Navigating D2L Brightspace

• Access your classes in D2L Brightspace
• Navigating D2L Brightspace using Homepages, Navbars, and Minibar
• Navigating your D2L Brightspace class from a student’s perspective

The Announcements Tool

• Create an Announcement in D2L Brightspace
• Add Replace Strings to personalize text in D2L Brightspace

Creating Course Content

• Design accessible online courses in D2L Brightspace
• Add course materials in Content in D2L Brightspace
• Add links, images, and media using the HTML Editor in D2L Brightspace
• HTML Content Templates in D2L Brightspace
• Adding an Instructor Bio Widget to your Course Homepage

Managing Date Restrictions

• Date restrictions on Content in D2L Brightspace
• Manage Dates in D2L Brightspace

Exporting and Copying Courses

• Export my D2L Brightspace course into a package
• Copy a course into my D2L Brightspace course

Restoring Deleted Files

• Restore deleted course files or activities in D2L Brightspace

Rubrics

• Create Rubrics in D2L Brightspace
• Assess student work using Rubrics in D2L Brightspace

Setting Up Discussions

• Create a Discussion topic in D2L Brightspace
• Create Group Discussions in D2L Brightspace
• Date restrictions on Discussions in D2L Brightspace

Managing Discussions

• Manage Threads and Posts in Discussions in D2L Brightspace

Grading Discussions

• Assess student work in Discussion topics in D2L Brightspace
• Assess with audio or video feedback in D2L Brightspace
• Assess student work using Quick Eval screens in D2L Brightspace

Creating and Enrolling Students in Groups

• Create and manage Groups in D2L Brightspace
• Bulk Group enrollment or unenrollment from CSV or TXT file in D2L Brightspace

Exporting Group Enrollment Data

• Export Group enrollment data to CSV in D2L Brightspace

Quiz Set-Up

• Create a Quiz in D2L Brightspace
• Create questions for Quizzes and Surveys in D2L Brightspace
• Convert an exam from Word and import into Quizzes in D2L Brightspace
• Import questions in the Question Library in D2L Brightspace
• Design accessible online courses in D2L Brightspace

Quiz Settings

• Accommodations feature in D2L Brightspace
• Create custom Quiz submission view in D2L Brightspace
• Hide question point values from students taking attempt at a quiz in D2L Brightspace
• Print a D2L Brightspace quiz for offline assessment needs

Managing Student Quiz Attempts

• Reopen a student’s submitted quiz attempt
• Submit a student’s in-progress Quiz attempt in D2L Brightspace
• Delete and restore a student’s Quiz attempt in D2L Brightspace

Grading Student Quizzes

• Assess student work in Quizzes in D2L Brightspace
• Create reports for Quizzes in D2L Brightspace

Creating Assignments

• Create an Assignment in D2L Brightspace
• Design accessible online courses in D2L Brightspace
• Date restrictions on Assignments in D2L Brightspace

Grading Assignments

• Assess student work in Assignments in D2L Brightspace
• Assess with audio or video feedback in D2L Brightspace
• Assess student work using Quick Eval screens in D2L Brightspace

Getting Started with Grades

• Getting started with Grades in D2L Brightspace

Gradebook Set-Up

• Create custom Grade schemes in D2L Brightspace
• Create Grades in the grade book in D2L Brightspace
• Assessing External Learning Tool or SCORM Content in D2L Brightspace
• Grades export or import into D2L Brightspace

Gradebook Settings

• Display the current course grade to students in Grades in D2L Brightspace
• Bonus grade items in D2L Brightspace
• Exempt students from graded items from Grades in D2L Brightspace
• Automatic zero grading for missing and late submissions in D2L Brightspace

Recording Grades

• Record scores in Grades in D2L Brightspace

Final Grades

• Release final Grades to students in D2L Brightspace
• Import D2L Brightspace final grades into eServices

Release Conditions

• Add Release Conditions on items in D2L Brightspace

Checklists

• Create a Checklist in D2L Brightspace

Intelligent Agents

• Create Intelligent Agents in D2L Brightspace
• Add Replace Strings to personalize text in D2L Brightspace

Calendar Events

• Add course dates to show up in D2L Brightspace course Calendar
• Manage Dates in D2L Brightspace

Attendance

• Track attendance with Attendance in D2L Brightspace

Accessibility+

D2L’s new access tool – we expect to be able to use this tool in early 2026. In the meantime, here are the guides released by the System Office –

• Accessibility Report for Instructors in D2L Brightspace Accessibility+
• Instructor Alternate Formats Guide in D2L Brightspace Accessibility+