BRUINLEARN FAQs for DTAs

Overview

The purpose of this document is to provide brief explanations to common and straightforward questions faculty may ask DTAs about BruinLearn.

The RITCs (Research and Instructional Technology Consultants) provide Humanities CCLE support for instructors and students. They are reachable in the following ways:

To upload a syllabus click on Syllabus on the left-hand navigation panel of the BruinLearn course site.

  • Click on “Edit” and a text box will appear with several options.

  • Click on “Insert” and select document and upload document. Note: if the syllabus has already been uploaded to the course, it might be in the course documents.

  • Click submit and select “update syllabus”.

To upload a general file:

  1. Select “Files” on the left-hand navigation panel.

  2. Click on “Upload” on the top right corner of the site. Select the files you want to upload and click open.

  3. Your selected files will be uploaded to your course site.

Files can be added to Modules and Assignments as well.

  1. To add a document to a module, click on the “+” sign on the module and select files. This should give you the list of files associated with the course. You can also select the “Create Files” option to upload a file directly from your computer.

  2. To add a document to an assignment, click on the Assignment you want to add the document to and select “edit”.

    1. Select “Insert” and choose “Documents”. Here you can select “upload document” and upload a document from your laptop. To select a document from your course file, choose course documents.

Adding a video or Audio file can be done in two ways.

  1. Users can follow the same steps they follow to upload a document or follow the instructions outlined here: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-upload-and-embed-a-media-file-from-my-computer-in-the/ta-p/868
    OR

  2. Users can add video and audio files from their Kaltura. To access their videos uploaded to Kaltura, users need to click on “My Media”.

Materials (files, assignments, quizzes or entire modules) can be hidden from students and later revealed.

  1. If they want to show an assignment, quiz, file, or page, users simply have to click on the publish icon which is a circle with a slash in the middle. Upon clicking the icon it changes into a green circle with a check mark indicating that the content is published. If users want to unpublish an item, they simply have to click the publish icon again. Once the icon shows an uncolored circle with a slash in the middle, it means the item has been unpublished successfully.