Course Creation and Enrollment in Brightspace

Brightspace Course Creation

Course are created in Brightspace approximately one month before priority registration starts. Enrollments and changes to the course schedule are managed in Colleague and updated in Brightspace in real-time.

• Spring Semester – Courses are created near the beginning of October
• Summer Semester – Courses are created near the end of February
• Fall Semester – Courses are created near the beginning of March

Enrollments in Brightspace

Enrollments are managed in Colleague and updated in Brightspace in real-time. Instructors cannot directly add or drop students from their classes in Brightspace. 

• Students are enrolled in Brightspace at the point of registration.
• Students dropped or withdrawn from the course are removed from the Brightspace class list and gradebook.
• Withdrawn student information can be accessed by using the enrollment statistics button on the classlist.
• Student work is restored if they are added back to the class after being withdrawn or dropped.