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Compare & Contrast Blackboard and D2L Brightspace

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  • Demonstrate how basic and typical course design, navigation, and administrative tasks in Brightspace Compare to and Contrast with similar tasks in Blackboard.

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Access Brightspace

My Campus portal launchPad.

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Support for Your Students - uma.edu/thehub

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Self Enrollment Orientation Courses for Students and Faculty

Login to Brightspace then click “Discover”

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Blackboard vs Brightspace: Login & Home Pages

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Blackboard vs Brightspace: Login Home Page

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Blackboard vs Brightspace: Login Home Page

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Blackboard vs Brightspace: Login Home Page

Course Search

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Blackboard vs Brightspace: Login Home Page

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Blackboard vs Brightspace: Login Home Page

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Blackboard vs Brightspace: Login Home Page

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Blackboard vs Brightspace: Login Home Page

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Brightspace Default Content

courses.maine.edu

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Blackboard vs Brightspace: Course Menus

  • Uneditable menus�
    • Generally provide access to controls and tools that are unchanging.

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  • Editable menus. �
    • Generally content navigation and course design options.

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Blackboard vs Brightspace: Create Course Structure

Blackboard Content Navigation

Brightspace Content Navigation

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Blackboard vs Brightspace: Create Course Structure

Blackboard Content Tools

Brightspace Content Tools

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Blackboard vs Brightspace: Completion Analytics

Blackboard

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Blackboard vs Brightspace: Structuring Course

Blackboard

Brightspace

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Structuring Course

Examples for structuring your course. Content | Table of Contents

A course structure based on Weeks (Most typical at UMA).

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Date to Date

Date to Date

Date to Date

Date to Date

Date to Date

Date to Date

Tip:

You can use� Start Dates to automatically add dates to module titles.

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Structuring Course

courses.maine.edu

A course structure based on Topics (theme/subject).

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Structuring Course

courses.maine.edu

A course structure based on the type of Content (literature, assignments, quizzes etcetera).

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Blackboard vs Brightspace: Course Copy

Blackboard Course Copy

Brightspace Course Copy

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Blackboard vs Brightspace: Basic Content Editor

Blackboard Content Editor

Brightspace Content Editor

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Blackboard vs Brightspace: Email Students

Blackboard

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Email All Students

Email Selected Students

Email One Students

Once you email from the course the email conversation will continue in your Gmail inbox.

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Blackboard vs Brightspace: Student View vs Learner View

Blackboard Student Preview

Brightspace Learner View

Providing Demo Learner Accounts

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Brightspace: Activating your Course

  1. Click on Course Admin in the Navigation bar.
  2. Click on Course Offering Information below Site Setup.
  3. Set a start date.
  4. Check the Course is active.

First - Set a start date, (then Activate). The course will be visible for the students but they will not be able to access it until the date that you set as the start date. It will also negate the risk of accidentally forgetting to switch the course back to active.

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Q & A

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