D2L Brightspace Course Access, Deletion, and Updates

Learn more about D2L Brightspace course access, request, deletion, and more.

Course Access

Courses and enrollments in D2L Brightspace are added automatically and occur in near real-time. When courses are added to our University records, they are added to D2L Brightspace in 15-20 minutes. Request to add Teacher's Assistants and Co-Instructors quickly.

• Log in to D2L Brightspace with your StarID and StarID password to see your courses.
• Learn more about instructor access.
• Request to add a Teacher's Assistant or Co-Instructor to your courses (for users not officially listed in our record system).

Copy and Share Courses

You can copy and share your course materials for easy re-use.

• Copy course materials from one semester to another.
• Share D2L Brightspace materials with other Instructors and Teacher's Assistants for collaboration and consistency.

Group or Merge Courses

You can group/merge multiple D2L Brightspace courses into a single course in minutes using the Brightspace Courses self-service tool.

• Request Merged Courses
• Why would I merge/group courses?

Course Deletion Process

The course deletion maintenance occurs every year in February. Key points of the course deletion process:

• All courses are retained for at least 5 years.
• All courses are considered for deletion including semester, Quality Matters/QM, development, training, etc... if the course is in D2L Brightspace, it is considered for deletion.
• Avoid course deletion by copying from or clicking into/accessing the courses you wish keep at least every 2 years.
• Back up your courses: Export after each semester.

Note: This 5 year deletion cycle was implemented in 2021. As part of our old process, courses prior to Spring 2019 have already been permanently deleted/purged.

Save Courses and Materials

Save your courses and materials from deletion with a few clicks.

Log course activity at least once every 2 years to prevent inactivation and deletion. Course activity includes:

• Access to the course by an Instructor or Student,
• Copy components from the course.
• Note: Access by a Teacher's Assistant or Administrator is not considered activity.

Export and save your materials after each semester as a back-up. Learn how to export and save your course materials and gradebooks:

• Save/Export Your Course Materials
• Share Your Course Materials

Updates to D2L Brightspace

D2L Brightspace is updated on a monthly basis to improve features and functionality. Updates are applied in real time, there is no down time for updates. Read the detailed release notes on the system support site to learn about each months' update.

• Look Up Release Notes (Note: You may be prompted to login in with your StarID@minnstate.edu credentials to access this site.)