# Navigating the Course Homepage

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once logged into Brightspace, to access your course(s) click on one of the tiles located in the My Courses Widget. If you cannot see all your courses, make sure you have selected All. </span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; overflow: hidden; width: 373px; height: 326px;">![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/CWrgwxIHHjcb3K2fBv1EHX-zRiLFHOkRLldvAiYUAJfwX6Naqy-22TexYQJC_84Z8xFrKF6lRyfetIEagpEHz-FcT1RU3RJCuRetUlt43vTtVckDojiRMOxNTWjjc54j1MHBvowoVeYmTB41tY9d0IY)</span></span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once you have entered the course of your choice you will see a navigation bar and options to select on the course homepage.  
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At the top you will see the navigation bar. In grades 10 through 12, it will appear like:</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; overflow: hidden; width: 624px; height: 88px;">![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/fuj7Wp5xoPZ5MKfpeJK8qZvu_gC5fEYP7bwfg_pFxHrYQfm5O23xz3wDVIGsLWalfr5qqEKJwDJEX0ILokD3iAxXlk1gRd9X-oYjfjhbz1AR0QFpDNshCIUdeUD7M8D-19gyQRMcmF2rqQ9XGK3bRIk)</span></span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And in grades 5 through 9, it will appear like this:</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; overflow: hidden; width: 624px; height: 120px;">![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/h1B_Oj7EvgcJFWUJf6EtrSMrUC0oRxPsEskXeUCts4hNEIurpV03YTl0icce5rSGvb9bgLi8k3C97c_OXmrX9EFxoGqbVQZpbug_L8cxL6Tn8E43gqnCJf94lpsOPEyqfrQyQhZBMl6K8PfDWjVjyyI)</span></span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While it may look different, the buttons and links represent the same information. </span>

<div align="left" dir="ltr" id="bkmrk-course-home-clicking" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><table style="border: none; border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 468pt;"><colgroup><col></col><col></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 1pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Course Home</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Clicking the course home link in the navigation bar will redirect you back to the course homepage, from any other page within the course. </span>

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</td></tr><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 1pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Content</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The content link will take you to a list of all the content within the course. You can navigate to any specific aspect from this list or launch the different units.</span>

  
</td><td style="vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 1pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; overflow: hidden; width: 298px; height: 328px;">![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/KUi0cI48f52tAjaKUhdf4JTRJeIsz9wDEOgnEWx2668jiesH2Veen7h5vjABwroOtCTOvrr3OjfRKec1g-TnNvpCI1EqXYPYCQe0c-VCe-FethxUM6-xXDKqBxBEnbBOAFDKGh2xBD2lV9QR1tG-Oyo)</span></span>

</td></tr><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 1pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Class Progress</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This link will give you an overview of your progress in the current course you are viewing. </span>

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</td></tr><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 1pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Grades</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">An overview of your grades for the courses. You can print this page for future reference as well. </span>

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</td></tr><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 1pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Discussions</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is a shortcut to all of the forums in the course. If you are following threads and having an in depth discussion with another student this is a great way to navigate directly to those instead of through the content. </span>

  
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here you can also adjust your subscriptions and notifications to forums. </span>

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</div><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On the course homepage you have:</span>

<div align="left" dir="ltr" id="bkmrk-announcement-feed-te" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><table style="border: none; border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 468pt;"><colgroup><col></col><col></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 1pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Announcement Feed</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Teachers will use this widget to make class wide announcements, post important information and maybe some fun things, like jokes or current events. </span>

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</td></tr><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 1pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Your Teacher and TAs</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">  
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here you will find the contact information for your teacher. They will have their email address, zoom contact, office hours and any other important information you need in order to be able to connect with them.</span>

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</td></tr><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 1pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Calendar</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This will be an important tool in synchronous courses. Teachers may add due dates and class times so you can follow along with the group.</span>

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</td></tr><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: solid #000000 1pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Course Content</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here is where you will access the different components of your course. Clicking the tiles will take you to the units or lessons to begin or continue working. </span>

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</div><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Course Content Navigation</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once you have clicked on a tile in Brightspace you will be taken to a view that displays only the content of your course. To navigate through, you may have to click a ‘hamburger menu’ in the top right corner to see the different components of the unit. Alternatively, you can use the arrows on the right hand side to navigate forwards and backwards. The ‘&lt; Back” button will return you to the course homepage.</span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; overflow: hidden; width: 624px; height: 211px;">![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/Hjg21w8E4nW4EbmhKtTsyZKJLr8fayzML2dqJkhzSvotAq17y7CoNMui-RdUahJfBlSVvB35ED1xFZ0CJra7S2MojJqXIIv2WJHQq6p6X9_hqYTdXJZDuG1sXvNn0KiBoZw1ZlGwfXaldAfuJrwbDY4)</span></span>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once you adjust the menu, you will see additional navigation options:</span>

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