{"id":44751,"date":"2022-08-22T09:18:45","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T13:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/?p=44751"},"modified":"2026-05-06T13:27:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:27:33","slug":"brightspace-fall-pre-term-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/2022\/brightspace-fall-pre-term-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Brightspace Fall 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 Fall 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 fall D2L Brightspace course? We&#8217;ve prepared a pre-term checklist to help you get everything set up:<\/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 <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/instructors\/course-setup-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">course setup guide<\/a> to ensure you include all the important course elements.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Merge your courses prior to adding content<\/strong>: If you\u2019re teaching multiple sections of the same course and want to merge them into one in Brightspace, fill out the <a href=\"https:\/\/itsjira.carleton.ca\/servicedesk\/customer\/portal\/15\/create\/373\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">course merge request form<\/a> 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<\/strong>: Help your students navigate your Brightspace course by <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/2021\/blog-reducing-emails-from-students-with-a-brightspace-course-overview-2-2\/\">creating a short video<\/a> that explains where to find key course content.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Activate your course to allow students access<\/strong>: Courses are hidden by default when they are created. You\u2019ll need to <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/instructors\/making-courses-visible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">activate your course<\/a> to share it with your students.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Update your Zoom software<\/strong>: If you use the Zoom client (desktop application), you will need to <a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">update to the latest version<\/a> 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, contact TLS for support. Complete a <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=\"https:\/\/itsjira.carleton.ca\/servicedesk\/customer\/portal\/15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TLS Support Portal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you ready to teach your fall D2L Brightspace course? We&#8217;ve prepared a pre-term checklist to help you get everything set up: If you have any questions, contact TLS for support. Complete a course consultation request to meet with TLS staff for assistance with your course design and setup or submit your question to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42421,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44751","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=44751"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44752,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44751\/revisions\/44752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}