Lumen One Support For SUNY Brightspace Faculty

This articles contains information on how to import Lumen One, use the Engagement Center, set up assessments, find faculty resources, and copy to 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

In this quick overview, we walk you through the steps to import and set up your Lumen One course from Lumen Learning in Brightspace. We guide you on creating modules, moving essential content like the "How to Use Lumen Course Materials" and quizzes into the appropriate sections.

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 imported 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 curse 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

In this video, we will guide 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 and explain the importance of being at the table of contents level. We also 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

In this quick video, we show you how to set up your Lumen One discussions in Brightspace by providing a brief overview of the process. You can find 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 topic.

Assignments

In this video, we will show you how to add assignments to your Lumen Onr course in Brightspace D2L. You will learn how to find assignment content in the Lumen Faculty Engagement Center, open the Google Doc with the assignment details, copy and paste the assignment title and description, customize the assignment settings, add a rubric if needed, set up a grade, and finally, 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, import them into the quiz question library in Brightspace.

PowerPoints

In this video, we guide you on how to find, download, how to make a copy, and how to save module PowerPoints that are provided in the Lumen One Faculty Engagement Center. You can also find them linked in the module Instructor Guide.

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 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 when they believe that they have completed all the work in the study plan.

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 are interested in upgrading to Lumen One? You do not have to start from scratch, and we are here to make this process is easy and help you set you 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 and then import Lumen One content and move it into your existing module structure.

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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.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.

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.