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:
- Interactive elements that can be imported into any course and showcase information: Slides, sliders, hotspots, accordions, tabs etc.
- Interactive knowledge checks that can be imported into any course: Flip cards, matching items, ordering items, fill in the blank etc.
- Best practices for designing announcements, assignments, discussions, and homepages
- How to design and organize content in the New Content Experience
Site Tour:
How to Access Brightspace Templates
Instructions
- Log in to Brightspace
- Click Discover (not Follet Discover) on the top Navbar
- Scroll down to find Brightspace Templates or type it into the search box
- Click on the course, and click on Enroll