Wendy: Okay, I am gonna get started.
Because I know we have a lot of information to cover,
and we only have an hour to do so.
My name is Wendy Verrei-Berenback.
I'm with the Center for Teaching and Learning
and also on the Brightspace Implementation team.
We welcome you this morning
to "The ABC's of Brightspace Content."
And it's facilitated by Jackie Nehls,
who is with Desire2Learn, Brightspace parent company.
The session will be recorded,
and then we'll publish it
to the Brightspace Implementation website
so that you can review at any time.
And we will put that URL to the website up in just a minute
if you don't have it already bookmarked.
So during this next hour, it's gonna be an overview
of how to create content in a Brightspace course.
We will be having follow-up sessions to go deeper on content
beginning the first week of October
and continue to offer support throughout the implementation.
We will use the chat for question and answer.
So please enter your questions there.
We are a smaller group,
so probably at some point it'll be easier...
Or Jackie will ask you all just,
if you want to, you can speak your questions as well.
But we'll start out using the chat.
And if we don't know the answer, we will get back to you.
And I've mentioned Jackie now several times.
She's a trainer for Desire2Learn,
and she's worked in education
and corporate training for 15 years.
She's a certified adult educator
and has a degree in higher ed management
and is currently studying at McMaster University.
So welcome, Jackie.
We are glad to have you with us.
-: Well, thank you.
And welcome, everybody, to this training.
Again, it's just an hour long,
just enough to give you some tidbits and some features
that you can use to start building some content.
Again, as Wendy mentioned, we will be recording.
We do ask that you don't share the recording
outside of Brightspace, because we're going to be sharing
proprietary and confidential information.
Now, today, we're gonna talk
a lot about the ABCs of content,
how it's organized, how you can create it,
powerful tools inside of Brightspace itself.
But we also have options to upload contents
that you've already created.
So we're not asking you to reinvent everything.
We can link content
to various course activities within Brightspace
so your students have less clicks, if you will.
And we'll show you some of the settings for content.
Inside of the system, you can set visibility status,
date restrictions, Release Conditions,
which we call conditional released content.
And we'll talk about that.
We will also share some guidelines
of copying and pasting from Word inside of Brightspace.
Again, there are several different ways
to add content that you've already created.
And we'll briefly go over how you can create from scratch.
Again, we're just a short hour.
And more sessions will follow
with a little bit of a deeper dive.
Now, we won't spend any time in PowerPoint
because we will be going into your environment.
So we do encourage you to jump in and poke around with us.
Each of you should have a sandbox to play in
in your environment.
But again, you're always welcome
to just follow along with our screen.
This is just an example on my screen right now
that I'm sharing with you,
is how some of the contents can be built,
and how you can not only build from scratch,
but also amalgamate things that you've already created.
So we'll show you a little bit more about that.
Now, again, as Wendy mentioned,
please feel free to put your questions in chat.
And we will be happy to share the answers with you,
if not today, then of course at a later time.
But we wanna ensure that we're answering your questions.
For our session today,
hopefully you can see the main institutional homepage
on your screen.
I'm going to be using my own sandbox,
which will look very similar and familiar to you.
It has the same course homepage
that you have in your sandboxes.
Once we jump into our sandbox, we have to consider
what sort of content we want to add for our students.
Now, again, in later sessions and in previous sessions,
we've talked a little bit
about some of these widgets you'll see,
but we're going to focus again today on Content.
Now, Content should be listed on the nav bar.
So you can just click into that.
Students would have the same or similar experience
where they can click into their own content of the course.
When we talk about content of a course, we basically state
that it is the building block of all of the material
your students will refer to and learn from.
Now, content, when we first jump
into a sandbox space or a course,
is something you can build,
and you can sort of make your own within your course.
So I just wanted to share with you a couple of the buttons
and things that you can do inside of the content.
And then we'll work on building some modules or topics
and put things within those modules or topics.
When we first come in to a course,
we see this Overview in the center of the screen.
This is a space for you to put a basic overview
of what's happening within the course.
This is not the only space to do so.
In fact, you can add an overview or a syllabi
in different areas, or even a description
of what the module or topic will be about.
But if you so choose,
you can add an overview for the entire course here.
To do that, we have a couple of buttons,
such as "Add a welcome message, overview, or description,"
and you can also add an attachment
such as a syllabi or office hours
or whatever you would like.
And when adding an attachment,
it's a simple drag-and-drop feature,
which we will demonstrate to you.
All you need to do, again, is click into the words,
"Add a welcome message, overview, or description."
And it opens up to what we call the Brightspace HTML Editor.
Now, if you've been in training sessions with us before,
or if you're brand new today,
you will see that this Brightspace Editor
is in several places
with several tools inside of the environment.
And you can use it the same
or in similar fashion with other tools.
