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...
This tech tip is how to caption your videos professionally. When a video goes through Kaltura Mediaspace, it will have machine captions. These are not always 100%. If you want to ensure more accurate captions, then we can send the video out to be captioned professionally. Please create a JIRA...
This tech tip features an article from Academic and Student Affairs at Minnesota Sate that explains how to present with real-time captions and subtitles in MS PowerPoint. To view the article, please click on the following link: Present with real-time captions or subtitles Please note the Digital Accessibility Tips section...
This tech tip demonstrates how to utilize a virtual background in Microsoft Teams and in Zoom. The purpose of having a virtual background is to ensure privacy so people in your virtual meeting cannot see what is around you or recognize where you are. To select a virtual background...
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 is to draw attention to the new Creating Accessibility Materials widget on the D2L Homepages. This widget is a collection of that tech tips that are focused on creating accessible content. This widget is searchable and scrollable for ease of use The scroll bar will appear when...
