Instructions for Linking Courses in Brightspace

These step-by-step instructions are designed for University of Maine System (UMS) staff to use in conjunction with the Cross-linking course instructions, available here.  For a step-by-step video of these instructions, click here (External Site).

    1. Access UMS Brightspace‘s Homepage (External Site).
    2. Locate the “API Admin Tool” Widget box (top right of homepage).
    3. Select “Production Environment Admin Tool.”
      Screen shot for Step Three, illustrating that a user shoudl click the link on teh right side called "Production Environment Admin Tool"
      Screenshot Step 3
    4. Select “Courses” and then “Linking” from the Admin tool’s menu bar at the top of the page.
      Screenshot for Step Four illustrating that a user should click courses on the top bar, then linking.
      Screenshot Step Four
    5. Enter the search parameters for the first course, click on search, then filter if desired using the table column headers.
    6. After you have entered the information select “Search.”
      A screenshot illustrating that a user shoudl enter search parameters in the form fields, then hit the search button.
      Screenshot step 6
    7. Your search results will display at the bottom of this search page.
    8. Select the course you wish to link by clicking on the “Title of the Course” you require in the search results.
      A screenshot depicting that the user should scroll to the bottom of teh page, then pick the title of the course they wish to link.
      Screenshot Step 8
    9. Select “Add” (Ensure pop-up windows are not disabled).
      A screenshot illustrating that the user should click the green "add" button.
      Screenshot Step 9
    10. Enter the search parameters for the next course you wish to search for to link to the first course.
    11. After you have entered the query select “Search.”
      A screenshot depicting that a user should enter parameters within the form fields, then click the blue search bar.
      Screenshot Step 11
    12. Select the desired course to link by clicking on the “Title of the Course” you require in the search results.
    13. You will be prompted to “Add Linked Course” and will select “OK” to approve the linking, or “Change” to make any corrections.
      A screenshot illustrating an example of a course to be linked.
      Screenshot Step 12
    14. If you need to link more courses to the initial two follow repeat steps 9 thru 13.
      A screenshot depicting a correctly linked course.
      Screenshot step 14
    15. If an error was made you may use the “delete” action to remove a linked courses.
    16. The course code of the newly linked courses will display at the top of the screen and the process is complete.

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