{"id":42903,"date":"2021-12-20T09:00:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T14:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/?p=42903"},"modified":"2026-05-06T13:27:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:27:36","slug":"brightspace-pre-term-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/2021\/brightspace-pre-term-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Brightspace Pre-term Checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Brightspace Pre-term Checklist\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Are you ready to teach your winter Brightspace course? Whether you\u2019re setting up your first Brightspace course, or diving in for a second or third time, Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) has prepared the following pre-term checklist to help:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Consult the course setup guide: <\/strong>Wondering how to start building your Brightspace course site? Work your way through the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/instructors\/course-setup-guide\/\">course setup guide<\/a>\u00a0to ensure you include all the important course elements.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Merge your courses prior to adding content:\u00a0<\/strong>If you\u2019re teaching multiple sections of the same course and want to merge them into one in Brightspace, fill out the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/instructors\/crosslisting-brightspace-courses\/\">course merge request form<\/a>early, before you\u2019ve built any course content. Courses can only be merged prior to student activity in the course.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Create a course overview tour:\u00a0<\/strong>Help your students navigate your Brightspace course by\u00a0creating a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/2021\/blog-reducing-emails-from-students-with-a-brightspace-course-overview-2-2\/\">short video that explains where to find key course content<\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Activate your course to allow students access: <\/strong>Courses are hidden by default when they are created by ITS. You\u2019ll need to <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/instructors\/making-courses-visible\/\">activate your course<\/a> to share it with your students.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Update your Zoom software:\u00a0<\/strong>If you use the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.zoom.us\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360027397692-Desktop-client-mobile-app-web-client-and-PWA-comparison\">Zoom client (desktop application)<\/a>, you will need to update to the latest version each term to ensure you have access to the newest features, fixes and settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions, connect with TLS for support. Complete a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/course-consultation\/\">course consultation request <\/a>to meet with TLS staff for assistance with your course design and setup or submit your question to the <a href=\"http:\/\/itsjira.carleton.ca\/servicedesk\/customer\/portal\/15\">TLS Support Portal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you ready to teach your winter Brightspace course? Whether you\u2019re setting up your first Brightspace course, or diving in for a second or third time, Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) has prepared the following pre-term checklist to help: If you have any questions, connect with TLS for support. Complete a&nbsp;course consultation request to meet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,677],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-edc-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42903"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42905,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42903\/revisions\/42905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}