{"id":26705,"date":"2017-04-17t06:30:34","date_gmt":"2017-04-17t11:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?p=26705"},"modified":"2018-02-05t20:24:45","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06t01:24:45","slug":"brightspace-launched-as-vanderbilts-new-course-management-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2017\/04\/brightspace-launched-as-vanderbilts-new-course-management-system\/","title":{"rendered":"brightspace launched as vanderbilt\u2019s new course management system"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 is excited to announce that brightspace is now available for instructors planning their summer and fall courses.\u00a0 brightspace will replace blackboard as vanderbilt\u2019s course management system starting this summer.\u00a0 the new platform has a modern, responsive design and a number of features that faculty and students will find useful, including drag-and-drop file management, a mobile friendly interface, a virtual classroom, and a student portfolio tool.<\/p>\n faculty are invited to visit http:\/\/brightspace.vanderbilt.edu<\/a>, login with their vunetid and password, and explore the new system.\u00a0 when faculty login, they will see their summer and fall 2017 courses, ready for development.\u00a0 students are welcome to visit brightspace, as well, although they might not see much there until their instructors make their courses active.\u00a0 in the meantime, students are encouraged to read about brightspace features for students<\/a>.<\/p>\n to learn how to use brightspace, visit the cft\u2019s brightspace support site, http:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/brightspace<\/a>, which features on-demand resources such as tutorials and walkthroughs, as well as information about upcoming brightspace training sessions.\u00a0 cft staff are available on request to come to departments and schools to provide general introductions to brightspace or more tailored orientation sessions.<\/p>\n faculty will have access to older courses (from summer 2014 to present) on brightspace.\u00a0 migration of these courses from blackboard is ongoing.\u00a0 need access to a course from blackboard that hasn\u2019t been migrated yet?\u00a0 just contact brightspace support at the cft (brightspace@vanderbilt.edu<\/a> or 615-322-0200) and let us know which course you need.<\/p>\n note, however, that only instructor-created materials from older courses will be migrated from blackboard.\u00a0 student materials, such as assignments, discussion forum posts, and all gradebook data cannot be migrated to brightspace.\u00a0 instructors and students will lose access to blackboard when it is archived in july 2017, but anyone who needs access to older blackboard material (including student materials) from that time forward can request access via brightspace@vanderbilt.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n during the transition, streaming media previously posted to blackboard through kaltura (\u201cmy media\u201d) will be available on both systems.\u00a0 instructors can read about how to access media on the two systems<\/a>.<\/p>\n