Brightspace (LMS)

Knowledgebase articles pertaining to D2L Brightspace, the learning management system at SMC.

Managing Your Course NavBar
In order to customize your course Navbar, you must first make a copy of the Navbar and mark it as active. Once you make a copy of the NavBar   How to Cu...
Tue, Jan 19, 2021 8:57 AM
How to Grant Quiz Accommodations from the Classlist
You can now grant learners accommodations through the Classlist tool instead of on a quiz-by-quiz basis. Once granted, these accommodations apply to all qui...
Tue, Mar 9, 2021 1:19 PM
Extra Credit or Bonus Points in Brightspace Quizzes
Bonus Points in Quizzes To create a bonus question in a quiz do the following: Create your quiz questions as normal. For help on creating quizzes,...
Tue, Mar 23, 2021 5:10 PM
Awarding Bonus Points or Extra Credit Points for Assignments in Brightspace
Bonus points on Assignments: To award extra points on an INDIVIDUAL assignment.  There is no automatic formula to give extra points in an assignm...
Tue, Mar 23, 2021 5:16 PM
Extra Credit Assignment or Quiz
To create an ADDITIONAL ASSIGNMENT or QUIZ for Extra Credit In Brightspace an extra credit assignment or quiz is called a Bonus Item. Bonus items ...
Tue, Mar 23, 2021 5:53 PM
Quicklinks in Brightspace
A Quicklink simply points to some other area within D2L or to another file or web page. For example, Quicklinks can be used by students to insert links to e...
Fri, Jun 25, 2021 10:27 AM
How to View Assignment Feedback
When an instructor grades your assignment, they may leave you a comment detailing feedback on your work or they may add annotated feedback to your assignm...
Tue, Mar 30, 2021 8:27 AM
How to Set Up Group Assignments in Brightspace
Brightspace allows you to set up groups in many different ways so your students can complete group assignments. Groups can also submit a single assignment t...
Tue, Mar 30, 2021 3:06 PM
Receiving a HTTP 400 Bad Request on Brightspace
You will receive the following error message if there are too many cookies stored in your internet browser: “HTTP 400 – Bad Request (request header too long...
Wed, Apr 7, 2021 7:45 AM
Drop the Lowest Grade from a Grade Category
In your Brightspace course, press Grades from the NavBar. Click on the Manage Grades tab. You must have Grade Categories set up to drop the lowest grade. ...
Tue, Apr 13, 2021 7:41 AM