Now, I'm not going to add an overview at the moment,
but the next area we see is Bookmarks.
Again, if you've been with us before,
a Bookmark is availability for a student
to bookmark a specific area of content.
It loads into this Bookmark space,
and students would be able to click into Bookmarks
to see these favorites or bookmarked content.
Course Schedule will relate directly
to any dates that you've added
to anything within the course.
So students can quickly
and easily click on the Course Schedule,
and they'll see what's coming up in the next seven days.
They can also click on this Full Schedule tab
to see what's happening within their course in its entirety.
Now, we come down to the Table of Contents.
Within my course at the moment,
I don't have any table of contents available
because I haven't built anything yet.
Now, you may come into a course
that already has a few components that are added to it.
And that may be for a couple of purposes.
One main purpose is it's been migrated
or added to your course prior to you getting to it.
Another is that someone else
has added a couple of components for you.
You can add more to that
and build upon your course material.
Or you may see the screen that I have,
which is "Welcome to your course."
Now, it's time to import or add modules.
When we're in Table of Contents, you'll notice three tabs
just below the title in the center of the screen.
This will allow you to import an entire course,
or course package, if you will.
You can edit things once you've added.
And you can click this Related tools
to use other tools that are available to build content.
Now, today we won't get into these Related Tools,
but you will find them.
Course Builder is a different way
for you to build course materials.
And Manage Files is another way for you
to add larger files to your course.
Again, we'll expand on these,
but you're welcome to click in and check them out.
Import Course is allowing you
to copy existing course material from inside of Brightspace
to another course inside of Brightspace.
Import Course Package allows you
to drag and drop a large file,
a zip file, SCORM file, or even a PDF or a Word document,
into your course from this tab.
This is not the only way to add course material.
But it is one of the many ways you can.
You will only see this tab in the Table of Contents area.
So if you're looking for it,
always click on Table of Contents,
and you will always find this Import Course.
Now, when you want to import course material,
again, one of the many ways you could do that
is clicking Import Course Package.
When you select that tab,
you are easily able to drag and drop something
from your computer screen directly into this area.
Once you uncheck your mouse,
this is a zip file that I'm demonstrating,
everything within this file will unzip
and load into your course front-facing for your students.
You can load up to two gigabytes of a document.
And as I mentioned,
you can add a zip file as I just demonstrated,
but you can also add something
such as an individual document.
Again, just a simple drag and drop.
Now, we will demonstrate that again
with a different type of tool,
but it's the same way to go about it.
And I'll show you the various ways you can do this.
Now, we want to start building modules or units or topics.
We call the modules, but you're welcome
to call them different naming conventions.
And what we need to do is just layer out our course content.
So how do we want it to appear for our students?
To add a new module or topic,
you can select "Add module or topic"
directly on the words inside of this text box.
From here, you could give your new module a name.
I'm just gonna add Course Overview.
But again, the naming convention is up to you.
Once you select off of that box,
it will be loaded in your Table of Contents.
From here, you could add more modules as placeholders.
Oop.
There we go.
And continue to build the modules
or topics within your course.
Now, it's just a name at this moment.
We would also wanna consider
what do we wanna place inside of this module or topic.
So I'm just gonna click on Course Overview again,
even though I've given a placeholder for Module 1.
And when I click into that,
you'll notice in the center of the screen,
this now gives me an opportunity to add material
and information about the Course Overview.
Now, you'll notice at any time in the center of the screen
there is this chevron or dropdown.
And this allows you
to do a number of different functionalities.
First and foremost, if you're like me
and you wanna change this a little bit,
you could edit the title.
Another feature in each module
is that we can hide this from the users.
So for example, if I jump to this Module 1,
it's just a placeholder,
but I'm not yet ready my students to see this.
So I could click the dropdown and Hide from Users.
Hiding it from users means as soon as you click Save,
users who are already enrolled in this course
will not be able to see it.
It makes it hidden.
So for example, if I jump over to my student view,
and you'll notice that the top right of my screen,
I'm in as a learner,
and I go to this course that I'm building.
As the student, when I jump into Content,
because that Module 1 is hidden,
I cannot see it in my Table of Contents.
So hidden is one of the many ways that you can layer out
what students will see in their course material
and what they will not.
Now, jumping back into my build.
Again, clicking on the dropdown will allow you
to, again, make it visible or make it hidden.
But you'll also notice this icon here.
This icon allows you to toggle
between visible or hidden from a student.
So if I wanna make this visible again,
I just simply go over here and click on this circle.
Or I could use the dropdown
and make it visible or hidden in this manner.
As you're building your placeholders,
every time you build a new module or topic,
it will default to the bottom of the screen.
If you make a new module
that you feel should be placed somewhere else,
it's easy to drag and drop it
or move it to another place in your course.
You would simply drag your mouse
and move it as you need to.
Another option, again, coming back to this chevron
is to use the Move Up or the Move To.
