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.
- Upload / Create > Create a Fil
When you use Create a File in Brightspace a web page is created.
- Add a descriptive, unique title in the Enter a Title textbox.
- 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:
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.
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:
- Add content to the Editor by typing or copying and pasting from existing material.
- 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
- Formatting options, including headings/paragraphs, bold, italics, underline, colour, alignment, and lists
- Insert Stuff button, for inserting media
- Quicklinks button
- Insert image
- Insert table
- Font size
- Accessibility Checker
- More actions (expand toolbar)
- Fullscreen toggle
- Preview
- HTML code editor
Before Publishing
- Run the Accessibility Checker.
Learn more about the Brightspace Accessibility Checker. - 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.
- Or if content is ready to be public, click Save and Close to finish.
For more information:
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
