Learning Brightspace by D2L

Get started with Brightspace, the highly customizable learning management system from Desire2Learn (D2L). Explore essential features and best practices you need to know.

Introduction

• Why use Brightspace by D2L?
• What is a course management system?
• Mobile first display
• The modular nature of D2L
• A note about D2L course organization

1. Brightspace and Communicating with Students

• The D2L content editor
• Communicate through the announcements tool
• Email students
• Use the course calendar tool
• Develop course competencies and learning objectives
• Communicate through the D2L chat feature
• Enable the course activity feed
• Automate intelligent agents
• Set up a user profile

2. Brightspace and Classroom Management

• Set up the course content tab
• Use the attendance tool
• Set up submission folders
• Set up the course discussion board
• Participate in discussion boards
• Distribute D2L Brightspace awards
• Video Note 2.0/Audio Note 2.0 recording tools
• Access and track student progress
• View classwide statistics and data
• Poll students through D2L surveys
• Set up student self-assessments
• Manage dates tool

3. Brightspace and Assessing Student Work

• Set up automatically graded and free response quizzes and exams
• Add question to quizzes
• Develop a question library
• Gain insight through quiz question reporting
• Set up an assignment rubric
• Design a custom rublic
• View nuanced rubric reporting
• Provide feedback within submission folders
• Set up a self-calculating gradebook
• Add gradebook items and categories
• Leave feedback in the gradebook

4. Customizing Brightspace

• Import, export, or copy D2L course components
• Develop a course homepage
• Create a custom theme
• Customize the navigation bar
• Scheduling course components
• Enabling user accessibility
• Customize a course image
• Add new users to a D2L course
• Activate your course

5. Using Brightspace in an Online Context

• Creating D2L small groups
• Using online reading quizzes as study guides
• Coordinate through course and unit checklists
• Set up component release conditions
• Brightspace mobile applications

6. The Student's View of Brightspace

• Set up course notifications
• Submit material through submissions folders
• View media content
• Taking quizzes and assessments
• D2L ePortfolios

Conclusion

• Next steps