View units and unit content in Brightspace Pulse
From Courses tab in Brightspace Pulse, you can view the units you are currently enrolled in and access your org homepage in Connect. By default, this tab displays when you log in to Brightspace Pulse. From there, you can select a unit, where you can access unit content and view the unit homepage in Connect.
When viewing unit content in Brightspace Pulse, supported content types include:
- HTML
- PDF (special features such as password protection are unsupported)
- MP4 video (H.264, AAC)
- DOC, DOCX
- XLS, XLSX
- PPT, PPTX
- MP3 audio
- Brightspace Capture video
Unsupported functionality includes:
- creating or editing unit content hierarchy
- pinning and unpinning units (all enrolled units display in Brightspace Pulse)
Enhanced unit tiles
If configured by your administrator, you can view details of your assigned units on the unit tiles that appear in Brightspace Pulse including:
- Unit Due Date
- The date the unit was completed by the user
- A Complete status indicator when all items in the unit are complete
- An Overdue status indicator when items in the unit are not complete by the due date
- Unit update indicators with links to Assignments, Discussions, and Quizzes
Figure: Details of a learner's assigned unit on an enhanced unit tile
To view units and unit content in Brightspace Pulse
- Tap the Courses tab. This displays the units you are currently enrolled in, and a button to access the org homepage in Connect.
- Tap a unit. The unit's content displays, and a button to access the unit homepage in Connect.
- From the table of contents, tap a module.
- Tap a topic to view it.
To view PDF and MP4 topic files offline
To complete learning activities without an Internet connection, learners can download PDF and MP4 topic files for offline viewing in Brightspace Pulse.
Note the following:
- Downloaded PDF and MP4 topic files can only be viewed in Brightspace Pulse. Although downloaded files use the mobile device's file storage, they cannot be viewed in another app or transferred from the mobile device.
- The limit of downloadable files is determined by the available space on the mobile device.
- For PDF files, there is no support for special PDF features (password protection, printing restrictions, etc.), or support for other document types (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, HTML, images, etc.).
- For MP4 files, there is no support for streaming video, or other video and audio formats (MP3 audio, etc.).
- In Brightspace Pulse, view a topic file containing a PDF or MP4.
- From the ellipsis (...) menu at the top of the page, tap Make available offline.
- Without an Internet connection, in Brightspace Pulse, navigate back to the table of contents and tap the downloaded topic file, indicated by the Downloaded File icon.
- To remove the topic file from the mobile device, from the ellipsis (...) menu at the top of the page, tap Remove from device. Tip: To remove all downloaded content files from the mobile device, navigate to the top-level for the unit, tap the ellipsis (...) menu, and tap Remove any offline content.