Move Up obviously means we're moving that module up
within the topic matter.
Move To means you're going to move something
within that module to another space.
Now, if you've made an error
and you've placed this module incorrectly,
or you want to use it in another course,
once you move it over, or if you decide,
you could delete the entire module, if necessary.
However, once it is deleted, it is gone.
Now, returning to our Course Overview,
we do have an option very similar
to what we saw in the Overview
to Add dates and restrictions.
We already noted that you can hide things
from the student if necessary,
but another way in which you could do that
and restrict or add dates to content
is clicking in this tab called "Add dates and restrictions."
Once you select in here, you can add
a Start Date, a Due Date, and an End Date
to any of the course material in your course.
A Start Date means the very first day
that a student will be able
to see this Course Overview module.
You can set it by date and be very specific even by time.
A Due Date in Brightspace is a soft date,
which means if you're layering out a path for your learners,
they will see the Due Date.
They will still be able
to access this course content material.
However, it will show in their course schedule as overdue.
Again, students will still be able to access it,
but it will show them that it is overdue
and they should have gone to see it before the due date.
An End Date with content in Brightspace
is the very last day that the students
will have access and be able to see this.
So an End Date you could utilize
to layer or present a learning path to your users.
Now, you can use one
such as a Start Date or a Due Date or an End Date.
You can use these in combination with each other.
Or you don't necessarily have to use them at all.
It's really up to how you want
to display your course material to your students.
So that's another way that you could add sort of dates
and restrictions to your content in your course.
We also have something called a Release Condition.
A Release Condition is a specific set of criteria
that you would set on this content material.
Now, for the Course Overview,
we likely would not have a Release Condition.
However, to show you how this works,
when you click Create, a popup will appear on the screen.
This will allow you to click the chevron
and choose different conditions
that you want the student to meet before they will see
the actual contents that you're presenting.
This is something that you could choose
based on how they've done
with a specific grade, a quiz score.
Did they complete a survey?
Did they actually look at content prior to this
that was presented in the course?
Now, we don't have anything in the course yet.
So we'll come back and share with you
a little bit more detail about a Release Condition.
But it's very important to know
that you can use hidden or visible.
You can use Start Dates, Due Dates, and End Dates.
And you can use Release Conditions.
Now, I must say a Release Condition
will overtake a Start Date, End Date, or Due Date.
So what I mean by that
is if we were to set a specific set of criteria,
that a student must complete a survey
before they can see this particular content in their course,
if the student never actually completes that survey,
they will not see this content topic.
Regardless of the dates,
if a student does not complete this activity,
they will not see the content attached.
So just be mindful of setting those Release Conditions.
You would think, "Are these something
"that a student could accomplish
"to be able to move forward?"
Now, apart from dates and restrictions,
which you are available to do, but again, not necessary,
you can also add a description.
So a description is describing what's within this module.
Again, selecting directly on the words,
you will see that we have this HTML editor,
similar to what we saw in the Overview.
From here, you could simply type information
as you would a document.
And with that, you can add different components to it.
So for example, if you've already created a syllabi
and you just wanna add it to this space
to provide this to the students as an overview,
you could do a couple of things.
You could open up your syllabus on your computer screen
and copy and paste components of that.
It's a simple copy and paste as you would.
So right now, behind the scenes,
I'm just copying from my syllabi I've already created
from my computer or laptop, and selecting Paste.
It should just take a moment.
Technical difficulties.
There it is. Just took an extra second.
So as you can see, I've copied and pasted this syllabi
from my computer, and I've added it here.
Now, you could type that in.
You could type in some detail information,
and when you're ready, you could click Update.
So when the student opens this up,
if I return back to my Course Overview,
this is what the student will see.
Now, there are other ways to add components
to this information that you're providing
for your overview or description of a module.
But we're going to explore and expand on that as well.
Now, you could add what we call a sub-module.
A sub-module is a module or a topic within a module.
Just as we had added individual modules over here,
we can add a sub-module here.
So for example, I could click into this box
at the very bottom of the center of my screen
and select "Add a sub-module."
In this, I may put an extra topic within my module,
such as Office Hours.
Again, when I select outside of that box,
it will add what we call a sub-module.
Now, you'll notice the formatting
here in my Table of Contents.
I have my Course Overview,
and indented and just to the side
is my sub-module, Office Hours.
Now, sub-modules are options,
not necessary if you do not like to use the sub-modules.
But they're topics within a module, if you will.
So we've briefly built some modules and sub-modules.
We've added some dates and restrictions
and some details within each module itself.
For this, I'm gonna go to Module 1 to share with you
how we can add actual content inside of a module.
So I'm just gonna select into Module 1.
And now we see different buttons
than we did in the Course Overview
and added to those dates and restrictions and description.
