Course Setup and Basic Configuration

Copy Your Brightspace Course to another Brightspace Course Shell

In this guide, you will learn how to copy your current Brightspace Course to another Brightspace Course Shell.

Locating Your Course's CRN (Course Reference Number)

This document will show you, as the Instructor, how to locate your course鈥檚 Course Reference Number (CRN) so you can share it with Brightspace Support or anyone who may need it for accurate course look-up. 

Archiving your Brightspace Course

In this guide, you will learn how to archive your current Brightspace Course.

Modify the Name of Your Course

Instructors can change the name of their Brightspace course. This document will explain how to change how your course appears to students in the UCM Brightspace instance.

Make Brightspace Course Active (Available)

This document will explain how to make your course available (active) to your learners.

Enrollment Validation Process

Please visit the Office of Registrar and Student Records website for information on UCM鈥檚 enrollment validation process (EVP). There you can find information on the following:

• Enrollment Validation Policy
• Enrollment Validation Schedule
• EVP Instructions for Faculty and Students
• Additional information about this process

This document contains instructions for using the built-in EVP checklist in Brightspace. This process does require that you complete the EVP step in MyCentral.

Adding Enrollment Validation Module

If you copied a previous section taught in Brightspace, there is a chance that it did not copy the EVP module, and you鈥檒l have to re-create it. To place a new EVP module in your course, follow this guide.

How to Change a Course Banner Image

In this guide, we will cover how to change the Banner Image for your Brightspace Course. This will cover how to add an image from the Brightspace Image Library, not a custom-made banner.

How to Create a Custom Banner Image

This guide will cover how to add a Custom image to your Brightspace Course Banner.