Brightspace D2L — Copy Content, Mobile App, QM Template, and End-of-term course evaluations.
How do I copy content from one Brightspace course to another?
Brightspace has an online article (with step-by-step directions and a video) to Copy Course Components.
Is there a mobile app for Brightspace D2L?
Yes, Brightspace Pulse is the name of the app and it is available for both iOS and Android devices. You can download it, install it, and access it using these steps:
1. Search the App Store on your device for "Brightspace Pulse".
2. Click the app to download and install it. Once downloaded, the icon appears simply as Pulse.
3. When you launch the app you'll be prompted to identify the organization you are affiliated with. We (New River) are affiliated with WVNET (so search for WVNET) and then click on WV Higher Education Network.
4. To access New River's Brightspace content, click the New River icon on the WVNET landing page and you'll be taken to the New River portal page to authenticate and gain access (within your mobile Pulse app).
Are New River courses in Brightspace compliant with Quality Matters standards?
To assess any course as fully compliant with QM standards would require an in-depth evaluation or audit. While members of the Advisory Committee for Distance Education have developed a standardized design (QM Template) that is automatically copied into newly created course shells, instructors must make choices to enable, disable, or modify the course's content and structure to meet individual needs. The QM Template contains the fundamental QM compliance standards as well as other helpful information. Instructors may modify this content to improve it or remove any elements that might not be needed.
How will end-of-term course evaluations be conducted in Brightspace?
An anonymous course survey (part of the QM Template) is copied into each course shell, and the survey is scheduled to become available to students about 3-4 weeks before the end of the term.
Instructors may add questions to the survey or make no changes at all. Survey results are anonymous, but a summary of the results becomes available to each instructor after grades are submitted. System administrators must extract the survey data for system-wide reporting. More information about the survey is available here: https://web.newriver.edu/training/it203/index.html