Learning Management System Support (D2L Brightspace)

Description  

The Academic Technology Team provides support and training for D2L Brightspace, Minnesota State University Mankato’s learning management system (LMS). D2L Brightspace supports the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting, and delivery of courses and training programs online. 

Key Features 

  • Courses are automatically created and students are automatically enrolled through course registration data at the Minnesota State System Office level. 
  • Local technology support and professional development is available. 
  • Adding teacher's assistants (TA's), instructors of record, and course evaluation forms can be requested.
  • Development courses (also called “sandbox” courses) can be requested for practicing and building courses. 
  • Data reports can be requested, including faculty access to their own course data, competencies and learning outcomes data for program assessment, and IRB approved research. Note, requests are submitted to a governance process and must meet specific criteria and be approved prior to fulfillment. 
    • Student Course Access Report: Students who have not engaged in their online learning classroom early in the term.   
    • D2L Brightspace Tool Usage Report: Data on which D2L Brightspace tools are in use within individual course sites.   
    • D2L Brightspace Tool Aggregate Usage Report: Data on which D2L Brightspace tools are in use throughout an entire institution site.   
    • Last Date Attended Report: Dates of student activities within D2L Brightspace in order to support LDA determination for financial aid. 
    • Competencies Report: Data for departments or programs using the competencies tool.  Note, this requires prior set-up with the Academic Technology Team. 
    • D2L Brightspace Data Sets: Raw, user-level data from the Brightspace Learning Environment to provide those with business-related purposes with the maximum flexibility in integrating, aggregating, and filtering the data specific to their needs. 

Who Can Use It 

  • Faculty 
  • Staff 

Cost 

There is no cost for this service. 

Requests and Support 

Use the request buttons on this page to submit a request for assistance.  

Policies and Compliance 

This service complies with Minnesota State University, Mankato and Minnesota State system policies, including:      

 
Request D2L Brightspace Support Add a TA Add Instructor of Record Request Course Evaluation Form

Related Articles (1)

Adding a Teacher's Assistant or Co-Instructor in D2L Brightspace
Explains how to add a Teacher’s Assistant or co‑instructor to a D2L Brightspace course using the TA request form or by ensuring the co‑instructor is listed as an Instructor of Record in eServices.

Service Offerings (4)

Request D2L Brightspace Support
Request support with D2L Brightspace.
Add a TA
Request to add a Teacher’s Assistant (TA) to a course in D2L.
Add D2L Instructor of Record
Request to add a D2L instructor of record.
Request Course Evaluation Form
Request a course evaluation form.