Again, at any time, I can select the dropdown,
and I can actually edit the title, hide it from the users,
delete the module if necessary.
I could add my dates and restrictions and descriptions
for this individual module.
But now we wanna add the good stuff.
What do the students,
what will they learn within this module?
Now, I have these three tabs,
Upload and Create, Existing Activities, and Bulk Edit.
You'll also notice that I have this box
that says "Drag and drop files to create and update topics."
So just as we had seen
in the "Add a description" in the HTML editor,
I can drag and drop things.
But this box makes it quite simple and easy for me
to just, again, take something from my computer
and drag and drop until it lands inside of that box
or drag-and-drop area.
Now, you'll notice I added a Word document,
a "Glossary of Terms."
So it tells me what the document is
and what type of document.
If I click back on Module 1,
you'll notice that I still have these tabs here at the top.
This time I'm gonna go to Upload and Create.
Now, when I click this dropdown, Upload Files will appear.
So a different way to upload files for my computer
is to click into Upload Files.
From here, I can then go to My Computer.
And again, I can drag and drop files
from my computer screen.
In this instance, I may just take a PowerPoint document
that I've already created
and upload it by dragging and dropping it.
When I'm ready, I'm just gonna click Add.
So now you'll notice I've added a Word document
and a PowerPoint presentation.
Just to note, when you do add a PowerPoint presentation,
it's going to upload into Brightspace
and share with the students as a PDF.
So the system will flatten that to a PDF
versus a PowerPoint.
Now, the students may have the opportunity
to download this option,
as you can see at the bottom left of my screen.
When a student will download this PowerPoint,
it will convert back to PowerPoint,
so students will see it as a PowerPoint presentation
with notes included.
Students may also have the option to print.
This would be connected to the printer
that is connected to their laptop or their computer.
The reason Brightspace will flatten this
is just, again, for size
and for easability of the students to open the document.
Now, at any time, you can return back
and continue to build inside of your module
or return to your Table of Contents.
We do recommend to click on the tabs here,
which we call breadcrumbs.
We recommend that instead of going
to the very top left-hand side of your screen
and clicking this back button.
Often if we click on the back button,
it'll bump us right out of Brightspace.
So anytime you see this path or these breadcrumbs,
we do recommend to use that.
As always, you could just click on Content in your nav bar.
Now, we've added a couple of documents to our Module 1.
We've added some things to our Course Schedule,
or previously.
So you'll notice there is a number 2 beside Module 1.
And this just means
that there are two items within this module.
The Table of Contents will also have the number 2
to share that there are two items within the course so far.
So as we start to build more content,
these numbers will rise.
Returning to Module 1, we uploaded a file,
and we could click on from My Computer,
but we have two other offerings here.
Course Offering Files are files
that have been loaded behind the scenes in your course.
Public Files are files that UVM
is sharing with all instructors and faculty
to share as a common file within your course.
As you build and grow, you may see more and more options
for Public Files as well as Course Offering Files.
When you select onto Course Offering Files,
you may not have any files here yet,
but as you build your course,
this is where those files or items will be stored.
Now, again, clicking Upload and Create,
we have another large selection of options.
This next one is called Video or Audio.
When you click Upload and Create and select Video or Audio,
it opens up into this screen
where you can add a video or audio
that you have already previously selected
or you're adding to your environment.
With this option, you can add a link that already exists
that you may have saved on your computer screen.
So for example, I can just copy and paste a URL
or embed code directly in this space.
Now, I've saved this URL, YouTube video, on my computer.
And once I copy and paste,
it will show me what the video entails.
From here, I could give it a title
and click Save.
Now, my "Cell Structure" video will be available in Module 1
inside of my Content of my course.
Again, just like we see
with Word document, PowerPoint presentation,
we see that this is a video.
We can return back to this dropdown
and click Video or Audio.
And we can in fact upload a video such as an MP3 or MP4.
Again, it's a simple process, up to two gigabytes of data,
and I can drag and drop an MP4 directly into this space.
Once I release my mouse and drag and drop my MP4,
it loads, it actually processes it,
and it'll tell you when it's ready.
Now, I'm just gonna call this the "Exciting Video,"
because truly it is a bowl of rice filling up.
But just to demonstrate how easy it can be
to add an MP3 or MP4 video into your Content.
When I'm ready, I would click Save.
Now, again, when we click the dropdown,
we can add audio or video, and we also have a link.
So when you click Add Video or Audio,
you may see what video sites can be embedded.
I had a previous YouTube video
already selected for my content.
However, you may come to a point
where you would like to search
for different types of videos.
When you select onto this link, it opens up a popup,
which gives you some suggested video sites
where you can search for different videos
for subject matter.
These are just suggested.
They work really well with the Brightspace environment,
but you're not limited to these.
Now, for example, if I were to click
into the Khan Academy or a TeacherTube or TED Talks,
it will bring me to that third-party site
where I could search for a video,
copy and paste the URL, and place it into my course.
