Brightspace Frequently Asked Questions
Check out our newly updated Brightspace FAQs! This list runs through the most common questions the Brightspace Support Team gets throughout the year. If you have any questions not listed here, be sure to contact our Support team for assistance.
If your course is using the New Content Experience, you can customize the colors used for each Unit or Lesson on your course's Content page. In order to customize the color of each item, a theme is required to be set for the course. To learn how to create and set a theme in your course, refer to our guide here.Ìý
Note: This feature is not available in courses using the Classic Content view.
Once you have a theme applied to your course, you can customize the colors for your Units and Lessons by taking the following steps.Ìý
- Go to your course
- Click on Content
- Find the appropriate Unit/Lesson
- Click the three dots Options menu
- Select Edit

- On the Edit Unit/Lesson page, select Display

- You can select Default to match the custom theme for your course
- You can select Custom to select any color for this Unit/Lesson
- If you select Custom, you can choose from a preselected set of colors, specific colors you've recently used, and you can edit those colors as well as entering a specific Hex code for exact color matching

- If you select Custom, you can choose from a preselected set of colors, specific colors you've recently used, and you can edit those colors as well as entering a specific Hex code for exact color matching
- Once you have your color selected, click Save
- Click Save and Close to save your changes