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Main Landing Page - Homepage

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Goal

After completing this how-to article you will have the ability to navigate the main landing homepage and utilize the features it has to offer.

Description

  • The main landing page in Brightspace is termed the "main homepage." The main homepage contains widgets that provide system level assistance and information on Brightspace. Org Homepage, Whole - Students.png
  • The My Courses widget displays up to 12 past or present courses you have access to. Courses that are pinned will appear starting in the top left, and any courses after that will appear in the order of most recently accessed.My Courses Widget - Students.png
    • Please note, courses that have ended will no longer appear in the "All" view unless viewing a specific term/semester or the course is manually pinned. Selecting the "View All Courses" link will provide access to a closed course.
  • The Brightspace Help widget opens the help page that provides contact information on the support options for Brightspace.
  • The Announcements widget on the main homepage will only display the most recent system level announcement. These announcements are separate from those within your courses that are posted by the faculty.
  • The Student Guides Home widget provides a quicklink to the Brightspace student Knowledge Base (KB) guides. The main header image, Student Guides Home, is linked to KB page that contains links to all of the Brightspace student guides. The individual links listed under the header image navigate to the correlating KB topic, which contains links to all of the guides for the topic.
  • The Back to Top widget navigates you directly to the top of the main landing page.