log in to Brightspace听
- Click Discover (not Follet Discover) on the top Navbar听听
- Scroll down to find Brightspace Templates or type it into the search box听
- Click on the course, and click on Enroll听