Below are resources for getting started with D2L Brightspace as a faculty member or instructor.
About D2L Brightspace
What is D2L Brightspace?
D2L Brightspace, is the official learning management system at Minnesota State University, Mankato. You can use D2L Brightspace to:
- keep track of grades
- publish due dates,
- organize your course materials
- create quizzes
- email your class list
- and more
Log in with your StarID and StarID password to find your course(s).
Log in to D2L Brightspace
Course Access and Admin
- All your courses are automatically added to your D2L Brightspace account about two months prior to semester start, log in to find them.
- Teaching multiple sections of the same course or have a combined undergrad and graduate offering? Request a grouping/merger of two or more courses to make coordination and communication easy.
- Click the link below to learn how to complete administration tasks, such as copy materials, merge/group courses, add a Teacher's Assistant, and more.
Course Access, Deletion, & Updates
Frequently Used Resources
Frequently Asked Instructor Questions
Training Videos
Get Started Video Playlist
This 12 minute playlist of captioned videos will help you get started with D2L Brightspace.
Getting Started Playlist
The playlist includes:
Instructor Essentials Video Playlist
This 15 minute playlist of captioned videos will help you with Instructor Essentials.
Instructor Essentials Playlist
The playlist includes:
Assessments Video Playlist
This 10 minute playlist will help you create a variety of assessments in your course.
Assessments Playlist
The playlist includes:
Grades Video Playlist
This 20 minute playlist of captioned videos will help you get the most out of grades.
Grades Playlist
Playlist includes:
Course Design: Teaching from Content Video Playlist
This 28 minute playlist of captioned videos will help you create an effective and efficient course design.
Teaching from Content Playlist
The playlist includes:
Introduction and Organization. Start building your course:
Content, Activities, and Assessments. Add content:
Welcoming Students to Learning. Welcome and engage students: