Using the Brightspace Virtual Classroom
Table of Contents
Using the Brightspace Virtual Classroom ................................................................................................................................ 1
Accessing Your Course in Brightspace ................................................................................................................................ 2
Setting Up A Virtual Classroom Meeting ............................................................................................................................ 3
Inviting Participants ............................................................................................................................................................ 7
Starting the Virtual Classroom Session ............................................................................................................................... 9
Loading Slide Content ....................................................................................................................................................... 11
Using the Desktop Sharing Feature .................................................................................................................................. 13
Annotating Slides .............................................................................................................................................................. 14
Silencing Microphones ...................................................................................................................................................... 15
Monitoring Participants and Chat ..................................................................................................................................... 15
Switching Presenters ......................................................................................................................................................... 17
Promoting A Participant to Moderator ............................................................................................................................. 18
Recording a Session .......................................................................................................................................................... 19
Setting Up Breakout Rooms for Small Group Interaction ................................................................................................. 19
Ending a Session ................................................................................................................................................................ 21
Accessing a Session Recording .......................................................................................................................................... 22
Hosting Virtual Office Hours ............................................................................................................................................. 24
Brightspace, MCW’s learning management system, has several features to enhance course functions. This tutorial
focuses on a newer feature to our system, the Virtual Classroom. The Virtual Classroom is an integrated web
conferencing tool that fosters real time video interaction to support instruction, assessment, and feedback. For
assistance with Brightspace access and usage, please contact lmshelp@mcw.edu.
Please note:
The maximum number of participants in each Virtual Classroom session is 150.
This tool is not meant to replace other tools for large group lecture-style instruction. The Virtual Classroom is a powerful
tool for facilitating group work and other such activities. Also, if you intend to facilitate a larger number of groups, you
may want to consider staggering your schedule to help ensure you do not overload available bandwidth to support a
successful session. The maximum number of breakout groups you can schedule for a given session is six (6).