Again, you're not limited to that.
But once you find that, you can add it to your course.
The embed code works very similar.
So I would just copy an embed code
that I already have on my screen,
or sorry, on my computer, and paste it.
And again, it would load onto my screen
so I can check to make sure it's the correct video.
And click Save.
So again, you can add individual documents,
an entire course package, videos,
PowerPoint presentations, and the like.
Another option is that you can actually create a file
using an HTML file creator.
This means that you can create a file from scratch,
but you can also add things
that already exist in combination.
When I click Upload and Create and create a file,
this will allow me
or bring me back to this Brightspace Editor.
Now, in this capacity,
I'm not just adding a description.
Here, I'm creating a new file.
And it tells me I'm creating this file in Module 1.
Again, at any time I can move it
somewhere else within my course, or I could copy it out.
But for now, we're just gonna create a new file.
So with every file, we need to give it a title.
So I might just say Module Introduction.
We also have a tab here
that allows us to hide it from users.
So if we're not ready to publish this
to our students quite yet, we can click Hide from Users.
Again, using this Brightspace Editor,
we can type in the information
we would like to present in this file to our students.
Just as you saw prior to when I copy and pasted the syllabi,
I could do the same here as well.
I can type.
And I can format.
Now, when we use the Brightspace Editor,
we have to let you know that it is built
and designed for accessibility.
So what I mean by that
is we have built tools inside of this editor
to work with students who do require assistive technology.
So if I highlight the words that I've typed,
I can utilize this tab
at the very top left of this HTML editor,
and I can sort of format to meet accessibility needs.
For example, I can select Heading 1,
and I can center this
to make it very visible for all of my students to see.
I do have options to bold, italicize, underline,
and I can even text color.
I can change my font sizes.
Now, the font sizes and styles we have here
are specific to those accessibility technology features.
So although we have a limited style for a font,
these are specifically chosen
to meet those accessibility needs.
A screen reader will pick up on these fonts
much easier than the long list you'd see
in a Microsoft email or a Word document.
Another thing that you could do
as you're starting to build your material
is you could use what we call the Accessibility Checker.
Built right inside of this HTML editor
is this eye with this check mark.
As you're building, you can come and check
or select directly on this eye with check mark
to see if what you've created in your HTML file
meets with accessibility needs, or WCAG as we call them,
web accessibility assistive technology tools.
Now, again, you can copy and paste
from outside of Brightspace directly into Brightspace,
just as we did with the syllabi.
But because we're using specific font styles and sizes,
when you bring things over and copy and paste it,
such as I'm going to demonstrate,
you may note that the font style
is different from what you had on your computer screen.
And again, the system
will automatically adjust the font style
to meet with assistive technology needs
and requirements for the HTML editor.
So you may have to make a couple of adjustments,
but that's okay.
Now, we're not limited to just copying and pasting
or to file sizes or to paragraphs and headings.
We also have these three buttons up here.
I call them the power buttons.
I will leave it to you to give them your own nicknames.
But the first one is called Insert Image.
Inserting an image allows you to bring an image
into your HTML file via your computer, a URL,
or those course offering in Public Files.
I'm going to drag and drop something from my computer.
And when I do that, again,
because we're using the Brightspace Editor,
the accessibility technology will kick in.
So for example, I'm going to drag and drop an image
from my computer directly into the drag-and-drop location
and click Add.
Now, when we're entering an image,
it'll ask us for what we call alternative text,
again, this matches with the WCAG and the ADA
as well as the assistive technology,
where we are asked to describe or convey
what this image is about.
And that is strictly, not strictly,
but it is available for all users
using assistive technology, screen readers,
or require a larger image to be able to see it.
Now, this also works with students
who may have low internet access
and they may not be able to open the image.
Conveying what the image is
can help them understand what this image pertains to
with their content or course material.
So I may say "science."
Now, if the image is just a decorative image,
you can select "This image is decorative"
and a screen reader will not read that out.
So again, with students in mind,
you could add or convey what this image is
and what it pertains to in terms of the content.
Now, another feature here is this Insert Quicklink.
This will allow you to select onto that Insert Quicklink tab
and quickly link something
from outside of this file into this file.
For example, if you're creating a file
that's drawing attention to content
that you've built in your course,
you can select Insert Quicklink,
and you can link something
from your course material to this HTML file.
That allows for less clicks for the students
so they don't have to go back to the Content,
or go back to the Quiz tool, or what have you.
Now, Quicklink will also allow you
to link it out to third-party tools.
So for example,
if you have some Cengage content, Gradescope content,
you could quickly link that content to this HTML file,
again, saving the students from extra links.
Or clicks. (chuckles)
The final tab we wanna share with you
in this Brightspace Editor is this Insert Stuff.
