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Leadership 201: Blueprint for Brightspace Brilliance
Article Authored By: Emma Thompson (@Emma.T.93) This course is designed to demonstrate the importance of intentionally designed homepages, visual aesthetics, and interactivity that enhance learning retention. Who is the course for? This course is designed for anyone interested in better understanding how to create an…
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Quiz Printer Widget for Brightspace Quizzes
We're releasing a new Freemium offering on the Learning Center. This article will explain how you can use this resource to help you prepare Brightspace quizzes for exporting and printing. Current Version 2.0 Date Published: January 10, 2025 Date Updated: January 21, 2025 Description: The ZIP file has been updated to ensure…
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Introduction to Cybersecurity for K-12 School System Leaders
About the course As technology has become pervasive across K-12 schools, so too has the cybersecurity threat from bad actors to penetrate school systems, hack sensitive data, and hold schools ransom. This course was developed by D2L and Sinclair College in response to this significant cybersecurity threat, and the need for…
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Brightspace Toolkit for Accessibility in UDL 🧰
About the course This course is for people who want to be mindful of accessibility practices when they adopt Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in their learning context. It will help you apply the principles and guidelines of UDL in ways that are accessible to learners with disabilities. You'll also learn about the tools…
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Getting Started with Analytics Builder 📊
What is Analytics Builder? Analytics Builder allows users to dig deeper into data and visualizations using skills and knowledge about Brightspace Data Sets (BDS) they already have, but without the complexity of having to work directly with a data warehouse. Users can launch Analytics Builder directly from the Insights…
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The Great Brightspace Race 🏁
About this Course Gamification is the key theme for this Learning Center resource 🎲 Designed by one of D2L's Senior Instructional Designers, the Great Brightspace Race takes you on a tour of Canada and D2L’s North American offices as you learn about Release Conditions and how they can be used to tailor your course to each…
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Getting Started with Brightspace Portfolio📂
Have you been curious about the Portfolio tool and how it could help you to achieve incredible things in Brightspace? Maybe, you've been using it and want to learn more about functionality? Either way, this is this resource for YOU! What to Expect❓ 🔨Overview of the Portfolio tools and key features 🚶♀️Walk-through of…
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Customer Spotlight: Southern Illinois University's Great Escape🚪
Take a deep breath as you embark on this exciting quest, where we spotlight the work of Leticia Velasquez from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.🧭 Who is This Resource Intended For❓ This resource is intended for educators who are looking for inspiration to implement gamification elements into their Brightspace…
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Brightspace Pre-Implementation Prep Course
About the course This quick 5-minute course helps new Brightspace users/D2L clients prepare for the beginning of the implementation of their new Brightspace instance. The course contains Brightspace terminology and definitions, overviews of D2L teams clients will work with during Onboarding, lists of common tools used for…
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Rollover Best Practices and Strategies
What is this resource all about? The start to a new term/semester doesn't have to be something to dread! Within this Learning Center resource, learn how to successfully manage users, create courses, and recycle existing learning materials for a new term/session/semester, while understanding key considerations and best…