Teaching with D2L Brightspace
Browse the Teaching with D2L Brightspace topics to gain skills and knowledge for effective and efficient course design.
About D2L Brightspace
D2L Brightspace, is the official learning management system at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
See More See LessYou can use your courses to:
- email your classlist,
- keep track of grades,
- publish due dates,
- organize your course materials, and more!
Log in with your StarID credentials to find your course(s):
Course Access and Admin
Learn how to access your courses and complete key course administration tasks.
See More See LessCourse Access. All your courses are automatically added to your D2L Brightspace account.
Course Admin. Learn how to complete administration tasks, such as copy materials, merge/group courses, add a Teacher's Assistant, and more:
Course Access, Deletion, and Updates
Get Started with D2L Brightspace
This 12 minute playlist of captioned videos will help you get started with D2L Brightspace.
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- Navigate D2L Brightspace [video, 1:49 minutes],
- Manage courses [video, 2:02 minutes],
- Set notification preferences [video, 1:50 minutes],
- Update the instructor profile widget [video, 2:09 minutes] and Add personal pronouns [support article], and
- Email/print your classlist [video, 3:20 minutes].
Instructor Essentials
This 15 minute playlist of captioned videos will help you with Instructor Essentials recommended by the campus Technology Roundtable [PDF, 98.8 KB].
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The playlist includes:
Post an Up-to-date Syllabus. Upload or update a syllabus file in Content [video, 2:12 minutes]
Use the Calendar. Add course due dates:
- Assignments Due Dates [video, 2:09 minutes],
- Content Due Dates [video, 2:11 minutes],
- Discussions Due Dates [video, 2:48 minutes],
- and Quizzes Due Dates [video, 1:45 minutes].
Use the Gradebook. Create/enter grades with this quick and simple Grades set-up [video, 3:45 minutes].
Create Assessments
This 10 minute playlist will help you create a variety of assessments in your course.
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- Create Assignments [video, 1:39 minutes],
- Create Discussions [video, 3:38 minutes]
- Create Quizzes [video, 4:51 minutes]
Get the Most Out of Grades
This 20 minute playlist of captioned videos will help you get the most out of grades.
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Playlist includes:
- Quick and simple Grades set-up [video, 3:45 minutes] and see this support article to Add Feedback to Grades [webpage].
- Understanding Grades [video, 2:44 minutes]
- Create a Grade Category [video, 2 minutes] and Grade Item [video, 2:03 minutes]
- Add Grade Associations with Assessments/Learning Activities [video, 4:38 minutes]
- Set-up Grades to Import to eServices for official posting [video, 4 minutes]
Course Design: Teaching from Content
This 28 minute playlist of captioned videos will help you create an effective and efficient course design.
See More See LessTeaching from Content Playlist
The playlist includes:
Introduction and Organization. Start building your course:
- Intro to Teaching from Content [video, 4:28 minutes]
- Create and Manage Modules [video, 3:48 minutes]
Content, Activities, and Assessments. Add content:
- Upload or update a File in Content [video, 2:12 minutes]
- Upload/Create Links, Webpages, Videos [video, 3:29 minutes]
- Link to Assignments, Discussions, Quizzes [video, 1:48 minutes]
Welcoming Students to Learning. Welcome and engage students:
- Start Here Module [video, 5:29 minutes]
- Welcome Announcement [video, 2:45 minutes]
- Create and Manage Annoucements [video, 3:22 minutes]
Learn even more about Designing Your Course, MavLEARN teaching strategies, and Technology Tools available to you.
