This tech tip demonstrates how to make sure the color of your text is accessible for all who use D2L Brightspace including those have vision issues. This is a part of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). 1. Click the accessibility checker icon on the HTML toolbar: 2. You will see...
This tech tip focuses on how and why you should use the list tool when creating a list of items in D2L or Word. For users using screen readers, the screen reader will tell the user how many items are in the list. This gives the user the opportunity to...
This week’s tech tip will focus on how to link an announcement to any piece of material in your D2L class site. This includes assignments, checklists, content, etc. The advantage of this is you can direct students where to go in your course. This example will demonstrate how to link...
When you are working with content within a D2L Brightspace course, you may want to delete a topic. Since there are associated files within D2l Brightspace, it's important that you only delete the topic from the content view and not the associated files (such as quizzes, discussions, etc.). From the...
This tech tip shares upcoming changes to the HTML Editor menu and HTML Editor Link Title. HTML Editor Menu Changes: Old View: You had the option of selecting Heading 3 New view: The formatting options will display in a different order and Heading 1 and Heading 2 will appear, rather...
1. From your course navigation bar, go to Materials > Content 2. On the left side of your screen click Table of Contents 3. In the Table of Contents menu, click the dropdown arrow next to Import Course > Copy Existing Course 4. Follow the regular steps to complete...
Faculty can easily create pages/files in Content in D2L Brightspace course sites by using premade templates. Using templates provides a great way to layout instructions for activities, give an introduction to a unit/chapter/module, provide additional content or information around a video, add some visual flare around your course, and much...
