Uploading Documents Directly from OneDrive to D2L

Overview

Teacher and Teacher's Assistant users can upload and share Office 365 OneDrive documents with students in the Content tool in D2L Brightspace quickly and easily.

How-To

  1. Navigate to your D2L Brightspace course in Mozilla Firefox browser. Click the Materials menu in the horizontal course offering navbar
  2. Click Content from the course navigation
  3. Click on or create a new unit you would like to add a document to
  4. Click on Add Existing in the unit
  5. Click on More
  6. A pop-up window will appear. Click the M365 Document option from the list. You can also click on M365 Document Collaboration for collaborative documents.
  7. Click the Sign in to your Office365 account button
    NOTE: You will see this only if you have NOT signed into Office365 on the Brightspace homepage already. If you have signed in already, skip to step 9.
    Add a File pop-up window with 'Sign in to your Office365 account' button in the center
  8. A new window/tab will open. Enter your StarID@minnstate.edu (Faculty/Staff) or StarID@go.minnstate.edu (Students) email address in the text box. Click Next
    Sign-in window with email input field and 'Next' button for Office365 login.
  9. You will be redirected to D2L Brightspace. You will now see a list of your OneDrive files. Locate the file you wish to upload
  10. Check the box next to the file
  11. Click Add
  12. You will now see your file uploaded in Content

Outcome

By following these steps, users can easily share OneDrive documents with students in D2L Brightspace.

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