Practice Brightspace Navigation Sandbox

Summary

This video guides you through navigating your course homepage on Brightspace. It explains how to access various resources via the navbar, communicate with your instructor, schedule appointments, and use the 24/7 chat support. The video also highlights the location of course content, how to access weekly materials, and check your grades and feedback. It's a friendly reminder that support is always available and encourages students to utilize provided resources for personal and professional growth.

Highlights

• Navigate to necessary information with ease using the navbar and its dropdowns! 📂
• Start direct communication with instructors using the instructor messaging feature. ✉️
• Easily schedule appointments through the instructor profile section. 🗓️
• Keep learning on track with blue tiles organizing weekly course materials. 🔷
• Quickly access feedback and grades to aid continuous improvement. 📈

Key Takeaways

• The navigation bar is your map to accessing course resources and instructor communications. 🗺️
• Stay proactive in communication by using the instructor messaging feature. 📬
• Always subscribe to message threads to receive real-time updates from instructors. 💬
• Keep track of your progress with blue tiles for weekly course materials. 📚
• Don't forget to check the grades link for feedback and keep improving. 👍
• Use the 24/7 chat feature for urgent queries or extra support. 🤖
• Utilize the road map at the start of each week to stay on course and meet objectives. 🚀

Overview

Navigating your Brightspace course homepage has never been easier! The navbar at the top serves as your trusty guide, leading you to essential tabs like communications for messaging your instructor, and resources like the wellness center for extra support. Whether it's scheduling meetings or instant chats, everything is just a click away.

Stay ahead of the game by utilizing the blue tiles on your homepage. These tiles provide instant access to weekly course materials, interactives, readings, and assignments. The road map at the beginning of each week acts as your personal GPS, ensuring you never lose track of your learning objectives. Fancy extra credit opportunities? The course materials have you covered!

Checking grades and feedback has been streamlined into a single click on the grades link. Never miss personalized feedback from your instructor and always look out for improvements before your second attempt. Don’t hesitate to reach out to the 24/7 chat support for any queries. Remember, you're not alone on this educational journey. Help is always at hand! 🌟

Chapters

• 00:00 - 00:30: Introduction to Course Homepage The chapter introduces the course homepage, with emphasis on the navigation bar located at the top. The navbar contains various tabs providing access to essential information, including resources like the wellness center. The chapter also guides on communicating with instructors by using the communications tab, allowing direct messaging with them.
• 00:30 - 01:00: Instructor Communication The chapter explores how to effectively initiate and manage communication with an instructor within a digital platform. It guides the reader on starting a new thread by clicking on 'start a new thread' to open a message box. This box allows the user to write a message, ask questions, or make clarifications. It emphasizes the importance of using a subject line to summarize the query and provides tips on using the '@ mention' feature to directly address the instructor. The chapter also highlights the capability to include images, links, and files in the communication.
• 01:00 - 01:30: Posting a Message In the chapter titled 'Posting a Message,' the reader is instructed on how to properly send a message to their instructor. The process includes subscribing to the thread to receive notifications for replies, reviewing the message to ensure all pertinent information is included, and selecting 'post' to send the message, much like posting a discussion question. Additionally, it highlights the instructor profile section on the course homepage, which contains the instructor's contact details.
• 01:30 - 02:00: Instructor Profile and Scheduling The chapter titled 'Instructor Profile and Scheduling' provides guidance on scheduling meetings with instructors. It describes a simple process where learners can schedule a meeting by clicking 'schedule instructor appointment' during office hours or based on their own availability, at which point an appropriate instructor will be assigned. Additionally, if there are immediate questions, a 24/7 chat feature is available to start a conversation with an instructor.
• 02:00 - 02:30: 24/7 Chat Support The chapter introduces the 24/7 chat support feature, which allows users to interact with Puma chat's automated assistant for guidance to the appropriate support. It highlights the presence of blue tiles on the course homepage, which appear in all courses, providing access to weekly course content. Users are instructed to click the 'start here' tile to complete initial tasks like reviewing the syllabus and completing roll call, as well as accessing weekly materials.
• 02:30 - 03:00: Weekly Course Content Navigation The chapter titled 'Weekly Course Content Navigation' provides an overview of how students can access and utilize various resources throughout the course. It covers how to navigate through interactive readings, discussion questions, assignments, assessments, and extra credit opportunities available from weeks 1 to 5. Additionally, it highlights the importance of the roadmap located at the beginning of each week, which serves as a guide to help students stay on track and achieve their objectives. The chapter also instructs on how to check weekly grades and instructor feedback via the grades link on the navigation bar.
• 03:00 - 03:30: Grade Book Access The chapter titled 'Grade Book Access' underscores the importance of reviewing instructor feedback in the comments and assessments. It encourages students to leverage this feedback before making a second attempt at any task or assignment. The chapter emphasizes the value and usefulness of the lessons for personal and professional development, while reassuring students of the supportive environment provided by the educational team. Students are reminded that they are not alone and that they should reach out to support whenever they have questions or concerns.
• 03:30 - 04:00: Conclusion and Support The chapter 'Conclusion and Support' focuses on offering assistance, highlighting the commitment to providing help.

Practice Brightspace Navigation Sandbox Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 welcome to the homepage of your course at the top of the homepage of each course you will find the nav bar it contains various tabs to access the necessary information from the more dropdown menu you can access extra resources like the wellness center first let's see how to communicate with your instructor locate the communications tab on the navbar next select instructor messaging to start communicating directly with with your
• 00:30 - 01:00 instructor click on start a new thread to open a new message box now it's your turn to write your message and ask a question to do this include a subject line you can use the subject line to summarize your question in the large text box type in your question concern or the clarification you need remember you can mention your instructor by using the at mention feature and you can also include images links and files make sure
• 01:00 - 01:30 to check the box that says subscribe to this thread so that you receive notifications when your instructor replies take a moment to review your message have you included all the relevant information when you are ready to send the message select post just like you would for a discussion question your instructor will respond once they receive your message on the right side of your course homepage you will see the instructor profile section it includes the instructor contact details and
• 01:30 - 02:00 office hours here you can schedule a meeting with an instructor simply by clicking on the schedule instructor appointment to schedule a meeting schedule a time with your instructor during office hours or select an appointment based on your availability and an appropriate instructor will be assigned if you have a question and can't wait simply click on the 24/7 chat bubble located at the bottom of the instructor profile section to start a conversation click click on message us
• 02:00 - 02:30 this will open a chat box where you can interact with Puma chat's automated assistant to be redirected to the appropriate Uma support you will notice the blue tiles located in the center part of your course homepage they will appear in all your courses and provide access to weekly course content click the start here tile to complete day one tasks such as reviewing your syllabus and completing roll call to access weekly course materials click on the
• 02:30 - 03:00 tiles for weeks 1 through 5 you will find interactives readings discussion questions assignments assessments and extra credit opportunities the road map is conveniently located at the beginning of every week serving as a reliable guide to keep you on track and achieve your objectives next let's check out the grade book to review your weekly grades and check instructor feedback simply click on the grades link located on the nav bar personalized feedback will be
• 03:00 - 03:30 provided by your instructor Pro tip be sure to review instructor feedback under comments and assessments before submitting your second attempt we hope you enjoyed this lesson and find it useful for your personal and professional growth Remember You are not alone in this journey you have a supportive team who are here to help you succeed if you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to reach out to your support we are always here
• 03:30 - 04:00 to assist you in any way we can