Student Guide for Brightspace at Geneseo
This guide contains a curated list of videos and documents from D2L. Be aware that the layout of Geneseo's instance of Brightspace may differ from what is indicated in those resources. The concepts will, however, remain the same.
System Check
Visit this handy system checker from the browser you will be accessing Brightspace from to help ensure compatibility with Brightspace.
Logging in
You can access Geneseo's instance of Brightspace from brightspace.geneseo.edu
Use your full Geneseo username and password to login.
For assistance with your username and password or multi-factor authentication contact the HelpDesk at helpdesk@geneseo.edu or during business hours at 585-245-5588
For Questions About Course Content
Please contact your instructor for questions about the content of the course.
For Questions About Technical Issues Within Brightspace
Email Geneseo's Instructional Design Team at brightspace(at)geneseo.edu
A member of our team will respond to the Jira Request created as soon as possible; please, be aware that members of our team are generally available 7:30AM-4PM M-F
Video Tutorials
Click on links below to view the video for each topic.
You may also see the full Brightspace Video Playlist for Learners here.
Tips
Familiarize yourself with Brightspace's course content organization
When in doubt, check the "Content" tab in the NavBar; most faculty will have their content organized into modules accessible from this area
Notifications can (and should!) be enabled from your profile- accessed by clicking on your name in the upper right hand corner in Brightspace. For more information, visit our guide to Managing Your Notifications.
Related Self Help Guides
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Delete a grade item or category — This guide has information about how to remove unwanted grade items or categories
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Create Arithmetic Questions — Arithmetic questions enable you to assess users' knowledge and comprehension of mathematics and number theory. You can ensure each respondent receives a unique question by including variables enclosed with curly braces that randomly generate numbers within the problem.
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Special Access for Students — Under Special Access you can select for certain students to get special access to for example a quiz or an assignment. You can find it under the restrictions tab. The examples below will show the modification of the Special Access to a quiz.
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Microsoft Teams in Brightspace — Microsoft Teams is a workspace for real-time collaboration and communication, meetings, file and app sharing, and even the occasional emoji! All in one place, all in the open, all accessible to everyone. This article provides a brief overview of using Microsoft Teams in Brightspace.
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Installing & Using LockDown Browser - Student Instructions — LockDown Browser can be installed on students' personally owned laptops for secure quizzes.
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Brightspace Student Guide — Welcome to the Geneseo Brightspace guide for students! All Geneseo course will be taught in Brightspace beginning Summer 2023
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WeBWorK - Brightspace Integration — This guide explains how to use the WeBWorK - Brightspace integration to have Brightspace automatically create student WeBWorK accounts, let students go from Brightspace to WeBWorK without having to log in, and have students' WeBWorK grade automatically transferred back to your Brightspace gradebook.
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TopHat Brightspace Integration & Grades Sync — Linking Top Hat and Brightspace together gives you a ton of amazing features! Automagically sync grades, and keep your student roster up-to-date.
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Subscribe to Brightspace Discussions — This article demonstrates how to subscribe to your Brightspace Discussions; it is intended for instructors and students. There are two ways you can subscribe to a Brightspace Discussion. One way is to subscribe to the entire Forum or Topic. In this method, anytime anyone posts under the Forum or Topic, you will receive an email alert. The second way is to subscribe to a post you made and only get alerts when someone replies to your post.
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Setting up the Respondus LockDown Browser for a Quiz — Brightspace offers a tool called Respondus, that will open up a new browser for students during a quiz. This is called a “Lock Down” browser, because it will essentially lock down their computer until the quiz is finished. Students will be unable to open a website, use a calculator, open files, or virtually anything. However, it is possible to manually allow students to use a calculator or view a website during the quiz if you wish. This tool is available to students on Macs, PCs, and Chromebooks. It is also possible to allow students to use the tool on an iPad if enabled in the Respondus settings.
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Managing an Incomplete Grade in Brightspace — This page walks you through the steps needed to manage an Incomplete grade in Brightspace.
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Installing the Brightspace Mobile App (Pulse) — This document describes the steps to install and use the Brightspace Pulse app.
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Improving Course Document Accessibility — Learn more about the process of increasing accessibility in Word, PDF, and other document types. This guide reviews professional development skill-building resources, and details the most common types of barriers in Geneseo's Brightspace course materials.