In Brightspace, you can customize your course homepage through the addition of widgets. Widgets enable users to add functionality, send communications, or otherwise be used to alter the look of a course homepage. If needed, refer to the Add Widgets to a Course Homepage guide for assistance.
| Widget Name | Widget Description | When is this Useful? |
|---|---|---|
| Create a Test Student | This widget allows instructors to impersonate a test student in their class so that they can emulate the student experience. Considerations: – Course builders do not have access to use this widget. – Instructors can only impersonate test students. They do not have access to impersonate real students. – Test students will appear in the classlist. | This widget is useful when setting up a course so that instructors can ensure that everything works as intended. |
| Multi-Profile | The Multi-Profile widget is a tool that allows instructors to easily introduce all course instructors and TAs to learners. | This widget is useful when there are multiple people supporting a class. Moreover, it can be used to communicate office hours, preferred method of contact, and similar pieces of information for each person supporting learners. |
| Slim Announcement | The Slim Announcement Widget is an alternative option to the Announcement widget. The Slim Announcement widget offers the same functionality as the Announcement widget without cluttering the page in the case of long announcements. Additionally, similar to the Announcements widget, students will receive an email notification when a new announcement is posted. | This widget is useful when instructors prefer to have a cleaner course homepage. |