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 week’s tech tip contains four articles that are useful for wrapping up the semester: Create custom Grade schemes in D2L Brightspace How to Request a D2L Extension for a Student Import D2L Brightspace final grades into eServices Release final Grades to students in D2L Brightspace These articles are also...
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 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 week’s tech tip features an article from Academic and Student Affairs at Minnesota State that focuses on the Kaltura Media retention schedule. To view this article, please visit the following link: Kaltura Media Retention Schedule Update In this article you will learn about: • General information about Kaltura MediaSpace...
