Requesting Access to a Faculty's D2L Brightspace Course Shell

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Overview

This article explains how administrators, deans, or employees can request access to a faculty member’s D2L Brightspace course for non-instructional purposes. This guide is intended for university staff who need to view or manage course content without acting as an instructor.

How-To

In the event that an administrator, dean, or employee needs access to a course created by another faculty member for non-instructional purposes, please follow the steps below in order for IT Solutions to receive approval to give permissions to access the course and content.

To request access to a faculty member's D2L Brightspace course shell:

  1. The Department Chair should make a request to the Dean of their college with the information for the request.
  2. The Dean will contact  Human Resources and give permission to an individual or individuals to grant access to a D2L Brightspace Course.
  3. Human Resources will evaluate the situation and once approved, they will make the permissions request to IT Solutions.

If a substitute instructor needs emergency access to a past or current semester-based course for instructional purposes, please see the article D2L Brightspace: Emergency Instructor Course Access

Outcome

After completing these steps, the approved administrator, dean, or employee will have authorized access to the faculty member’s D2L Brightspace course shell for non-instructional purposes, allowing them to view or manage course content as needed.

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Article ID: 1037
Created
Thu 12/14/23 10:22 AM
Modified
Tue 3/3/26 3:06 PM

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