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Brightspace for Faculty: Glossary

Brightspace Icon Glossary

Brightspace Icon Glossary

Icon Meaning Icon Meaning
Brightspace Home page: this course is pinned for easy access Edit options available
Brightspace Homepage: this course is not pinned Delete item
Course Homepage: This topic in the Visual TOC has information that can be opened by clicking the “i” Flag an assignment or a student
Course Homepage: This topic content in the Visual TOC can be accessed directly by clicking the arrows Flag a discussion
This piece of content or activity is not visible to students Submitted assignment: unread
This piece of content or activity is visible to students Submitted assignment: read
This piece of content or activity has release date restrictions Assignment icon, in the content areas, as well as the grade center
This piece of content or activity can be bookmarked for easy access Discussion icon, in the content areas, as well as the grade center

This piece of content or activity is bookmarked, and can be found in the ‘Bookmarks’ tab

Chat icon, in content areas
This piece of content links to an external web resource Checklist icon, in content areas
This is the icon for faculty-created content pages--created with the “Create a File” option.  It will be titled ‘Webpage’. Survey icon, in the content areas, as well as the grade center
Attached document Quiz icon, in the content areas, as well as the grade center
Uploaded video Grade Center: Assignment submitted an unread
This activity has a grade center column Broken link
External learning tool, such as Kaltura or publisher content Student self-assessment icon, in content area
There are release conditions associated with this item