Now, again, just to remind you,
Insert Stuff, Quicklink, Image,
all of these HTML Brightspace Editor tools
are available in various activities within the course.
So we do encourage you to test them out.
Other activities will involve and include
Discussions, Quizzes, Assignments, Calendar,
a variety of tools that you'll see this Brightspace Editor.
So what we're doing here to some content in a file,
you will have the availability to do in other areas.
Now, with that being said,
I can click this final power button called Insert Stuff.
Insert Stuff is very technical term, I know,
but it's doing exactly that.
It's allowing me to insert stuff into this file.
Again, I can drag from a number of different places.
I can add a video here, insert a link or an embed code.
I can also record up to a 30-minute video
from my webcam on my computer directly into this file.
This will allow you to personalize a lecture
or personalize the message
that you're conveying within your course file.
So when I click on Add Video Note,
it's going to start to find my webcam.
When you click New Recording,
you'll have up to 30 minutes of time
to record a personalized video or lecture
directly in your content.
Welcome to Module 1.
We are very glad you're here.
As it renders, we're gonna click Next.
And for this video, I want to give it a title.
Now, there's a couple of purposes for this.
When we give it a title, we wanna be very specific
because this video will now be saved
behind the scenes in my course.
It then comes to what we call the Media Library.
So I can save this video and use it again and again
or copy it from one course in Brightspace to another.
So I can use it for another module introduction
in another course later on.
The title is important because you want it
to be able to be searchable for yourself
and be able to find it.
Now, again, coming back to assistive technology,
the description is also very important
because a student may not have bandwidth
to open up the video.
They may need a description
to describe what this video conveys or is pertaining to.
It's also going to be,
if you have a screen reader available
or students have screen-reading technologies,
read out the description of what this video is about.
So I may say, "Instructor..."
Now, I've added a description.
I can now decide and add closed captioning
for this video that I've just created.
When I select this dropdown beside Audio Language,
I can choose the type of language
I would like the closed captioning to be portrayed in,
and then select
"Automatically generate closed captions for this audio."
Students will be able to open up this video,
and they have their own settings
to turn on or off closed captioning.
By default, captioning will always be displayed
when they play the video.
When I'm ready, I'm gonna click Next.
And it's just gonna take a minute
to render inside of my editor.
So I'm gonna click Insert,
and it will let me know when it is ready.
I'm gonna Save and Close for now and just share with you
what we've created with this HTML file.
So here, if I go back to Module 1,
we were successfully able to build Module 1
where we put some Word documents,
PowerPoint presentations, videos.
And now I'm gonna come to this web page.
It tells me it's a web page
because we're using an HTML file creator.
So again, at any time,
I can select the dropdown beside the actual topic,
I can view the topic, hide it from users, and I can edit.
So I can click Edit HTML
to make any changes I need for this particular webpage.
I can also Move Up and Down, Move To, Change File,
and of course Delete.
But I'm gonna click into it
to share with you what it looks like.
So we have our title.
We have our HTML copy-and-pasted material,
an image, and we have our audio message.
As mentioned, when students open this app,
they can click Play, adjust the sound,
and adjust the settings.
They can download, turn close captioning on or off,
or slow the speed down, or speed the speed up.
At any time I can click Edit HTML,
and I can make any adjustments I would like
in my HTML editor.
If I've made a change inside of this file
and I've decided, "Oh, I didn't want to delete that,"
I always have this undo button,
which will bring the change that I just made back.
If I were to save and close and come back,
this would be gone.
I would have to come back to Insert Stuff
and find the video in my Video Note Search.
So again, as we talked about,
the title is very important for the video
so you can search it again.
And you would be able to add
any of those videos you've created.
Now, we're not quite done yet.
There is another feature.
So I'm gonna go back to my breadcrumbs and click Module 1.
Now, again, at any time,
you could add Release Conditions or dates to the documents.
And to do that, you could click the dropdown,
just as we saw, and click Edit Properties in Place.
When editing properties in place,
you can click into the "Add dates and restrictions"
of an individual item or topic.
And again, you can add a description.
So to share with you those Release Conditions again,
I'm gonna come down to this "Cell Structure" video,
and I'm going to actually Edit Properties in Place.
Here, I may decide
that I could change the dates and restrictions
for this particular item or topic within my module
by selecting "Add dates and restrictions."
From here, I may say
that they cannot view the "Cell Structure" video
until a specific Start Date, Due Date, or End Date.
I could also add a Release Condition.
So for example, if I click Create
now that I have things in my module,
I can choose what criteria or condition type
I want the student to achieve
before they can see this video.
So for example, I could come down,
and I can say I want them to visit a specific topic
before this video will be displayed to them.
So when I select "Visit content topic,"
I could now say I would like them
to see the "Glossary of Terms" first
before this video will be displayed to them.
