The Overview page is the first page students will see when they access the Content in your course for the first time. You can use this page to:

• welcome students to the course;
• familiarize students with the content, goals, planning and learning material of the course;
• explain the correlation between different (sub)modules;
• share other relevant information like how to contact certain teachers.

1.  Click Overview.

2. ‘Add a welcome message (…)’ and type a welcome message in the HTML editor. It is also possible to add a short welcome video or audio message or a URL and click on Update.

3. Click Add Attachment if you want to upload a single file via drag-and-drop that will be embedded directly on the overview page (this is the only place where a file can be directly embedded) and select Update.

See the picture below for an example of a filled in Overview page.

The Table of Contents is an essential element in creating the layout of your course in Brightspace. Your course will be presented to students via an index format: a ranked list of modules (folders) and topics (course material). You can create a module for every week in a course (e.g.: Week 1, Week 2, Week 3 etc) or for each theme (e.g.: Introduction, The Laws Applicable to Arbitration, The Agreement to Arbitrate, The Arbitral Tribunal etc).

Every module in the Table of Contents is ranked vertically on the left-hand side of the screen. This allows students to easily peruse the content of the course and get a general idea of its structure. Students can select a module to check the topics and whether it has any submodules. The numbers next to Table of Contents indicate whether you have any required topics.

It is possible to create several submodules within a module. These submodules allow you to further organize your course by, for instance, placing related topics in one submodule. You can find these submodules in the table of contents by clicking on the module you placed them in. The picture above shows you that the module Collegeweek 2 contains three different submodules: Lezen en Doen, Alleen lezen/luisteren and Voorbereiding Collegeweek 3. You can subsequently place teaching materials, like mandatory literature or a link to a specific activity (e.g.: a quiz or an assignment) in the submodule.  

• Click Add a Module below Table of Contents on the left-hand side.
• Give the module a name.
• Press Enter or click anywhere on the screen. The module has now been created and has appeared in the Table of Contents. You are now able to modify the module.

1. Click on Add dates and restrictions if you want to create conditions for when and for who a module should be available. You can add a start and end date and/or create a release condition for this module.
2. Add a short description of the module to Add a description...
3. Click Upload/Create to add files and activities to a module.
4. By default the newly created module will be set to Visible: the course content is visible to students. Click the eye symbol and then click the checkmark to make the module Hidden. The module is now no longer visible.
5. Click Add a Submodule to create one or several submodule(s) in this module and follow the steps (similar to creating a module).

1. Select the (sub)module you want to edit in the Table of Contents.
2. Click on the fold-out arrow next to the name of the module and select:
   • Edit Title to change the name of the module;
   • Hide from Users to make the module invisible for students;
   • Set Default Path to change the folder where the files of this specific module are kept;
   • Set All Completion to alter if and how you want to track if students have viewed the topics within a module;
   • Move up/Move Down to change the position of the (sub)module in the table of contents (this is only possible if you have created multiple (sub)modules);
   • Move To to move the (sub)module a different module;
   • Delete Module to delete the (sub)module.