Brightspace

The Teaching and Learning Technologies team within Innovative Learning is dedicated to supporting faculty, staff, and students in their use of Brightspace.  We offer consultations, public and custom workshops, daily virtual drop-in sessions, and support through ticket requests. 

Migrate Course Content from Canvas to Brightspace 

The Innovative Learning team recommends migrating or archiving your Canvas content. Migration instructions are below, and migration assistance is available through December 20, 2024.

• Canvas to Brightspace: The Migration Process and What to Expect (Video 41:50) 
  • An in-depth look at how to migrate your course content from Canvas to Brightspace and detailed information of changes that will occur.
• Guide to Migrating Your Course Content from Canvas to Brightspace 
• Guide to Review Migrated Course Content for Changes (Word document)

Learn Brightspace 

• Welcome to Brightspace – Purdue in Indianapolis Onboarding (Video 1:14:43) 
  • Information on how to migrate your course content from Canvas to Brightspace, how to navigate a Brightspace course, and an overview of key tools and features to know about.
• Brightspace Basics (Video 51:46)
  • Information on how to add TAs, graders, or other instructors to your course, make your course available to students, use the Demo Student tool, and an overview of the differences between assignments, discussions, and quizzes.
• Brightspace Deep Dive – Content (Video 30:37)
  • In-depth exploration of Content features such as modules, content visibility, external learning tools, uploading new content, and adding existing content. 
• Brightspace Deep Dive – Assignments (Video 27:33) 
  • In-depth exploration of the Assignment tool including availability dates, submission settings, managing Turnitin, adding assignments to a module, and grading an assignment.
• Brightspace Deep Dive – Quizzes (Video 32:11) 
  • In-depth exploration of the Quizzes tool including availability dates, quiz settings, creating quiz questions, creating question pools, adding quizzes to a module, and grading a quiz.
• Brightspace Deep Dive – Discussions (Video 24:48) 
  • In-depth exploration of the Discussions tool including availability dates, discussion settings, adding discussions to a module, and grading a discussion.
• Brightspace Gradebook (Video 48:28) 
  • Information on establishing a weighted or points-based grading system, determining how you would like grades displayed to students, creating/editing gradebook categories and grade items, and associating a grade item with a quiz, assignment, or discussion.
• Purdue’s Brightspace Resource website 
  • Information on upcoming workshops, daily drop-in sessions, step-by-step documentation, and integrations available in Purdue’s Brightspace.

Finalize Your Brightspace Course 

• Copy your course content from your DEV course to your academic course 
  • PLEASE NOTE: If you do not see your academic course(s), you will want to reach out to your department’s schedule deputy.
• Activate your academic course for students to see 
  • Purdue academic courses are not visible to students until you complete this step.