Brightspace Help For Students
Support for Navigating Brightspace by D2L
Help Resources
This digital flyer provides some resources for navigating the vLE Brightspace by D2L. Your teacher may supplement this by providing you access to the student orientation module in your course. You are encouraged to work through the student orientation module because it helps you to develop and refine your skills as an online learner. You will be guided through how to use the different tools, how to manage your time, and how to practice digital citizenship and netiquette in your online course.
Below are a few links to the more popular tools that you will be exploring as you learn and collaborate in your digital course.
Scroll down to see more topics.
Help for Logging into Brightspace by D2L
If you have never logged into Brightspace by D2L before, this resource will walk you through how to access the site from school or home.
What if I can't get into my course. What do I do?
Please note that your course will not be accessible until the first official day of classes. You may see it listed ahead of time but you will not have actual access until the first day of the course.
If you are unable to access a blended learning course, (Your teacher teaches you face to face and uses Brightspace to enrich your learning) please see your course teacher at school.
Navigating Your Course
Tips to help you find the different tools and functions in your course.
https://youtu.be/weDIXdbjX_4
Classlist and Teacher eMail.
Learn how to contact your teacher through Brightspace email.
https://youtu.be/y2mv5vcgpns
Content
This is where you find all of the information, activities and assignments for each unit of your course. It's like the "Binder" for your course materials. The icon for content is a green book in the virtual learning environment.
https://youtu.be/IZtzwWJnIXU
Discussions
Many eLearning courses provide the opportunity to collaborate and discuss the course content to help to solidify your learning. It's important to understand how this tool works.
https://youtu.be/9WAYt5jQAqc
https://youtu.be/WHM2YF9fOyY
Quizzes
How to find and complete quizzes.
https://youtu.be/gFHrKRoGImU
https://youtu.be/AJGpa7e-qOA
Grades
https://youtu.be/XfCet4t8b5Q
Finding Your Courses
Orientation Course Overview
Setting Up Your Notifications
Previous Help Resource -
This resource is available for the time being and will be removed in August 2018
Kelly MacDougall - DPCDSB District eLearning Contact
Email: Kelly.MacDougall@dpcdsb.org
Website: https://dpcdsb.elearningontario.ca
Twitter: @MsMacSmyj