Learning Brightspace by D2L (2018)

Course details

Brightspace is a highly customizable learning management system (LMS) from D2l (Desire2Learn), which helps instructors manage higher education. It offers a flexible UI and supports blended classrooms and online learning. In this course, find out how easy it is to get started. Join instructor Alan Ackmann as he explores essential features and best practices you need to know to teach with Brightspace. Learn how to customize the Brightspace interface, communicate with students, assign and grade student work, and understand how Brightspace functions from the student perspective. Plus, see how to add quizzes, customize the Brightspace experience to improve accessibility for all users, and enhance the community and collaboration in your classroom with tools like discussion boards and feedback. Along the way, Alan shares tips that can help you work more efficiently and effectively with this powerful LMS.

Learning objectives
Communicating with students
Developing course competencies and learning objectives
Setting up a classroom, including a discussion board
Adding quizzes and exams
Setting up an assignment rubric
Providing feedback
Setting up a gradebook
Customizing Brightspace
Managing discussion boards
Leveraging Brightspace mobile apps
Using Brightspace as a student

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Why use Brightspace by D2L
02 - What is a course management system
03 - Mobile first display
04 - The modular nature of D2L
05 - A note about D2L course organization

1. Brightspace and Communicating with Students

06 - The D2L content editor
07 - Communicate through the announcements tool
08 - Email students
09 - Use the course calendar tool
10 - Develop course competencies and learning objectives
11 - Communicate through the D2L chat feature
12 - Enable the course activity feed
13 - Automate intelligent agents
14 - Set up a user profile

2. Brightspace and Classroom Management

15 - Set up the course content tab
16 - Use the attendance tool
17 - Set up submission folders
18 - Set up the course discussion board
19 - Participate in discussion boards
20 - Distribute D2L Brightspace awards
21 - Video Note 2.0 Audio Note 2.0 recording tools
22 - Access and track student progress
23 - View classwide statistics and data
24 - Poll students through D2L surveys
25 - Set up student self-assessments
26 - Manage dates tool

3. Brightspace and Assessing Student Work

27 - Set up automatically graded and free response quizzes and exams
28 - Add question to quizzes
29 - Develop a question library
30 - Gain insight through quiz question reporting
31 - Set up an assignment rubric
32 - Design a custom rublic
33 - View nuanced rubric reporting
34 - Provide feedback within submission folders
35 - Set up a self-calculating gradebook
36 - Add gradebook items and categories
37 - Leave feedback in the gradebook

4. Customizing Brightspace

38 - Import, export, or copy D2L course components
39 - Develop a course homepage
40 - Create a custom theme
41 - Customize the navigation bar
42 - Scheduling course components
43 - Enabling user accessibility
44 - Customize a course image
45 - Add new users to a D2L course
46 - Activate your course

5. Using Brightspace in an Online Context

47 - Creating D2L small groups
48 - Using online reading quizzes as study guides
49 - Coordinate through course and unit checklists
50 - Set up component release conditions
51 - Brightspace mobile applications

6. The Student's View of Brightspace

52 - Set up course notifications
53 - Submit material through submissions folders
54 - View media content
55 - Taking quizzes and assessments
56 - D2L ePortfolios

Conclusion

57 - Next steps

Learning Brightspace by D2L (2018)

Authors

Alan Ackmann