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Brightspace Downloading Files

This guide explains how students can download course files—like PDFs, Word documents, and PowerPoint presentations—from Brightspace. It also includes tips for viewing media-rich content correctly, troubleshooting common file issues, and accessing downloaded materials offline.

Brightspace Quiz Tips for Students

This guide provides students with practical tips and answers to common issues encountered while taking quizzes in Brightspace. It covers how to respond to disconnections, freezing pages, saving answers, mobile access limitations, and the use of Respondus LockDown Browser. Designed to help students stay prepared and minimize disruptions during online exams.

Brightspace Student Completion Tracking through Class Progress

This guide explains how students can use the Table of Contents view in Brightspace’s Class Progress tool to monitor their progress through course content. It shows which materials you’ve viewed and which still need attention, helping you stay organized and up to date.

Brightspace Student Resources

This guide provides UTRGV students with essential tips, troubleshooting steps, and support links for using Brightspace. It includes answers to common questions about login issues, content access, quiz problems, and assignment submissions—along with direct links to COLTT support and 24/7 help through Brightspace Lumi Chat.

Groups and Lockers Student Handout

This guide explains how to view your groups and access group content in Brightspace. It also covers using the Group Locker to upload, organize, and share files with your group members.

How to Access Your Earned Awards/Certificates

The Awards tool in Brightspace lets you view, download, and share badges and certificates earned in your courses. Certificates can be saved as PDFs, and awards can be displayed on your profile, ePortfolio, or through a public link. You can also remove awards from shared locations at any time.

Merged Courses Handout for Students

When multiple sections of the same course are merged in Brightspace, you may see a different course or section code than the one you registered for. This does not affect your enrollment, grades, or attendance. Course merges are designed to make content delivery easier for instructors and more consistent for students.

Taking Surveys

This guide explains how students can access, complete, and submit surveys in Brightspace. Surveys are designed for feedback only, may be anonymous, and do not impact grades. Instructors may choose to share survey results with students through the Reports option.