OHM Support for SUNY Brightspace Faculty

This article contains information on how to import and set up your OHM course, how to copy your course, use the Mass Change and the Time Shift features, how to restore gradebook items, and how to split an assessment, and student support resources.

Course Ready Checklist

Note: OHM is a learning management system, so your first step is to set up your course in OHM. Your last step is to import links to your OHM course in Brightspace.

  • Start with our OHM Course Ready Checklist which covers how to get started in OHM, how to create a course, how to add or copy content, and basic features of the OHM gradebook. 

First Time Brightspace Import

This video walks you through how to export your Lumen Ohm course for integration with Brightspace for the very first time.

INTEGRATING YOUR COURSE WITH BRIGHTSPACE

IMPORTANT:

Mass Change Dates in OHM Overview

This video about setting your dates and times in your OHM course. It's very important not to release your course assessments to your students until your course contains dates that are updated to reflect the current course outline.

If you need some guidance on OHM Settings, here is an article containing a Quick Overview and Suggestions in OHM. We also recommend consulting colleagues who have already taught with OHM, and we are here to help. 

You can use the yellow Help button in OHM to ask questions or connect with your Lumen contact. 

Using Time Shift Feature

This video shows you how to use use the Time Shift feature in OHM. You will want to use this feature after you copy your OHM course in order to set up the correct dates for the upcoming term.

  • These instructions apply only to courses that are running LTI version 1.1. 

If you don't know if you're running LTI 1.1, please submit a support ticket to Learn Learning or use the yellow help button in OHM to find out.


Manually Creating OHM Grade Items 

This video walks you through how to manually grade items for an OHM course that has been newly integrated into Brightspace. 

LTI version 1.1 instructions:  

If you don't know if you're running LTI 1.1, please submit a support ticket to Learn Learning or use the yellow help button in OHM to find out.

LTI version 1.3 instructions:  

If you don't know if you're running LTI 1.3, please submit a support ticket to Learn Learning or use the yellow help button in OHM to find out.

 

Copying a Course to New Semester in Brightspace

This video walks you through how to copy an OHM course that has already been integrated into Brightspace so that you can use it in a new semester.

Restoring a Deleted Grade Item in OHM 

  • Note: This is only for LTI 1.3 integrations with Brightspace.

This video walks you through what to do if you accidentally delete a grade item in a course.

How to Break an Existing Assessment into Two Parts

Hello, this is a quick and informal video about how to break an existing assessment in Online Homework Manager into two assessments and then edit them.

Additional Videos For Students

These are FAQ videos that OHM instructors share with their students. 

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

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