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Create and delete org units
Create an org unit Creating an org unit requires the Can Create and Edit Org Units permission. From the Admin Tools menu, click Org Unit Editor. Click New Org Unit. Enter your org unit details. When creating course offering and course section codes, D2L recommends the following naming conventions:* Course offering -…
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Create a location
Use the Locations tool to create and manage locations for the entire organization. You can only create locations at the organization level. To create a location From the Admin Tools menu, click Locations. On the Locations page at the organization level, click Create Location. Figure: The Create Location button. In the…
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Deploy and modify the Multi-Profile Widget
The Multi-Profile Widget is a system widget that displays multiple roles and functions to be presented directly to learners on a course homepage. Drawing user details from Classlists and User Profiles, the Multi-Profile Widget automatically pulls in the people and details that you set up. The Multi-Profile widget is part…
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About Metadata
Metadata is information about a learning resource that you add to the resource to help other users locate it and understand its purpose. Administrators can create views, templates, and taxon schemas for your organization to enable users to enter repetitive metadata information quickly and consistently. You can add and edit…
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Types of locales
In Brightspace, you can use various system locales and create custom ones to reflect your organization's cultural preferences. The following table indicates the types of locales you can use in Brightspace. Types of localesLocale Description Custom Custom locales enable you to create and manage locales specific to your…
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About the Create Course widget
The Create Course widget provides a simplified option for users to create courses quickly without access to the Course Management tool. Using this widget, instructors and other non-administrative roles can quickly create a new course offering directly from their organization homepage. To create a course using the widget,…
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About My Org Units widget
About My Org Units widget Normally, organization administrators are the only users at an institution who can view and navigate to all org unit types through the Org Unit Editor tool found in the Admin Tools menu. Instructors and learners cannot easily navigate to org unit types other than course offering org units they are…
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About the My Courses widget
The My Courses widget enables learners to access their favorite courses by pinning them to the top of their course list. In the mobile view, widgets now stack on top of each other, and the My Courses widget offers many new options to instructors. With this widget, instructors and learners see courses by enrollment date,…
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Language Management glossary
The following table indicates the terms used in the Language Management tool. Term Definition Tool package A group of language terms that are used in the same tool Collection A group of language terms that are used on the same page or for similar functionality Parent language The parent language determines which language…
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Customize the login page
Use the Login Page Management tool to customize the login page for your organization. Administrators can create a single sign-on option on their Brightspace login page. The Login Page Management tool provides the ability to add single sign on buttons within the Login Widget based on registered SAML identity providers.…