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...
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...
This tech tip comes from Academic and Student Affairs at Minnesota State. This tip is part of Digital accessibility that focuses on how to use slide layouts instead of text boxes when creating a PowerPoint presentation. To view this tech tip, please click on the following link: Avoid inserting text...
Oftentimes, when textbook images are scanned as PDFs, they are saved as “images” instead of “text,” which makes them inaccessible to students using screen-readers or text read aloud options. Follow the steps below to check your PDFs for accessibility and convert them as necessary. Check Your Document for Accessibility The...
The purpose of this tech tip is to assist you in creating alt text for images you use in your course. Alt text cause images to be accessible to all learners. For this example, we will use an image of a horse running: 1. Open Copilot: 2. With copilot open,...
This tech tip comes from Academic and Student Affairs at Minnesota State. This tip is part of digital accessibility. To view this tech tip, please click on the following link Use unique slide titles Please also note the Digital Accessibility Tips section on the page.
