ShuffleLabs is a custom software development company that provides the ShuffleExchange integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS). D2L uses this iPaaS to provide the Brightspace Course Connector for Microsoft Teams to combine the power of Brightspace as the central learning hub with the collaboration and connectedness available with Microsoft Teams.
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How can people access Brightspace Course Connector for Microsoft Teams within their Learning Environment
In Brightspace Core package, Microsoft Teams Meetings is a free integration that covers scheduling a live Teams meeting from within Brightspace, and sharing the link so that students can join the meeting. Brightspace Course Connector is for Microsoft Teams is an add-on product that provides a deeper integration designed to facilitate additionally collaboration workflows and group work that may be done synchronously via MS Teams chat.
ShuffleExchange acts as the bridge between Brightspace and Microsoft Teams. Brightspace provides the course and enrollment information to the ShuffleExchange platform which then maps and connects this information to an institution’s Microsoft tenant providing a seamless integration between both systems. Once this process is complete, the widget displays a link to the course Team allowing instructors and students to launch into their course Team from their course.