Articles and assistance with D2L, course design and more.
New Employee Welcome Information
This article is updated with training events for our new and returning students. Additional sessions will be added as trends or needs arise.
Zoom is a web conferencing system. It supports video and audio over the Internet, screen sharing, meeting recording, whiteboard, Outlook calendar integration and use on mobile devices.
This article describes how one can search for YouTube videos that have already been properly closed-captioned.
Computer Tips for Remote Proctoring (Proctorio & Examplify).
Add VitalSource External Learning Tool Link to Your Course
SmarterMeasure is integrated in D2L. It shows all areas and what readiness level the student scored in each – low, medium, and high
D2L Brightspace is Minnstate’s online learning management system. Instructors and students use D2L to post and upload learning content and assignments.
When you enter D2L you are greeted with the Announcement area and can see often times several announcements.
This articles describes the features built into D2L Brightspace. D2L Brightspace is a learning environment engineered with learning in mind. Faculty can supplement their in-class courses or use it to deliver 100% of their course online.
This article covers how to add personalization to the "From" field when sent by an Intelligent Agent.
FACULTY: Use Manage Dates to quickly and efficiently modify dates for any given course. (This is particularly handy to use after a course copy has been completed.)
ALL: How to access the Minnesota State D2L Support site to view Knowledge Articles on common questions, known issues, and best practices.
This article describes how to automate certain communications to your class based on various course activity.
How to view courses in D2L
Why is my course in D2L not visible
This article describes the steps faculty must take in order to make their D2L class active.
This article describes how to remove and add items from the drop-down menu in D2L.
This article describes how to change your course banner.
This article describes how to use the "Check Accessibility" tool to make sure in D2L This feature checks to make sure your HTML page is accessible and that it looks correct.
The D2L Checklist tool allows you to create lists of items that must be completed for an assignment.
How to Embed MediaSpace Content with the My Media Option in D2L.
Student Access to D2L Courses After the End of the Semester.
This article describes common reasons why a student might receive the error, “Oops, your file could not be uploaded".
This article provides links to websites where images of multicultural learners can be found.
This article provides an overview of the way that quiz responses are saved.
Student enrollments with F grade and LDA.
Previewing the grade of a student with a failing grade from the "Enrollment Statistics" page.
How Start Date, Due Date, and End Date work in the D2L Assignments tool.
View D2L attendance for each student in your class.
Viewing the attendance for a student who no longer appears in your classlist.
General information relating to Word Count in D2L's HTML editor.
This article describes how to send an email to an individual student, a group of students, or the entire class through D2L
This article describes how to access and save the whiteboard feature in Kaltura Capture.
This article shows how to edit third-party captions.
This article describes how to log in to Kaltura MediaSpace.
This article describes how to add information to and publish your video on Kaltura MediaSpace.
This article describes the status of videos saved in Kaltura MediaSpace that have been marked for deletion in Zoom.
Transferring Kaltura MediaSpace video ownership to another person.
This article talks about some of the basic editing functions that can be found in Kaltura MediaSpace.
Videos in Kaltura MediaSpace can be linked out to D2L Brightspace using the Share feature of MediaSpace. The steps described in this article will help you post your videos within D2L Brighspace.
This article describes the method used to add public video YouTube to your MediaSpace account.
This article describes how to add non-English language captions to your MediaSpace video.
This article outlines best practices when creating a video presentation.
This article describes the usage of the Immersive Reader tool in Office 365.
Apple introduced new security and privacy features with macOS
Catalina. Learn how to enable screen sharing for Daily.co.
Respondus Monitor is a remote proctoring tool that conveniently integrates with D2L. It uses the student’s webcam and microphone to record testing sessions for later review. This software contributes to academic integrity by providing a way to verify student identity and by providing a deterrent to cheating.
Respondus Monitor enables a student to take proctored exams online. Respondus Monitor uses the student's webcam and microphone to record test sessions for later review.
This article contains links to a website that discuss the use of the Scantron test scoring machine.
This article defines "Being Present" in a course and methods that faculty can use to do so.
Turnitin® is an internet based plagiarism prevention service. Instructors and students can submit papers to the website, which is checked against billions of webpages, works previously submitted to Turnitin®, and a repository of journals, and other publications. This tool helps instructors engage students in the writing process by providing feedback that can both assess and help improve students' work. No download, registration, or login is needed.
Uninstall Examplify on your MacBook or other Mac OS X computer
Information about the D2L Support site can be found in this article.
How to Move a Lost/Off-Screen Window Back to Your Desktop
FACULTY: Step by step instructions on how to copy course content from one D2L Brightspace course to another.
FACULTY: Create an Assignment folder inside D2L Brightspace for student submission of assignments.
ALL: Learn what Brightspace is and how to access the Login portal for D2L Brightspace.
This article describes how to install Kaltura Capture on a personal or school owned computer
Cloud based media management system.