University at Buffalo (UB)
Finding and Pinning Courses
Use the My Courses widget and the Course Selector to access your active courses between the start and end dates. You can also pin frequently accessed courses to make them easier to find.
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An instructor controls when a student can see a course in the My Courses widget and the Course Selector and when a student can access a course by using both the active status and start and end dates.
The default start date for each course is seven days before the official start date of each course. The default end date is the day after the final grading date for the unit.
Contact your instructor if you have any questions about when you will be able to access a course.
There are two ways to navigate to a course homepage from the UB Learns Homepage:
My Courses widget
- Click on a tab in the My Courses widget to see a list of all your active courses for a semester then click on a course tile. Your instructor decides when to make a course active.
- If the current date is between the start and end date of the course, click on the course tile to go to that course's homepage.
- You can not access a course before the start date or after the end date.
Course Selector
- Click the course selector (waffle icon) to view a drop-down list of all of your courses where:
- The instructor has made the course active, and
- The current date is between the start and end dates of the course.
- The instructor has made the course active, and
The appearance of course tiles varies depending on the active status and the start and end dates.
View of course tiles in the My Courses widget:
| The course is not visible in a student’s My Courses widget. |
The course is Inactive, and the current date is before the Start Date.
The course is Active, but the current date is before the Start Date. Students cannot access the course.
The course is Active, and the current date is between the Start and End Dates. Students can access the course.
The course is Active, and the current date is after the End Date. Students cannot access the course.
| The course is not visible in a student’s My Courses widget. |
The course is Inactive, and the current date is after the End Date.
We recommend that users take advantage of Brightspace's Pin feature to make it easier to find frequently accessed courses. Pinned courses will appear in the Pinned tab in the My Courses widget and at the top of the course selector list.
Pinning a course using the My Courses widget
- Find the course in the My Courses widget.
- Move your cursor over the course tile.
- Click the ellipsis icon and select Pin.
Pinning a course using the course selector
- Find the course in the course selector (waffle icon). Use the search feature if necessary.
- Click the pin icon for the course you want to pin.
