Autumn 2021 courses are now open in Brightspace
All students now have access to the autumn semester’s courses in Brightspace, AU’s new learning platform, which has now replaced Blackboard. For you as a student, one consequence of the change is that you will need to decide how you want to receive information about your courses. Find out more here.
Brightspace has replaced Blackboard as AU’s learning platform, and students can now access their autumn semester courses in Brightspace (find out how to log in to Brightspace here).
Content, including course materials and other important information from your lecturers, will be added to the courses that have been created in Brightspace as the semester progresses. Brightspace has all the functions that many students are familiar with from Blackboard – just on a platform with a new, more intuitive user interface. To get off to a good start, we recommend that you check out the guides to the most important functions on AU Studypedia.
All AU students have received an email containing important information about how to make sure that you get the most important information about your courses. If you haven’t read the mail, read on to find out what your options are.
How to get important information about your courses in Brightspace
With Brightspace, you can avoid getting spammed by a lot of irrelevant email notifications.
But this also means that you are responsible for staying informed about your courses, and that you will need to actively decide how you want to receive information about them.
You can stay informed via email notifications, the Brightspace app Pulse or by checking Brightspace on a regular basis. What’s important is that you figure out which method suits you best so that you don’t miss out on important information.
If you’d like to receive email notifications:
You can set Brightspace up to send you email notifications. Find out how on AU Studypedia.
If you’d like to use the Pulse app:
If you want to use the Pulse app to access content on Brightspace, download it from App Store or Google Play. Find out how to use Pulse on AU Studypedia.
How to access content in Brightspace
Course content and activities are available on the ‘Content’ tab in Brightspace. Please contact the lecturer responsible for the course if you have trouble finding course content.
Remember to save content from Blackboard
Blackboard will go offline on 31 October 2021. If you have content on Blackboard you would like to save, remember to download it before this date. Find out how to download content from Blackboard on AU Studypedia.
Need help or more information?
Contact your local IT support team if you have questions about how to log on to Brightspace.
Please contact your local studies administration team if you have trouble accessing your courses in Brightspace: