Changes to BOLT Coming May 19, 2017

Daylight is coming to BOLT in August.






What is Daylight?






Daylight is a fresh, new look for BOLT. Starting on August 17, 2017, you will notice a new look and feel for Brightspace. Courses will look more polished and modern than ever.




Brightspace Daylight Experience, coming to BOLT August 2017



To get ready to flip the switch to Daylight, you will notice some changes to navigation bars in BOLT starting on May 19, 2017.






The first place you will see a change is in the My Home page navigation bar:


BOLT FUTURE My Home Navigation, update to occur on May 19

The second place you will see a change is in the Course navigation bar:

BOLT FUTURE Course Navigation, update to occur on May 19



For detailed information on each new menu, please follow the cut to read more.

My Home navigation will be updated to the following:
University Resources, Help


The University Resources menu will include:

• BU Email
• BU Faculty Resources
• BU Library
• ePortfolio
• General Education Tutorials
• HuskySync
• MyMediasite
• MyHusky
• Remote Access
• Turning Account

The Help menu will include:

• BOLT Help Course
• BOLT Support Portal
• BU IMDC
• Collaborate Ultra Support
• Mediasite Help
• Respondus Technical Support
• System Check
• TurningPoint Cloud Tutorials
• Turning Technologies Support

Course navigation will be updated to the following:
Content, Assessments, Communication, Resources, Course Admin


The Assessments menu will include:

• Assignments
• Class Progress
• Grades
• Quizzes
• Rubrics

The Communication menu will include:

• Announcements
• Chat
• Classlist
• Discussions
• Groups
• Virtual Classroom

The Resources menu will include:

• Calendar
• Checklist
• ePortfolio
• Locker
• Surveys

We will be providing more information in the coming weeks. Please watch for our announcements in BOLT, emails, and updates here at our blog.