This Tech tip shows you how to change the text in your course homepage banner. This can serve as a tool for engaging students’ attention whenever they log in to the course. Changing the text of the homepage banner will not affect the title of the course since the title...
This tech tip highlights changes made to the layout of the discussion tool during the April 2023 D2L Brightspace release. These changes were made to bring consistency to the creation and editing experience of discussions. 1) Within the Discussion tool, you have the ability to toggle between the old and...
This tech tip shows how to use the Dev Course Request Tool to create your own dev shells: 1. From your course navigation bar, click the Resources menu, then select the Dev Course Request Tool: 2. Click the menu icon: 3. Select Dev Course Request: 4. Click the plus (+)...
Microsoft Teams is a dynamic tool that combines file sharing, web conferencing, chat, and more. Faculty are beginning to use this tool as part of their online teaching strategy, especially in those disciplines that use a cohort model. You can even use Teams to collaborate with people outside of Minnesota...
This tech tip will explain how you can easily access your courses and pin them to your D2L Brightspace homepage. If you do not see your course on your D2L homepage, you may need to search for it. 1. Click on the course selector icon at the top of the...
The purpose of this tech tip is to demonstrate how a student can change their preferred name in eServices. This is the responsibility of the student. Once the student changes their preferred name in eServices, the change will take effect in D2L Brightspace 1. Go to the college website For...
Faculty Resource Bulletin Highlights of this week’s bulletin include: Formalities Opportunities for Faculty Support and Development Faculty and Student Resources Potpourri Minnesota State Events and Development Opportunities National and Vendor-Sponsored Events and Development Opportunities Formalities A Note from Fran Kennedy Hi everyone! What a whirlwind the last few weeks have...
Beginning on Thursday, November 17, you will be able to edit text in rubrics that have been used to evaluate student work. The purpose of this feature is to correct spelling and grammatical errors and clarify expectations. These minor changes will not impact the academic integrity of a rubric. To...
Highlights of this week’s bulletin include: A Note from Fran Kennedy A Message from the Information Technology Department CTL Open Labs and Consultations Tech Training – Upcoming sessions Discipline-Specific Learning Communities DCTC Lunch n Learn Accessing Articles from The Chronicle of Higher Education CTL Resources to Support Students ...
This tech tip demonstrates how to ensure that your students are enrolled in the proper discussion group. To ensure that students see the correct discussions, please do the following: 1. From your course navigation bar, click “Communication” then select “Groups”: 2. From the “View Categories” dropdown menu, ensure that the...
