You can use the arrow keys on the keyboard to position the piece of content where you need it to be. Click on the grab handle so it is highlighted: Press Enter, a tip menu will appear: Use arrow keys on your keyboard to put the piece of content where...
This tech tip is to emphasize the best way for a student to contact their instructor. One of the best ways for students to contact is to let them know your availability. The instructor profile widget is a great way to do this. The following are some facts about the...
This tech tip provides instructions on how instructors can turn on tools that have been turned off in their courses. Tools that have been turned off by default in the May release include: Course Builder FAQ Glossary Instruction Design Wizard * Learning Activity Library * (* = listed as “Accelerator”...
This tech tip will serve as a quick reference guide to show the content structure in the new content experience. In the previous content experience, there were modules and topics. In the new content experience, there are units and lessons. Simply put what was called a module, is now...
This tech tip is to demonstrate how to link an announcement to a content item using the new content experience in D2L Brightspace. 1. From the Announcement tool, create a New Announcement: 2. Enter a title in the Headline field. 3. In the Content field, Click the Insert Quicklink button:...
This tech tip features an article from Minnesota State Academic and Student Affairs on creating accessible table in D2L Brightspace. To view this article, please click on the following link: Creating Accessible Tables in D2L Brightspace In this article, you will find the reasoning behind making tables accessible. This article...
Please finish the incomplete student request process with Enrollment Services before Extending D2L access to a student. 1. Select the student from the classlist: 2. Click the Enrollment link: 3. Select Student – Extended Access from the drop-down menu in the New Role column: 4. Click the Save button: ...
This tech tip features information about the New Content Experience. Courses for Summer 2026 and beyond will have the new content experience. In the New Content Experience, Modules are now called Units and Sub modules are now called lessons. The structure will look like the following: You’ll use the...
This tech tip focuses on a keyboard short cut on how to quickly add a hyperlink to your text without having to go through the menu on the tool bar. 1. Highlight you’re the text you want as a hyperlink: 2. Press Ctrl K 3. The Insert Hyperlink dialog box...
This tech tip will demonstrate how you can ensure your font color is accessible when working within the D2L Brightspace content editor. 1. Select your text in the D2L content editor: 2. Click the Select Color icon on the toolbar: 3. When you click a color, you will see...
