Getting Started with D2L Brightspace

D2L Brightspace is compatible a variety of publishers.  Current 1.3 LTI integrations available with APSU can be found in the Content area as External Learning Tools.  For directions on how to integrate an existing publisher with your course, please use the links provided:

• Cengage Mindtap
• McGraw-Hill Connect
• Pearson MyLab and Mastering
• Sage Vantage
• WileyPLUS
• W. Norton

If you are interested in working with a publisher that is not currently available in our instance in D2L, please reach out to our department and we will gladly look into the integration options.

D2L live course shells are automatically populated within our instance 60 days prior to the start of a given semester based on the instructor assignment(s) and student enrollment(s) that appear in Banner.

If you or another faculty member need access to a live course shell as an Instructor for co-teaching purposes, you will need to work with your department’s admin to ensure that they are listed as an instructor of record in Banner.  If a student needs access to a live course shell, they will need to make sure they are registered for the course.

For all other instances where someone might need access to a live course shell (i.e. a TA, SLA Student, Course Evaluator, Librarian, etc.) or sandbox, you can request to add them by submitting a course access management request to the Distance Education Support Desk.

D2L Brightspace offers ePortfolio, a personal portfolio tool for storing, organizing, reflecting on, and sharing items that represent a student’s learning and help demonstrate mastery in certain areas.

For Instructors, student cultivated evidence that has been shared can be used for review, feedback, and assessment purposes.  This workflow is ideal in a higher education learning environment where:

• students have work in progress that is not ready to be shared

• the activity is not directly associated with a course, such as extracurricular activities, internships, or independent learning/research.

For more information on how to use ePortfolio, please review the resources provided below.

Instructor Documentation

• Using Brightspace ePortfolio for Higher Education
• ePortfolio Reflections
• Importing Course Items as Artifacts

Videos Resources

• Review and Approve ePortfolio Items
• Oversee and View Individual ePortfolio
• How Students Add to ePortfolio

The Distance Education Department offers the following options to stay up-to-date on the latest in D2L and online learning:

• the Distance Education Updates page highlights the latest updates on all our tools and important dates for D2L

• the TechBytes webinar series is available to all faculty to attend or watch, as archived videos from previous sessions are available on our page

• the D2L Announcements widget on your home page provides the latest updates and notification from administrators