Brightspace FAQs for Faculty
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- My students cannot access a discussion topic although I made it available
- How can I hide content modules or submodules and release them later
- How can I release the Final Calculated Grade to my students
- How to submit a quiz that is "In Progress"
- How to clear an attempt for a quiz
- How to give special need students more time in quizzes
- What can be restored in a course by the instructor and how
My students cannot access a discussion topic although I made it available
First, ask yourself where your discussion topic is linked. Is there a link to the discussion topic in a Content module page?
If NO, then go to the Discussions page from the navbar. Click the down arrow next to the discussion topic that students cannot see and select Edit Topic. Check Start Date, End Date as well as their respective Visible with access restricted settings. If they are all correctly set, check Release Conditions to see if you have set any relase condition.
If YES, that is, you added a link to the discussion topic in one of your Content module page, then go to that module page. Check if you added an Available date/time and Due date/time for the link. If they are not the same as those you set on the Discussions page, you need to modify them. The best way is to set these dates/times in one place, either set them in the content module page where you add the link or on the Discussions page for the discussion topic.
How can I hide content modules or submodules and release them later
In Brightspace, although you set a Start Date in future for a content module or submodule, the students can see the list of item/assignment names in that content module or submodule before the Start Date. But they cannot access them.
If you want to hide all items/assignments including names in a folder, you have to hide that content module or submodule and make it visible in the date when you want students to access it. Below you can find how.
Go to the content module or submodule page. Click the down arrow next to the module name and select Hide from Users.
On the date and time when you want students to access it, go to that content module or submodule page again. Click the Down arrow and select Make Visible to Users.
How can I release the Final Calculated Grade to my students
How to submit a quiz that is "In Progress"
How to clear an attempt for a quiz
1. On the top navigation bar, click Quizzes.
2. Locate the quiz you wish to reset, click the drop-down icon next to it, and select Grade from the menu.
3. Find the student’s attempt that needs resetting, check the box next to it, and click Reset.
4. Confirm the reset by clicking Yes in the confirmation pop-up.
How to give special need students more time in quizzes
There are 2 methods to give more time to special need students in quizzes/exams/tests. The first one described below is to give more time to a student in all quizzes/exams/tests. The second one is to give a student more time in a specific quiz. This feature also includes allowing a student to take the quiz in a different date/time, or to have more attempts.
Method 1: Give more time to a student in all quizzes
1. Go to Course Admin > Classlist. Click the down arrow next to the student's name and select Edit Accommodations.
2. On the pop-up box, check the box for Modify Time Limit. Then, fill in a number for Multiplier of original quiz time or a number of minutes for Extra time. Click Save.
Now the student will get more time in all quizzes/exams/tests in the course.
Method 2: Give more time to a student in a specific quiz
1. Go to Quizzes page from the course navbar. Click the quiz for which you want to give a student more time.
2. Expand the Availability Dates & Condititions panel by clicking on it. Fill in the Start Date and End Date. Then, click Manage Special Access.
3. On the pop-up Special Access box, click Add Users to Special Access.
4. Check the box for Overide time limit. Then click the radio button for Set time limit. Fill in the New Time Limit in minutes. In the When The Time Limit Expures section, select the desired action.
5. If you want to give students a different date/time slot to complete the quiz/exam/test, in the Properties section, check the boxes for teh 3 dates and enter the desired dates and times.
6. In the Users section, check the box next to the student who needs extra time or a different date/time slot.
7. Click the Save button at the bottom. You are back to the Special Access page.
8. Click Save and Close botton.
Now the student will have more time for the quiz/exam/test.
If you need to give a student a second or more attempts, after completing the above step 6, in the section Attempts, check the box for Override attempts allowed, and select a number of attempts you want to give in the dropdown box, then click Appy.
Afterwards, continue with steps 7 and 8.
What can be restored in a course by the instructor and how
Brightspace allows administrators or instructors with the required permissions to restore deleted course items at any time, regardless of how long they have been removed. As an instructor, you can restore the following items:
- Restore deleted discussions
- Restore deleted assignments and Restore deleted submission
- Restore a deleted grade item
- Restore a deleted Announcements item
- Restore a deleted Org Unit
- Restore an agent (e.g. intelligent agent)
- Restore a deleted quiz
For more details on how to restore these items, click on the link below