BRIGHTSPACE ORIENTATION

Brightspace

What is it?
Its your Learning Management system

What do we use it for?

• All your essential course material lives here.
• It’s where teachers will communicate with you
through announcements and emails
• The submission of your business plan (and other
assessment tasks if applicable)
How do I access Brightspace?

From home the web address is:

https://www.holmesglen.brightspace.com

Or if in doubt Google:
Holmesglen Brightspace
How do I access Brightspace?

From home the web

address is:

https://www.holmesgl
en.brightspace.com

Or if in doubt Google:
Holmesglen
Brightspace
Select D2L Brightspace
Log in to Brightspace

Username = Network ID

Password = Date of Birth

(ddmmyyyy)
Landing Page
Includes:
• Head Office contact
details
• General student
announcements
• Useful Links, such as:
• Learning Commons
• Student Service etc

To find the landing page

simply click on the
Home button
Home
Finding course
subject folders

Selecting the
Holmesglen
Logo will take
you to this page

Under ‘My
Courses’ sit all
the subjects you
are attached to
Scroll down the page to find other Useful Resources
such as:
 Unit Content
• To find subjects (units) you can:
Go to ‘My Courses’

Or complete a Search
 Finding Class Content

Once you have found and selected the subject (unit) you want

Select ‘Resources’ and then Select ‘Assessment’ and then

‘Content’ to find class materials ‘Assignments’ to find and
upload assessment tasks
Announcements are used to to
share information
 Class Resources
By Selecting ‘Resources’ and ‘Content’ from the dropdown list
you will be able to find content for the topic.

You can either view this information or download it

Download files:

All at Once

or

Individually

NB: downloading all

files at once can be
harder to manage
Important Resources
Within the unit – ‘Undertake
Small Business Planning’ there are
some important resources
including:
BUSINESS PLAN DOCUMENTS
• Contains the relevant
documents for completion of
the Business Plan

General Student Resources

• Timetable
• Glossary of Business
Terms
• Useful Forms
• Student Information
• Where to From Here
Information
 Useful Resource - Studiosity
Holmesglen offer online study support to students via
Studiosity.

You can access this support via Brightspace

Studiosity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_g8VsqIwmU
 Studiosity – Log in

Select the Holmesglen

logo to find Studiosity

You will be prompted

to enter a PIN to
access Studiosity.

Additional information on how to use

Studiosity is available once you have
logged in.
Submitting Documents for Assessment

By Selecting ‘Assessment’ and ‘Assignments’ from the

dropdown list you will be able to find assessment tasks and
submit them for review.

Find and select the task title

Submitting Documents for Assessment
You will then be able to:

review the
declaration

add relevant files

make any
necessary
comments

Agree and submit

for review
Brightspace Updates & Announcements

New Updates and

Announcements will be
flagged with an orange dot

Select your name to update

your profile (what you publish
is viewable)
Checking Email/Notification Settings
Select notifications to view your email. Change
details if necessary. We recommend you
change this to your preferred email address.

YOU MUST ALSO SELECT AND WHICH

NOTIFICATIONS YOU
WANT TO RECEIVE

Refer to the next slide

WE WOULD RECOMMEND DAILY for recommendations
Checking Email/Notification Settings

Remember to click save

Brightspace Updates & Announcements
Brightspace Pulse app is the best way to keep up to date by
providing real-time alerts
 Getting Brightspace Help
Once inside a Unit (subject folder) you can find
the “Brightspace Help” option

You can also find Brightspace Help Videos by

returning to the main page (Select ‘Home’)
 Getting Brightspace Help

You can contact the NEIS

Office on:
1300 634 748

Alternatively you can contact

Holmesglen’s IT Department on:
03 9564 1625
Option 1 – Brightspace
Option 1 - Student