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      Lumen One Support For SUNY Brightspace Faculty

      This article contains information on how to import Lumen One, use the Engagement Center, set up assessments, find faculty resources, and how to copy your course. We also share tips on how to upgrade from Waymaker to Lumen One in Brightspace.

      Importing and Setting Up Your Lumen One Course in Brightspace

      This video walks you through the steps to import and set up your Lumen One course in Brightspace. You will learn about creating modules and moving essential content like quizzes. 
      Please pay close attention to the details, especially when selecting the course to import, as this creates a permanent link that cannot be undone.
      • Note: Always start with a brand new course shell that has not had a Lumen course import completed before. If you need a new course shell, contact your local LMS Administrator. 

      You can find written instructions on how to import a Lumen One course into Brightspace here.

      We encourage you to explore the Faculty Engagement Center for resources and customization options to enhance your teaching experience. 

      Setting Up Lumen One Modules

      This video guides you through the process of setting up modules in your Brightspace course shell after importing Lumen One content. We show you how to organize your content by week or topic. From the table of contents level, we demonstrate how to create modules, move content into the modules, and provide tips on managing links to help you efficiently organize your course content.


      Setting Up Discussions, Assignments, Quizzes, and PowerPoints in Brightspace

      Discussions

      This video shows you how to set up your Lumen One discussions in Brightspace. The content for discussions in your Lumen One course in the Faculty Engagement Center. We guide you through accessing the discussions and assignments, opening the Google Docs, and setting up a forum and a topic.  


      Assignments

      This video shows you how to add assignments to your Lumen One course in Brightspace. You will learn how to find assignment content in the Lumen Faculty Engagement Center, how to open the Google Doc with the assignment details, and how copy and paste the assignment title and description. We also guide you through how to customize the assignment settings, add a rubric if needed, set up a grade, and finally, how to add the assignment to your content area. 


      Quiz Banks

      In this video, we walk you through how to download the question banks from a Lumen One course and how to import them into the quiz question library in Brightspace. 


      PowerPoints

      This video guides you how to find and download PowerPoint slides in Lumen One that are provided in the Lumen One Faculty Engagement Center. We also show you how to make your own copy and how to save the module PowerPoints. You can also find them linked in the module Instructor Guides. 

      The Faculty Engagement Center

      This video shows you how to find and use the faculty resources for teaching in your Lumen One Faculty Engagement Center.

      Using The Lumen One Study Plan

      Removing a Study Plan, quiz, and grade item

      In this video, we walk you through how to remove a Lumen One study plan and quiz from your course and how to delete the grade items.


      How to Check a Study Plan Grade

      In this video, we show you how what to do when a student has questions about the study plan grade in the grade book. We guide you how to check the study plan grade. 

       

      How to Copy Your Lumen One Course in Brightspace

      This video walks you through how to copy a prior semester's course shell in Brightspace to your new semester course shell.


      Upgrading to Lumen One From Waymaker

      Are you are faculty member who uses Waymaker and you are interested in upgrading to Lumen One? You do not have to start from scratch to build your new course! We are here to make this process is easy and help you set up your course.

      When you upgrade to Lumen One, you can copy and re-use your Waymaker Modules, Assignments, Discussions and other content into a new Brightspace course shell. Then you can import Lumen One content and move it into your existing module structure and course design in Brightspace.

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      This video covers how to copy content from your old Waymaker course in Brightspace into your new Lumen One course shell.

      Note: This is only for instructors who want the new Lumen One version of the course, but you have content in your old Waymaker course shell that you want to use in your new Lumen One course.

      Special Access to Overdue Quizzes

      This video covers how to grant special access to a Lumen One quiz in Brightspace. For example, your quiz in Brightspace is past its due date so students will not be able to click into it and take the quiz because you put an end date on it and they've missed it. Here is how to make the quiz available. 

      You can find more information about Lumen One using our searchable knowledge base here.

      If you need technical assistance, you can submit a support ticket here.