Brightspace Web Pages
Quick Start Guide

Depending on content and course design, EdTech recommends using Brightspace web pages. Web pages are the most accessible, user-friendly, and secure option for your course content.

Create a File

To create a file, navigate to Course Materials > Content.

  1. Upload / Create > Create a File

    When you use Create a File in Brightspace a web page is created.
  2.  Add a descriptive, unique title in the Enter a Title textbox.
  3. Open the Select a Document Template menu and choose your desired template.
    The template will pre-populate with headings, lists, images, textboxes and/or other elements depending on the template chosen. EdTech recommends using Templates to create the most engaging and accessible Brightspace content.
Available templates include:

Blank includes placeholder text and branded footer.Intro includes a Langara banner image, placeholder text for course introductory content, and branded footer.

Module Intro includes a Langara banner image, placeholder text, a Learning Outcomes example list, and branded footer.

Meet your instructor includes a heading structure, placeholder text, an image placeholder, and branded footer.

Basic Page includes a Langara banner image, heading structure, elements, and branded footer. Basic page is recommended for general content.

Video Page includes a video placeholder, instructions to add videos, and a branded footer.

Conclusion includes a Langara banner image, heading structure, Next Steps placeholder text, and branded footer.

The remaining template pages include elements that can be copied for use in the above listed templates.Elements includes a Langara banner image, examples of elements to copy to other pages (such as lists, callouts, and panels), and a branded footer.

Images includes a Langara banner image, instructions for using images, examples of image alignments to copy to other pages, and a branded footer.

Accordions includes a Langara banner image, instructions for using the accordion element, samples to copy to other pages, and a branded footer.

Tabs includes a Langara banner image, instructions for using the tabs element, samples to copy to other pages, and a branded footer.

Using the Brightspace Editor

The Brightspace Editor is the toolbar across the top of the text editor window that includes tools for formatting and structuring content.

Using the Brightspace Editor:

  1. Add content to the Editor by typing or copying and pasting from existing material.
  2. Use the Editor toolbar to format and insert additional elements like lists, media, links, images, and more.

More about the Brightspace Editor Toolbar

Available tools on the Brightspace Editor Toolbar include:

  1. Formatting options, including headings/paragraphs, bold, italics, underline, colour, alignment, and lists
  2. Insert Stuff button, for inserting media
  3. Quicklinks button
  4. Insert image
  5. Insert table
  6. Font size
  7. Accessibility Checker
  8. More actions (expand toolbar)
  9. Fullscreen toggle
  10. Preview
  11. HTML code editor

Before Publishing

  1. Run the Accessibility Checker.

    Learn more about the Brightspace Accessibility Checker.
  2. Click Hide from users if content is not ready to be published or if you would like to release content to learners at a later date.
  3. Or if content is ready to be public, click Save and Close to finish.

For more information:

About Brightspace Editor

Creating and Managing Content – Brightspace Instructor Help

The Brightspace Editor – Brightspace Instructor Help

When pasting content into a page with a template style applied, use paste without formatting by pressing Control Shift v (Command Shift v on macOS), or when prompted, select “Remove formatting.”

For more information, contact edtech@langara.ca

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Quick Start Guides for EdTech Tools Copyright © by Briana Fraser; dianethompson; Julian Prior; Katherine Cheung; Susan Bonham; and Luke McKnight. All Rights Reserved.

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