Brightspace - Basic Navigation
Starting Spring 2024, all courses will be on Brightspace. You can access your account by going to taylor.brightspace.com and also by downloading the user friendly “Brightspace Pulse” mobile app.
Navigating Brightspace (browser):
After logging into Brightspace using your Taylor Login, you will land on the home page where there are two ways to find your courses: through the Course Selector (waffle) icon or the My Courses Widget. Please follow the instructions by clicking this link to help you navigate to your courses.
Overview of Brightspace Tools:
After choosing a course by following the instructions above, click this link to learn how to navigate your course homepage. There are various tools that you have access to within your course as a Learner. The list below outlines visual tours of many (but not all) of the tools that Brightspace offers Learners:
- For the Announcements tool, click this link.
- Click this link to learn how to navigate Content Experiences within your course.
- To find your Assignments, Discussions, Quizzes, Self Assessments, and Surveys, click the “Activites and Assessments” dropdown within your course.
- To find your course Checklist, Class Progress, and Grades, click the “Progress” dropdown within your course.
- For the Media Library tool, click this link.
- To learn how to find your class list, click this link.
- Click this link to learn how to navigate your course calendar.
- To access the Portfolio tool, click on your name in the top right hand corner of the page.
Many of the tours include video instructions as well for further engagement in navigating the site.