Log into D2L Brightspace

To log into D2L, visit http://learn.mru.ca and enter your MRU username and password.

 Course Copy

In this video, you will learn how to copy your course into an empty course shell.

 Navigate Brightspace Learning Environment: Navigation

This video is a tour of the D2L learning environment, with a specific focus on navigation.

 Navigate Brightspace Learning Environment: Account Settings

In this video, you will learn how to edit your account settings.

 Getting Started - Create a Profile 

In this video, you will learn how to create your personal profile.

 Getting Started - Manage Notifications 

In this video, you will learn how to contol how you receive information about course activity by editing your notification preferences.

 Learning Environment - Navigate Homepage and My Courses 

In this video, you will learn how to navigate the homepage and My Courses widget.

Note: For MRU's version on D2L Brightspace, the ability to customize the homepage has been turned off.

 Make a course active

In this video, you will learn how to change the availability dates for your course.

 Pin favourite courses 

In this video, you will learn how to pin courses to the top of your course list to make them easier to access.

 Learning Environment - Switch Roles 

In this video, you will learn how to switch roles in order to view your course as a student.

 Content - Add a Module 

In this video, you will learn to structure and organize your content by adding modules and sub-modules to your course.

 Content - Create a File and Insert Stuff 

In this video, you will learn to:

• create new topics in your course
• add images, videos, or other objects into a topic

 Content - Upload a Topic 

In this video, you will learn to upload files from your computer or device to include as a topic in your course.

 Content - Add an Existing Activity  

In this video, you will learn to add an activity (assignment, discussion, quiz, etc.) to a content area in your course.

 Content - Rearrange Topics, Submodules, and Modules 

In this video, you will learn to rearrange content items to build and structure your course.

 Create a Link to an Online Document or Website 

In this video, you will learn to add link into your course content that goes to a Google file or another website.

 Content - Attach a Release Condition 

In this video, learn how to attach a release condition to a content item in your course.

 Content - Delete a Module 

In this video, you will learn to delete an entire module at once.

 Content - Content Topic Completion Tracking 

This video will give you an overview of completion tracking for content topics.

 Manage Files - Upload a File and Add it as a Content Topic 

In this video, you will learn how to:

• upload a file using Manage Files
• add a file to your course from Manage Files

 Remove "Materials" or other extraneous item titles in D2L

In this video, you will learn how to remove the extra titles that appear in the content area.

 Discussion boards in D2L vs Blackboard 

In this video, you will learn the difference between discussion boards in D2L and Blackboard.

Narrate PowerPoint, save as video in Google Drive, link in D2L

In this video, you will learn how to:

• create a narrated PowerPoint
• save the PowerPoint as a video
• upload a video to Google Drive
• link a video in D2L from Google Drive

Add a Composite File to Your Content

In this video you will learn how to upload composite files (.zip) to your course content.

Assignments – Create an Assignment

In this video, you will learn to create an assignment.

 Assignments - Grade Submissions in Assignments

In this video, you will learn to grade a student's submission from within Assignments.

 Assignments - Grade Assignment Submissions Offline

In this video, you will learn to download and grade student submissions offline before providing online feedback.

 Grades - Understanding Grades

This video outlines key aspects of creating and using your grade book.

 Grades - Create a Grade Item

In this video, you will learn to create a new grade item in your grade book.

 Grades - Enter Grades

In this video, you will learn how to enter grades in your grade book in the following ways:

• spreadsheet view
• by learner
• by grade item
• by category

 Assignments - Associate an Assignment with a Grade Item

In this video, you will learn to associate an assignment with a grade item in your grade book.

 Setup weighted grades in D2L from imported Blackboard grade center

In this video, you will learn to:

• use the Setup Wizard in grades to include weights
• edit grade items to adjust weights
• clean up the grade book to remove unneeded items

 Setup weighted grades in D2L from scratch

In this video, you will learn to:

• create a grade item and assign both a point value and weight
• edit a grade item
• assign an assessment to a grade item

 Track Attendance (recommended method)

In this video, you will learn to download a copy of your class list as a spreadsheet so you can track attendance.

 Set up iClicker with D2L

In this video, you will learn to:

• register for an iClicker account as an instructor
• create a new course on the iClicker website
• integrate iClicker with your D2L course

 Class Progress - Understand and Modify Class Progress

In this video, you will learn to customize Class Progress to display indicators relevant to your course.

Announcements are a quick and easy way to broadcast messages to your students in a timely fashion. The announcement tool can enhance student accountability because they will always know what is expected of them for upcoming classes through an announcement.

 Announcements - Create an Announcement

In this video, you will learn how to create an announcement.

 Announcements - Delete and Restore Announcements

In this video, you will learn to:

• delete an announcement
• restore a deleted announcement

 Teaching Tips - Make Regular Announcements

This video provides suggestions for making regular announcements to increase communication with your students.

The Attendance tool allows you to create class sessions, track attendance and set cause-for-concern alerts for students who are missing too many classes. You can even share attendance information with your students to enhance accountability and transparency. 

You can find the Attendance tool in your classes now under Assessments in the navigation bar.

 Setup and Use the Attendance Tool

In this video, you will learn how to set up class sessions and record attendance

Note: The Attendance Tool does not integrate directly with the Grade Book. To add the attendance to your grades they will need to be imported manually.

 Copy Attendance Into Grades

In this video, you will learn to export the attendance record and import it into the Grade Book.

 Make a course active

In this video, you will learn how to change the availability dates for your course.

 Copy Components From One Course to Another

In this video, you will learn to copy your content from one course to another.

 Import/Export/Copy Components - Export Components

In this video, you will learn to export components from a course to a file.

 Import/Export/Copy Components - Import Components

In this video, you will learn how to import a course package into your course. 

 Print classlist

In this video, you will learn how to print a list of all enrolled users in your course. 

 Change a Role in Your Course

In this video, you will learn how to change a person's role in your course.

 Enroll Teaching Assistant

In this video, you will learn to add a teaching assistant to your D2L course.

Enroll Faculty Observer

In this video, you will learn to add a faculty observer to your D2L course.

Enroll CART SLI

In this video, you will learn to add a CART SLI to your D2L course.

D2L course reset

In this video, you will learn to remove existing content in your course by resetting it.

Download Captions from a Video

In this video, you will learn how to find and download a video's transcript in D2L.