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Online Teaching

Brightspace Template


As a way to jumpstart your online course site building, a team of educational developers and instructional designers developed a model course site structure, informally known as the Brightspace template. The template aims to provide students with a consistent learning environment and to support faculty in the set up and design of their online course spaces.

Framed around the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and other pedagogical strategies considered best practice, the template includes a set of homepage widgets; a course orientation; example welcome messages, discussion prompts, and student feedback surveys; built-in supports for both students and faculty; and more. Implementing the template is optional.

Fully customizable templates are available to instructors across AV俱乐部 in Brightspace through a self-enrolment process (see Self-Registration Instructions, below).听

Self-Registration Instructions

The steps to self-register to access the templates are:

  1. Log into Brightspace with your NetID at . 
  2. Go to menu item Academic Support > . 
  3. Click on the link for the Brightspace site, 鈥�Template 鈥� General Use鈥�
  4. Press the Register button. 
  5. Your registration information will be prefilled for you. Press Submit. 
  6. To complete the process, press Finish. 
  7. You can enter the course now by using the 鈥�Go to course offering...鈥� link or press Done to return to the Brightspace homepage. You will receive an email confirmation of your enrolment.

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Implementing the Brightspace Template

To implement the template, follow the instructions below.

Adding Template to Your Course Site

  1. From your own course site, navigate to the听Course Admin听menu.
  2. Click the听Import / Export / Copy Components听link.
  3. Press the听Search for offering听button.
  4. In the pop-up window, do a search for the template named:听Template - General Use听(you can just search for the words听template general)
  5. Select the template from the list and press听Add Selected.
  6. On the next screen, press听Copy All Components听or select components individually.
  7. You will get a message once the copy process is complete. The template has now been added to your course site. You can now upload content or customize as desired.

Other forms of support around Brightspace include:

  • Educational Developers听with the Centre for Learning and Teaching, who can assist with writing learning outcomes, developing student assessments, and other aspects of course design. Contact听clt@dal.ca听to schedule a consultation.
  • Instructional Technologists听with Academic Technology Services, who can assist with technical support and training of AV俱乐部鈥檚 instructional technologies, such as Brightspace, Panopto, and more. Contact听intech@dal.ca听for support or visit the听.

Note: Agriculture has its own set of customized Brightspace templates. Please contact the Educational Technology and Design (ETD) office by email (etd@dal.ca) for more information.