Brightspace Discover-Tool Primer

Introduction ("What is Brightspace Discover?")

Brightspace Discover is a portal allowing learners to search for and self-enroll in active non-credit courses. These courses can be browsed and selected based on their assigned roles in Brightspace. Courses available for self-registration are those which fall outside the credit course registration process and typically offer program support / training or bring learners together on a special topic.

Roles and Responsibilities

Instructor

A Discover Instructor is an individual responsible for the operation and configuration of a Discover course. A Discover instructor can:

• Activate or deactivate a course.
• Manually enroll learners individually or from a file.
• Enroll learners in sections.
• Set up self-enrollment and approval rules for courses.
• Manage self-enrollment requests.

Teaching Assistant

A Teaching Assistant is an individual responsible for planning and delivering courses to learners in Brightspace. Additional responsibilities can include:

• Accessing a course.
• Assessing and grading learners.
• Measuring and guiding learner performance and engagement.

Teaching assistants may contact the Technology Training Institute for assistance with the latter two responsibilities.

Learner

A Learner is an individual student viewing course content in Brightspace. Learners can:

• Self-enroll in a course.
• Access a course after they are manually enrolled in it by a Discover instructor.