View learner information
Once you select a learner in Brightspace for Parents, the Student Dashboard displays. The dashboard is useful for increasing awareness of your child's work and engagement, and helps with scheduling their activities. The following information displays in the dashboard:
- overdue alerts
- upcoming work
- recent grades
- Portfolio items
- latest posts
Tip: You can receive a weekly email of your child's activity in Brightspace. For more information, see Receive a weekly activity summary.
Figure: Parent view when logged in to their Brightspace for Parents account
1. Overdue Alerts
The Overdue widget displays any assignment, quiz, or content that has not been completed and is past the set due date on the respective activity.
Overdue alerts display if an assignment or quiz has not been submitted or content has not been viewed, and the due date is in the past. The alerts disappear when the assignment, quiz, or content has been completed, or the end date has passed. Overdue alerts also display for incomplete surveys with end dates before the current day.
2. Upcoming Work
The Upcoming Work widget displays the state of activities that are due in the next two weeks. Activities can be course content (a topic or module), assigned checklist items with due dates, surveys with end dates, assignments (a file submission, text submission, on paper submission, or observed in person), quizzes, and discussions. Completed activities display check marks. Discussions do not display check marks because they are a continuous activity. If there is no upcoming work in the next two weeks, a message displays to inform parents.
To view the details of a specific activity, click the activity in the Upcoming Work widget. For example, clicking a discussion activity displays the discussion name and instructions. Clicking checklist items and surveys does not display additional details.
To view all activities, click View all work. To view past and upcoming activities, choose a date range from the calendar. To view the details of a specific activity, click the activity.
3. Recent Grades
The Recent Grades widget displays released grade items for all the courses your child is enrolled in.
To view the details of a graded assignment or discussion activity, click the assignment or discussion in the Recent Grades widget.
To view all released grades, click View all grades. If an instructor is using the Grades tool for a course and they release the final course grade to the learner, the final course grade (final calculated grade or final adjusted grade) is also visible to you. From the learner's Grades page, you can filter by course.
If an instructor provided text feedback on a grade item, click view feedback.
Note: Surveys and checklist items do not display in the Recent Grades widget, since they are not gradable.
4. Portfolio Items
The Portfolio Items widget displays the two latest shared Brightspace Portfolio items belonging to your child; Portfolio items are shared by the instructor.
To see all previously shared Portfolio items, click View all portfolio items. When you view a specific shared Portfolio item, you can see any thoughts your child included with the item, along with any comments provided by the instructor.
Note: If Brightspace Portfolio is not in use at your school, contact your school's administrator to request that it be activated.
5. Latest Posts
The Latest Posts widget displays an aggregate Activity Feed from all the courses your child is enrolled in. You can read posts and access shared links; you are not able to access content files.
To view the details of an assignment, click the assignment in the Activity Feed.
Note: If Activity Feed is not in use at your school, contact your school's administrator to request that it be activated.