Instructor and TA Guides

Help Guides Throughout the Semester

Before Semester
During Semester
After Semester

Check out the Blackboard to Brightspace Guide! This guide was created to provide how terminology used in Blackboard translates to Brightspace.

Help Guides by Category

Get Started

Resources

Prepare for Brightspace

Prepare Your Students for Brightspace

Brightspace Onboarding for New Instructors

Grader Brightspace Resources

Course Management

Accessing Brightspace

Why isn’t my course in Brightspace? (Instructors)

Why can’t I log into Brightspace?

Pin Brightspace to MyUSC

Navigation and Basic Functions

Pin a Course

Navigate Brightspace

Course Management

Get a Brightspace Course

Activate Your Course

Add People to Your Course

Download Course Photo Roster

Merge Courses

Change a Branding Template

Submit an Assignment as a Learner

Course Evaluations

Restore Deleted Course Content

Course Tools

Communication Tools

Send an Email

Create Announcements

Create Events in the Brightspace Calendar

Course Notifications

Personalize Communication

Widgets

Edit Course Homepage

Add Widgets to a Course Homepage

Use the Create a Test Student Widget

Use the Slim Announcement Widget

Use the Multi-Profile Widget

Available Additional Widgets

Third Party Tools

Third-Party Integrations Overview

All Third-Party Tools

Ally

ARES

Bongo

Cengage

Google Drive

Gradescope

Labster

MacMillan Learning

McGraw Hill Connect

Norton

OneDrive

Pearson

Perusall

Poll Everywhere

Qwickly Attendance

Qwickly Course Tools

Respondus Lockdown Browser

SAGE

Turnitin

Wiley Plus

Zoom

Adding Course Materials

Organizing and Adding Content

Organize Your Course Materials

Manage Files

Use the Brightspace Editor

Copy or Import Course Content

Access Another Instructor’s Course Contents

Brightspace Course Templates

Assignments, Quizzes, and Discussions

Assignments

Create an Assignment

Evaluate an Assignment

Quizzes and Surveys

Create a Quiz

View Quiz Statistics

Quiz Activity Preview

Question Library

Automatic “0” on Quiz

Surveys

View Quiz Statistics

Modify Quiz Questions After Receiving Submissions

Discussions and Collaboration

Create Discussion Forums and Topics

Create and Manage Groups

Rubrics

Rubrics: Create, Add, and Evaluate

Use a Rubric with a Quiz

Use Multiple Rubrics

View Quiz Question Rubrics

Turnitin

Turnitin Assignment Integration, Student Submission and Grading

View Turnitin Originality Reports

Rubrics, Grading, and Providing Feedback for a Turnitin Assignment

Grading

Set Up the Gradebook

Set Up Extra Credit and Bonus Points

Create a Running Total in the Gradebook

Grade Using the Quick Eval Tool

Enter and Import Grades in the Grades Tool

Manage Grades in the Grades Tool

Create Grade Schemes

Delete Grade Items or Categories

Omit a Grade when Calculating the Final Grade

Formula Grading Option Overview