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Start the term
This page outlines the basic steps you can follow to start the term. It provides information about how to set up and manage your courses. About importing existing content from another course To start your term, you can use the Content tool to import existing course content when creating a new course offering. You can…
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Log In to Brightspace
If you are having trouble logging in, use the sections below to find the right next step. * I don’t know where to log in * I forgot my password * My login isn’t working * I need help with two-factor authentication Important: Your organization manages your Brightspace account and login credentials. D2L cannot reset your…
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About course administration
Course Administration is a central area for accessing tools related to setting up and managing your course. From here you can access many tools to help you run your course smoothly, including: * Enable and disable course tools * Rename course tools * Manage course offering information * Import course components * Import…
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Change your personal settings in Brightspace
By clicking on your username, you can make changes to your user profile, notifications, account settings, and log out. Note: Depending on your permissions and what tools are enabled, additional settings may appear. Edit your user profile You can edit your user profile, including updating your profile picture, social…
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Activate your course
After building your course, ensure that you are aware if it is accessible to learners by controlling its availability and active status. This is particularly important if you only want to make your course available to learners during a specified time period or academic term. Make your course available and active You can…
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About Impersonation
Use impersonation to experience Brightspace exactly as another learner does. This is especially useful if you want to experience your course as a learner or troubleshoot issues a learner might be experiencing. When you impersonate another user, you can access all areas of their account, including their courses, emails,…
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Browser support
Use a supported browser to ensure optimal performance, accessibility, and security in Brightspace. D2L recommends that all users access Brightspace using the latest version of a supported browser. Most browsers automatically update to the latest version by default. To ensure you are always running the latest browser…
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About D2L Lumi Chat
D2L Lumi Chat is an AI-based help tool that is integrated directly into Brightspace as a pop-up window from the speech bubble button in the bottom right corner of the screen. After typing in a question, Lumi Chat uses generative AI responses to provide answers. Generated answers take the user query, identify the user's…
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Navigate Brightspace and find your course
Learn about your Brightspace organizational homepage, how to find a course in your organization, and how to navigate your course level homepage. Navigate your organizational homepage The Brightspace organizational homepage is designed to help make your job easier, more efficient, and give you greater reach when it comes to…
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Best practices for creating a Course Homepage
The course homepage is likely the first page your learners see when they land in your course. Therefore it’s important to design the homepage with purpose to enhance the course experience. The goal is to place useful information in intuitive places rather than create a cluttered homepage that causes your learners to…