Page Navigation | General Brightspace page controls
This article explains the general features of the Brightspace environment of Wageningen University & Research, that are always visible and available on both the Brightspace WUR homepage and Brightspace Course homepage(s).
To access your Brightspace course environment you can do so in two ways:
- via brightspace.wur.nl - your landing page will be the Brightspace WUR homepage
- via MyPortal - your landing page will be the homepage of the particular course
General Brightspace page controls

At the top of the Brightspace environment of Wageningen University you will find:
- Wageningen University & Research logo on the left side - a clickable item, which serves as a Return to home button. By clicking on the logo you will be redirected back to the Brightspace WUR homepage.
- and a minibar on the rights side - for more follow to The minibar
This setup is the same across both the Brightspace WUR homepage and all course pages, or program pages, created in Brightspace.
The minibar
The menu in the upper right corner of the Brightspace page is called the minibar and contains navigation and personal profile settings:

1. The Waffle or Course Selector tool
The Course Selector drop-down menu shows manually pinned courses, followed by current enrollments, then future enrollments (if they are available and visible to the user), and finally, past enrollments (if they are visible to the user).
3. Subscription alerts
Notifies you about new blog posts, subscribed discussion forums, topics, and threads
You now know how to use the general page controls of the WUR homepage and course homepage of Brightspace!
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