So you have a ton of options in how material is displayed,
whether it's by dates or whether it's by Release Conditions.
Or again, we see this eye here.
You can make it hidden or visible as well
and come back and adjust as needed.
Some of our courses don't require any sort of conditions
such as dates, Release Conditions, or hidden topics.
But some of them, you could really build
how the student progresses through the course
using these features.
Once you click Save and Close,
it will now save to that particular topic.
It will also be displayed to you, the instructor,
to show you that the "Cell Structure"
starts September 20th at 9:00 a.m.
It does also show you
if you have Release Conditions attached to it
so that you will have the understanding
of what's going on with that particular topic.
Now, another thing that we could share with you
is the HTML templates.
So I'm going to go back to this Upload and Create,
and I'm gonna go back to Create a File.
We have templates already built
inside of your Brightspace environment
that you could utilize if you so desire, such as a template.
So for this one, I may put "Module Introduction" again,
"More Information."
So here's the title.
You'll notice that I'm back in my HTML file creation.
This time, instead of utilizing my Brightspace Editor,
I'm going to select a Document Template
by clicking this dropdown.
This dropdown reveals 10 templates
that I could utilize to build content within my course.
For example,
I'm going to select Module Introduction template.
When I do, a template loads for me
to be able to customize in my file.
Each template has a different view and a different purpose.
However, each template is also customizable
to suit the need or topic matter within your module.
So I can change the title of this template.
Each template also describes
how best you could use this template if you so choose to.
We do recommend, of course, removing that detail.
And in this Module Introduction,
you'll note that there is a template
for Learning Objectives.
So you just come in and adjust the objectives as needed.
But you may also notice
that you can add an image, insert a Quicklink.
You can also Insert Stuff.
So if you wanted to use the template,
you could still add a Video Note.
Add Media Library.
Add a YouTube.
Add a document or a link from your computer.
When you're ready, again, Save and Close.
And this is how it might appear to the student.
At any time, again, you could edit the HTML.
And everything looks fabulous.
So we've shown you several different ways to add things.
There are more.
We can create a link,
which is very similar to adding
or uploading something in the Video or Audio.
But in this format, you're creating a link
for students to link into.
I wanted to note that when you add a link,
you would give it a title, copy and paste your URL.
But there is this option to Open as an External Resource.
What this means is students will see the title
and be able to click into a separate doorway
to get to this link.
The reason for that
is just a security feature for Brightspace.
But again, it is an extra click, just for your knowledge.
So if I copy and paste a URL,
give it a title, and click Create.
If I leave this checked on,
students will have to click an extra button
to get to this link.
It'll open in a new window.
Now, that may be something
that is useful for your students
to be able to open in a different window
so that they can migrate
back to the content they're referring to.
But it is an extra link.
So when I click back into this URL,
it's going to open in a new window.
Now, we've been through quite a lot of topics.
We've shared a lot of different components.
We're not quite done.
Again, there are other ways to add material.
You can add a SCORM or API,
create assignments and checklists.
And as we progress through more training sessions,
we will go into more depth about how to do this.
But in terms of the essential content building,
using Upload and Create is a very useful source
for you to upload and create a variety of different things.
Existing Activities allows you to add things
that already exist into your course.
So if you've created an assignment in your Assignments tool,
you can add it to your content.
You can go to a third party
and add something that's already existing.
So many different ways to add existing material.
You can also select Bulk Edit.
Once selected, you have all
of the topics, modules, and items listed in this search.
And at this point, you can edit any one of the items
within the course material.
You can delete, make hidden.
You can change dates and restrictions,
add descriptions in your Bulk Edit.
The final tool I wanted to share with you
is to look and see what's already in your course material.
For this, we're gonna go to Course Admin.
And Course Admin is the behind-the-scenes of your course.
Now, from here, once you've added some topics,
I would recommend going to this tab called Manage Dates.
Manage Dates allows you to see
all of the components within the course material.
So whether you're starting your course from scratch,
or you have migrated material
that have been added to your course,
Manage Dates allows you to see
all of the different components, tools, items,
and topics within your course.
It also allows you to check
on Due Dates, Start Dates, and End Dates,
will this topic or activity appear in the Calendar,
and its visibility status.
Meaning, have you put in place a Release Condition?
Or made it hidden versus visible?
So the Manage Files feature just allows you to do a check
and see how are my topics coming together,
what are my dates,
do I need to add or adjust dates,
or visibility status, or Release Conditions.
If you need to bulk edit the dates,
you can simply select all things and click Bulk Edit Dates.
If you want to look at just content,
you can select specific tools
and just view the content
that you have available in your course.
So this just gives you a visualization
of what's already been added, what you've built,
what you may need to adjust or change
in terms of dates and conditions.
So we have about four minutes left.
Through a lot of different topics today,
but I just wanna open it up to questions or to chat.
