By clicking on this tab you will access the page with a list of all global announcements made. Here you will be also able to manage your notification settings, such as changing your email or even add a mobile phone number to receive notifications on; i.e. announcements, activity feeds, content change.

Under this tab you will find link to:

• Calendar - the general calendar of the Wageningen University & Research.
• Progress - an overview of your personal progress in courses you are enrolled in with the role of a student.
• Learning Object Repository - a library for storing, managing, and sharing of course related resources.
• Quick Eval -  offers evaluators a single location to view all learner submissions that are awaiting evaluation. Submissions made to Assignments, Quizzes, and Discussions are displayed in a sortable list and can be selected to take you directly to their assessment page. For more visit: How to use quick eval

To provide students with greater flexibility and control over their personal learning goals, the Discover tool allows them to search for active courses and self-enroll. In addition, students can self-unenroll from the courses they self-enrolled in.

(Source: D2L)

To learn more please visit: How to use Discover in Brightspace

By clicking on Help you will be able to access the Brightspace Help for Lecturers and Brightspace Help for Students, a database of instructions and information on how to use the Brightspace Learning Environment at WUR.

Also,  you can perform a System Check at any time, to ensure that your browser is properly configured to use the system.

The tabs in the My courses widget on the Brightspace WUR homepage will vary from student to student depending on their enrollments.

1. Tab All - is the landing tab of the page, and will show thumbnails of pinned and recently visited course homepages (max 20 thumbnails)
2. Tab Pinned - appears as soon as you pin one course
3. Tab [academic year] - this tab will show courses of the academic year
4. Other tabs - these will appear depending on your enrollments
5. Arrow - will appear if more than 7 tabs are available

On the Brightspace WUR homepage you can see in the My Courses widget a picture and name of a course that you recently searched for or pinned. These are called thumbnails, and provide an easy overview, identification of and access to your courses (the thumbnail is clickable).

The thumbnail of a course will show the following information:

1. The course image (banner)
2. The course name
3. The course code
4. Optionally:
   • icons of: Assignment submissions, Quiz submissions, Discussion posts
   • Pin icon (if course was pinned)