Welcome to a New Semester! Import content from a previous course Add a syllabus Create a lesson to add your content Clean up your course menu Organize your favorites And most importantly Publish your course! Watch a video going over the steps! For further assistance, please email id@rwu.edu

The login page for Bridges has been redesigned with a more intuitive and user friendly interface and will be going live on December 21st.

If there is a functionality that you would like to see in Bridges, feature requests can be submitted directly to the tracking product if you have an account. Please go to this link and follow the steps below to create a Jira account and initiate an issue. Click the Sign in button on the top right corner of the screen. Click the Create an account link. Enter your email. Check your inbox to complete setup and log in. Once logged in, you can search JIRA to see if a feature request has already been input. If you find that the feature has already been requested or incorporated into Sakai, please upvote the improvement. Note that new features take time to develop and implement, and more votes helps to move them along. If you find that the feature has not already been requested or incorporated into Sakai, please click the Create button to launch an issue. The screenshot below shows the required fields. You can search the Jira number provided in your ticket to access it. Note that there will be an eyeball icon toward the top right you can select which will set your account to be notified whenever an update is made to that ticket. For further assistance, please email id@rwu.edu

Go to Contact Us Select the Contact Us tool from the Home or Course Tool Menu of your site. If you cannot find the answer in the help pages, click on the relevant link to send a message to the appropriate contact. Problem with content? Clicking on this link will send an email to the site owner, in most cases this is the instructor of the course. Ask for help? Clicking on this link will send an email to our support email address at id@rwu.edu. Report a technical problem? Clicking on this link will send an email to our support email address at id@rwu.edu. Suggest improvement? Clicking on this link will take you to a solutions article for the submission of feature requests. For further assistance, please email id@rwu.edu

Your Profile is accessible across all your Bridges course sites, providing information about you.  This may include status messages, your photo, biography, contact details, social networking links, and privacy settings.  Please note that all Profile fields are optional. Select the Profile tool from the Tool Menu in the Home area. To complete the Name Pronunciation and Pronouns field, click on the Edit button. Utilize the dropdown menu to choose your preferred pronoun.  Enter the phonetic pronunciation of your name (i.e. "how it sounds").  Select the Record button to record the pronunciation of your name, and then click Save changes. For further assistance, please email id@rwu.edu

Upon clicking on Zoom in a course in Bridges you receive this message: You will have to setup you account in Zoom first with instructions below, make sure to confirm the account confirmation email. Before using Zoom in Bridges, make sure to log into Zoom and establish your account.  This only has to happen initially.  Log into Zoom (https://rwu.zoom.us) Select Sign In  When prompted, please log in with your Microsoft credentials. Below are the formats for the credentials. a.    Students: first initial of your first name + Last name + the 3 numbers assigned to you + followed by @students.rwu.edu b.    Faculty/Staff: first initial of their first name + Last name + followed by @rwu.edu Your password will be the same as your other accounts (Bridges, Email, etc.) You are all set! You have now logged into your RWU Zoom Account. Once logged in you will receive an email, make sure to confirm your account.  If you do not go through the steps of confirming your account via email,  Zoom will not setup your account and you will not be able to get to Zoom from within Bridges. To use Zoom in Bridges please log back into Bridges (https://bridges.rwu.edu/) Once in a course, select Zoom Meeting on the left hand menu. You should now see the Zoom interface within Bridges (instructor view): Selecting Schedule a New Meeting will allow you setup a meeting to your requirements: Please contact id@rwu.edu for any questions related to Bridges. Please contact mediatech@rwu.edu for any Zoom related questions. 