Wendy: Jackie, this is Wendy.
Jennifer asks a question.
I'm just gonna read it out loud,
and maybe she can elaborate later.
She says, "I'm confused about the Course Schedule.
"Do we enter dates and things there,
"or does it automatically populate
"based on the content we add?"
And then she adds, "Is Calendar here,
"Course Schedule on the homepage?"
Jackie: Jennifer, great question.
So the Course Schedule is not something that you could edit.
As you're building your dates
and your components within your content,
it automatically uploads to the Course Schedule.
So if you're building content with dates,
you don't have to worry about adjusting the Course Schedule.
It automatically goes to the Course Schedule.
In terms of the Calendar, the Calendar is a widget
that you will see on the main homepage of your course.
Again, as you're adding components, as you're adding things,
it will automatically add to the Calendar.
If you're not using dates,
it will not automatically add to the Calendar.
So you would come into the Calendar,
go to the Calendar tool, and you could add an event.
But if you're giving dates to any content or any tools,
it will automatically upload to the Course Schedule,
and you could make it customizable in the Calendar tool.
So hopefully that answers your question.
Or doesn't further confuse. (chuckles)
Jennifer: Thank you.
Wendy: If anyone has questions,
please feel free to speak them.
You don't necessarily have...
We're a small group.
You don't to put in the chat.
I had one, but I don't wanna...
I have one if no one else does.
I just wanted Jackie to demonstrate changing out a course,
the banner image on the HTML template.
But we can hold off on that
if other folks have pressing questions.
I have this fear that students
are just gonna be seeing these images,
like, in every single course. (chuckling)
So I know you've shown how to insert an image
into that text itself,
but maybe just show how to change out that banner?
Jackie: Yeah, absolutely.
And again, to Wendy's point, it is completely customizable.
So I'm gonna come to this "Module Introduction More Info"
where I built that HTML template.
I'm gonna come to the bottom and click Edit HTML template.
Again, you can do the same by clicking the dropdown
and click Edit HTML.
When you're building the HTML or after,
if you decide, "I'm gonna change this image,"
when you're in Edit mode,
you would simply click on the image itself.
And it does allow you to choose image options.
So if I click on Image options,
I can add a different banner, link, or source here.
And when I'm ready, I could just click Save.
So you would need the source or URL for that banner image.
And then you could just add it here.
I don't have any, I don't believe, available using the URL,
but that's how you would do it.
And then it would save into this area here.
You can adjust the banner, crop it, whatever you so choose.
So if your banner image is not as wide
or doesn't have the same pixels,
you do have the availability to edit the banner.
Now, you can go to Upload and Create.
Again, drag and drop an image here if you want to.
But that's how you would change out the banner.
Wendy: Thank you.
We are right at 10 o'clock,
but maybe we could just take one more question
if someone has a burning question
that they would like to address before we adjourn.
Okay.
Well, thank you all so much for joining us this morning.
Jackie, as always, thank you for an informative session.
As we mentioned, this is being recorded.
And we'll let you all know when is available for viewing.
And we will be hosting follow-up sessions on content.
And, of course, we will also be sending you all out
information about the course migration process.
So thank you very much.
Thank you, Jackie. I appreciate it.
Wendy: Thank you, Wendy. I'm glad you were here.
-: Yeah. I had one, do you mind?
I didn't wanna go down this rabbit hole during the webinar.
But do you have, like, five minutes?
I have a something that needs clarifying.
-: Yeah.
-: It's about the download content.
And I think we've talked about this other times.
But this feels like it's a stickler for some faculty,
that pervasiveness of the Download button.
-: Oh, for the student.
-: For the students.
That's an all-or-nothing setting, is that right?
Like, either we shut that off at the system level
and then download anything
is not available anywhere in the system.
Like, you can't turn off the download content on Video Note
and leave it open in the rest of the content area.
Is that right?
-: That is correct. I believe so.
And that's at the configuration level.
-: Yeah.
-: Okay.
So that's a cost.
It's such a benefit for students.
-: Yeah.
-: Folks get concerned about intellectual property.
-: If you're using the LOR, the Learning Object Repository,
you can have different settings for documents
that come from the LOR versus inside of a course.
So it does provide you with a little bit more flexibility.
Meaning you can lock it or not lock it.
You can share it or not share it.
But otherwise, I think it's content-wide.
-: Okay, great. -: Yeah.
-: All right.
Well, thank you for that clarification.
I appreciate it.
-: Yeah.
-: And we'll see ya later this weekend.
You've received the meeting invites
for quizzes and assignments?
-: Yes, I got the link in your email,
so they'll work just as fine.
-: Okay, cool. -: Yeah.
-: All right. -: All right.
-: Thanks again.
-: Thank you. -: Thank you.
-: Thanks, Justin. Have a great day.
-: You too. Bye.
-: Bye.