Brightspace Content is Getting Upgraded
Beginning with the Fall 2027 semester, Brightspace courses will default to the New Content Experience. Additionally, Instructors now have the ability to enable or disable the New Content Experience in their own courses ahead of the change in Fall 2027. For more information about this transition, see our New Content Experience Transition page.
When your course is generated, it is inactive by default. This means that only those with Instructor access can see it on their dashboard. When you are ready for students to view your course, you will need to make the course active. This is a quick process.
Updated Spring 2025
Activate Your Course
1. First, log into Brightspace and enter the course.
2. In the NavBar, click Course Admin
3. Under Site Setup, click聽Course Offering Information
4. Click the box under 础肠迟颈惫别,听迟丑别苍听Save.
What if I鈥檝e made the course active, but it still appears inactive?
It鈥檚 possible that your browser won鈥檛 recognize that you鈥檝e made the course active, and is still displaying the 鈥渋nactive鈥� graphic image. To fix this you may need to:
- Reload the page
- Log out of Brightspace and back in
- Restart your browser/computer
- Update your browser
- Clear your browser鈥檚 cache