1. Navigate to Bridges 2. Click on "RWU Login" 3. If you are already logged into 0365 it automatically logs you into Bridges. If you are not, enter your 0365/ Microsoft Office RWU credentials and proceed through the steps. Students - use your jstudent123@students.rwu.edu email Faculty & Staff - user your jstaff@rwu.edu 4. Accept the Duo Authentication Push 5. You are now logged into Bridges Login Issues: To manage your RWU account password, please visit https://passwords.rwu.edu. If you require additional assistance, please call the Media•Tech Desk at 401-254-6363 or email mediatech@rwu.edu. Guest Accounts: Guest Login Note: If you received a notification directly from Bridges upon enrolling, please select "Guest Login" Then login with your guest credentials: To manage a password with this local Bridges account please visit Bridges Guest or Non-RWU password form. For further assistance, please email id@rwu.edu

Please view the video below for information on how to determine which Learning Management System to use: Please note: if the location code for your course is listed as Online Course in Roger Central, it is hosted in Bridges. if the location code for your course is listed as Online Continuing Studies in Roger Central, it is hosted in Brightspace. For further assistance with Bridges, please email id@rwu.edu For further assistance with Brightspace, please email ucid@rwu.edu

To print your roster: Click on the "print" button on the screen and then right click on the screen and click print. Click on Print Right click on the screen and Select Print Click Print to print down the roster or save it as a .pdf You will have to do this each time you print - if you select print and do not see the pictures, click to another tool, then go back to Roster and go through the process again. For further assistance, please email id@rwu.edu

To enhance data management and optimize storage, we are conducting a course streamlining initiative to ensure efficient and structured handling of course materials. This effort is essential for maintaining the performance and sustainability of our platform while ensuring that materials are stored in a manageable manner. Why This Initiative is Important Storage Optimization: The initiative helps keep our system running efficiently by ensuring that outdated materials do not consume valuable storage space. As a result, you may notice fewer pinned sites on your menu, making it easier to navigate and access the most relevant resources. This allows the platform to remain responsive and accessible to all users. Data Management: It ensures that course materials are organized and managed in a structured manner, simplifying access to relevant resources and reducing clutter from older courses that are no longer in use. Compliance and Data Security: Managing storage effectively aligns with best practices in data security and privacy, reducing the risk of retaining unnecessary data for extended periods and lowering the costs associated with keeping that data. Upcoming Course Clean-up Effective August 1, 2025, all course sites from 2010 to Spring 2018 will be permanently removed from Bridges. Instructors are responsible for backing up their courses. Note that Bridges course and project sites created after Fall of 2017/published during or after Spring 2018 will not be impacted. Projects sites from 2010-2018 will also remain accessible at the present time. COURSE CLEANUP WORKSHOP (10 minutes) Actions for Instructors Backup Your Course: To back up course content, you can export it as an IMS CC file (.zip) via Lessons. For detailed instructions, please refer to this article: How do I export Lessons content? Note that exporting course content will not include student data and exists in a format that only exports into a Learning Management System. The IMS CC export often renames files and organizes them into complex folder structures that can be difficult to navigate - do not try to open this .zip on your computer as that could compromise the files . Additionally, both the IMS CC and the site archive format may not capture everything in the site, such as custom CSS, Lessons page sections/layouts, etc. If you import the resulting archive into an empty course shell, it will contain the content and resources, but some of the formatting and organization may need modification to make it look the same as the original. Assessment, assignments and question pools are transferable. If you do do not use the Lessons tool in Bridges, you can still enable the transport of your assessments and assignments by adding the lessons tool to the course menu and then exporting the IMS CC. Backup Your Resources Folder: To ensure you have a complete backup of your course materials, we recommend backing up the Resources folder, where you keep your original files. Backing up the Resources folder separately is advantageous because it allows for easier access to your files compared to an IMS CC zip file. To back up your Resources, go to the top-level folder in Resources, create a zip archive of the course files, and then download the zip archive. For step-by-step instructions, please refer to this article: How do I create a zip archive file in Resources? Backup the Gradebook: For potential grade challenges, as well as your own records please backup your Gradebook. Instructions can be found here: How do I export grades from Gradebook? Additional Steps: You may also choose to export student assignment or quiz submissions if you would like to keep a record. Instructions for downloading assignments and quiz submissions are available here: How do I download assignments for grading offline? How do I download Tests & Quizzes submissions for grading offline? How do I download the Student File Drop (Dropbox) area? *Other Information: The rubrics tool will not allow bulk export nor are they packaged in the IMS CC. Here is how to export rubrics as a .pdf file. Support For questions about the guidelines or assistance with backing up course materials, please contact Instructional Design. For further assistance, please email id@rwu.edu