Brightspace - Create a Course FAQ
AACPS Office of Instructional Technology
Teacher Task
- Navigate to a course
- Click Content on the Navbar
- Click New Unit
- Name your unit “Welcome: Course Information”
- Click Availability Dates: Set the start date as the first day of school.
- Toggle to Visible
- Select Save and Close
- Click Create New → HTML Document
- Name your HTML Document “Syllabus & FAQ”
- On the Brightspace Editor, select “+” for Other Insert Options
- Click Insert Element → Accordion
- Title the accordion tabs as commonly asked questions such as “How do I contact my teacher?” or “What is the late work policy?” Align the accordion content to answer the question asked in the title.
- Click Preview and Insert
- Insert a Quicklink to the full Syllabus
- Toggle to Visible
- Select Save and Close
*Bonus: Create a Welcome-Course Essentials Widget and add it to your course homepage. All information is housed in a Content Unit and is displayed in a pop-up when students enter the course.
Note: Creator+ is an engaging content building tool within Brightspace HTML documents.
These directions walk through making an HTML document and creating the Creator+ Element, Accordion.
The Accordion Element allows the teacher to chunk extended text into logical steps and/or categories.