Brightspace Student Pulse App

Brightspace Pulse is a mobile app that helps students manage their coursework by providing a centralized view of course calendars, assignments, grades, and announcements. It offers real-time notifications for class changes and deadlines, helping students stay on track. The app’s visual schedule shows upcoming tasks, helping students plan their work effectively across multiple courses.

Additional Resources:

• • Manage your course workload with Brightspace Pulse
• • Video: Brightspace Pulse overview

Brightspace Pulse has specific platform requirements for optimal use. It is available on iOS and Android devices with varying version requirements depending on the platform. To have a smooth functionality, students need to keep their app updated to the latest version.

The "Navigate in Brightspace Pulse" helps students understand how to use the app's interface to view and manage course content, assignments, grades, and announcements. It covers how to navigate through different features to stay organized and track academic progress.

Additional Resources:

• • Navigate in Brightspace Pulse
• • Video: Navigate Brightspace Pulse

When logging into Brightspace Pulse for the first time, you can search for your institution or enter the URL of your organization's LMS. After logging in, the app retrieves your course data, including calendar events and due dates from tools like Content, Assignments, Discussions, and Quizzes, if set by instructors.

Additional Resources:

• • Log in and out of Brightspace Pulse

The Upcoming tab in Brightspace Pulse shows upcoming course activities, with options to filter and navigate by week. You can view detailed information for each task and mark them as complete. The tab uses start, end, and due dates to display activities, but some tasks without start and end dates, like discussions from Content, may not appear.

Additional Resources:

• • View upcoming work in Brightspace Pulse

The "View and Edit Activities in Brightspace Pulse" helps you navigate and manage course tasks like assignments, quizzes, and readings. You can access detailed information about each activity and, in some cases, complete or edit them directly through the app.

Additional Resources:

• • View and edit activities in Brightspace Pulse

Brightspace Pulse for iOS and Android allows you to log into multiple accounts at once. You can switch between accounts to access different course materials, and receive notifications from all your accounts, keeping you up to date on assignments, deadlines, and course updates.

Additional Resources:

• • Manage multiple Brightspace Pulse accounts

In Brightspace Pulse, if course grades are enabled and visible to students, you can view grades for each course under the Grades tab, However, this view only shows grades you've received, ungraded or final grades are not included. Rubrics linked to grades are not accessible here, but can be viewed through the Brightspace web-site. For a consolidated grade view or final grades, you must visit the Grades tool through the Brightspace web-site.

Additional Resources:

• • View grades for a course in Brightspace Pulse

In Brightspace Pulse, students can view and navigate course content, including assignments, readings, and announcements. Supported file types include PDFs, MP4s, DOCs, and more. Courses can be pinned for easy access, and content modules can be explored in detail. Students can also download non-HTML files for offline viewing. Enhanced course tiles, when available, display due dates, completion status, and course updates.

Additional Resources:

• • View courses and course content in Brightspace Pulse

Brightspace Pulse troubleshooting tips address common issues like login errors, content visibility, syncing problems, missing grades, and notifications. It also guides students on managing offline content and troubleshooting specific file types. Additional solutions cover navigating course activities, assignments, and quizzes, promoting smooth and easy access to complete coursework.

Additional Resources:

• • Troubleshooting Brightspace Pulse