Brightspace is AU’s shared learning platform. Brightspace will be where you access your courses, communicate with teachers and fellow students and find material and other relevant course-related information.
Please be aware that you are responsible for staying informed about your courses. You can stay informed via email notifications, the Brightspace Pulse App or by checking Brightspace on a regular basis.
Below, you will find a number of technical guidelines for some of the key functions in Brightspace. New information and technical guidelines will be added to the page on an ongoing basis to help you get started with the platform before the new semester.
Below you will find a series of guides for some of the most important features in Brightspace. New guides will be added continuously to help you get started with the new learning platform before the beginning of the semester.
Problems with log in?
Make sure to familiarize yourself with Brightspace’s interface to make it easier to navigate around Brightspace
Here you will find guides to:
That you will find your course content and course activities in Brightspace under Content in the course menu.
On this page, you can read more about Brightspace and how to get started with the platform. The page will be updated regularly with new information and technical guidelines.
This guide shows you how to find your way around all your Brightspace courses.
This guide provides an overview of the front page of a course and shows all the different features you can access from the front page.
In Brightspace you can receive notifications for new announcements or posts on your courses. These notifications will appear in the three icons at the top right comer of your Brightspace front page. Here are the three different features:
In addition, you can choose when you want Brightspace notifications:
This guide shows where you can see notifications about new posts in various discussion forums that you subscribe to in Brightspace.
This guide shows where to see notifications of new posts on various Brightspace courses.
This guide shows you how to change notification settings.
There is an app for Brightspace that you can use to get a quick overview of your courses and you can receive notifications when something new happens that you have to know.
Below you will find a short walkthrough of the Pulse app, as well as how to find the app and log in:
Problems viewing the full guide? Try refreshing the page. If it does not work Press "View It" and select "Watch It" and switch back again.
You can control which push notifications you want to receive from your courses. This is how you set it up:
The latest Pulse App update have solved some problems, including:
If you have any questions about how to log into Brightspace, please contact your local IT Support.
If you need support regarding technical errors, contact the CED support here:
Contact formular
