https://learn.sewanee.edu

The University of the South uses the Brightspace Learning Management System. This system can be accessed at https://learn.sewanee.edu by using your single sign-on university credentials. Browse through the topics below to find some basic information and instructions on using some of these most common features of the system.

If you have further questions, please reach out to a member of our faculty support staff for help, or send an email to: facultysupport@sewanee.edu.

Login / Access / Basic Navigation

Some basics steps for logging into and using Sewanee's Brightspace platform.

Homepage / Navbar / Student View

Basic information on your course homepage, the navigation bar, and viewing your course as a student.

Course Availability

By default, all University courses are open and viewable by all of your students each semester. Learn here how to hide (or unhide) your courses in Brightspace.

Name Pronunciation Tool

Instructions for using our built-in name pronunciation tool in Brightspace.

Attendance

How to create and use a daily Attendance roster using Brightspace's built-in tool.

Content

How to distribute and organize course content for your students.

Bookstore Digital Content

A quick guide on how to add a link to the University's bookstore for digital course content delivery.

Content Accessibility

Built into Brightspace, the University employs a course material accessibility assistance and scoring tool called Blackboard Ally. Find out more information about this tool here.

Assignments

How to create, edit, deploy, and grade assignments.

Grades

How to setup your gradebook and grade assignments, test, quizzes...etc., in Brightspace.

Discussions

Using and grading discussion boards.

Assessments

How to create, grade, and deploy quizzes and exams in Brightspace.

Copying Course Material

Instructions for copying content (quizzes, assignments, etc.) from a previous course into a new one.

Additional Resources

A link to the Brightspace Community which serves as the help/documentation portal for the platform.