About

Brightspace is Vanderbilt University’s primary course management system, providing a core set of digital tools designed to support teaching and learning across campus. This website provides information about Brightspace to Vanderbilt faculty, staff, and students.

Administration

The Vanderbilt University Institute for the Advancement of Higher Education (AdvancED) serves as Brightspace’s administrative home and provides both technical and pedagogical support for instructors using Brightspace. The EdTech Team includes:

• Connor Bacon, Associate Director of Digital Media and Learning Technology
• Michael Coley, Senior Instructional Technologist

More information about the AdvancED team is available on the AdvancED website.

Governance

The Office of the Provost oversees the university’s course management system.

Feature Requests

Interested in requesting new tools to use within Brightspace? See our Feature Request Process for information on how individuals and groups at Vanderbilt can suggest enhancements to Brightspace.

Brightspace Policies

The Course Management System Advisory Committee has approved a number of policies relevant to Brightspace use, including the following:

• Course Availability and Deletion Policy
• Acceptable Use Policy
• Course Enrollment Policy
• Copyright Policy

If you have questions about these policies, please feel free to direct them to brightspace@vanderbilt.edu.

Brightspace Tool Information

Brightspace utilizes several optional tools for various functions.  See our Brightspace Tool Information page for details.

Known Issues

For information regarding ongoing known issues, see our Known Issues page.