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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 and update org unit relationships
Create org unit relationships From the Admin Tools menu, click Org Unit Editor. In the parent org unit that you want to create relationships for, to add a child to the org unit, click Add Child. In the Add Child dialog, do one of the following:* To add an existing org unit, select Add an existing org unit. Click Next.…
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About Org Unit Editor
Use the Org Unit Editor to view, edit, and create org units within your organizational structure. You can also use it to search for org units by type, search for orphaned or childless org units, restore deleted org units, and delete org units. Org units define the structure of an institution. For more information about Org…
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About Org administration
In Brightspace, the organization (org) is the top tier of the organization unit type hierarchy. Within an org, there are org units, the standard building block of Brightspace. Org units are organized into an org structure and can have multiple org unit types (for example, department, semester, or course offering). Each org…
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Scan for org units
Org Unit Editor includes pre-filter options for Org Unit Type and Relationship. Find orphaned/childless org units in the search results: You can use the Org Unit Editor to search for org units without associated parents (orphans) and org units that have no associated children. Orphaned org units do not appear in the…
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About Org Unit Type Editor
The Org Unit Type Editor as a part of the Org Unit Editor allows you to modify the types of org units used within an organizational structure. Using the Org Unit Type Editor, you can add more org unit types to your hierarchy, change the names of existing org unit types, and change the hierarchy of org units. By default,…
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Link Orgs in a multi-site arrangement
Using Site Tabs allows separate Orgs to be linked together in a multi-site arrangement. Once the Orgs are linked, administrators can link user accounts across Orgs by populating a Global User ID in the appropriate Orgs using APIs. This feature is useful to: * Large consortium clients, such as state level implementations…
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Set up your course homepage
Create organization level homepages On the My Home page, click Course Admin > Homepages. Click Create Homepage. Enter a name and description for your homepage. To display this homepage as an option in child org units, select Share with child org units. To add a header to your homepage below the navbar, select Include…
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Create and delete org unit types
Before you create or modify org unit types, ensure you understand how your organization is structured and determine how you want to maintain that structure within Brightspace and other D2L tools. Note: Changing your organizational structure can have unexpected consequences and should only be attempted with a very clear…
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About the course homepage
The homepage is the first page you see when you view the organization's My Home page or enter a course. The typical default homepage is widget-based. Widgets are sections of content that provide information and links to tools, courses, and personal settings. Organization and course homepages can point to Brightspace tools,…