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YuJa Documentation (opens in a new tab)

Training & Professional Development

What is Lumio? (opens in a new tab)

Create or import the lessons you already use, combine existing resources and enhance them with customizable components including games, collaborative workspaces and much more. Then deliver them to student devices quickly and easily, all from a browser.

Training & Professional Development

SMART EXCHANGE (opens in a new tab)

Get activities, games and SMART Notebook lessons created by teachers for teachers

Training & Professional Development

Dual Display Classroom Training Video (opens in a new tab)

Training video for using dual display classrooms on campus

Classroom Technology & AV Support Training & Professional Development

SMART Interactive Boards on Campus (opens in a new tab)

This article describes the location of SMART Boards on campus that are available for use by students, faculty and staff.

Classroom Technology & AV Support

Technology Classroom Training Video (opens in a new tab)

Training video for using standard technology classrooms

Classroom Technology & AV Support Training & Professional Development

Professional Development Options (opens in a new tab)

Professional Development Options

Training & Professional Development

CVH A31B Collaborative User Guide (opens in a new tab)

Step by step instructions on how to operate the classroom technology for CVH A31B. These instructions were created after the Spring 2026 signal flow update, in an effort to avoid A/V sync issues and make the room a lot more simple for the end user to operate.

Classroom Technology & AV Support

Overview of Video Platform Video Quizzes (opens in a new tab)

This article is an overview of Yuja Video Quiz Tool.

Course Content Creation

LUMI Summary - Modules (opens in a new tab)

A brief tutorial walking through the steps to use LUMI Summary inside Brightspace Modules.

Course Content Creation

W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (opens in a new tab)

W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI): Strategies, standards, and supporting resources to make the Web accessible to people with disabilities.

Accessibility & Remediation

CTE - Custom CTE Windows in Anthology (opens in a new tab)

A brief tutorial going over the basic steps to adjust the CTE availability dates within Anthology.

Course Administration

LUMI Question - Quizzes (opens in a new tab)

A brief tutorial walking through the steps to use LUMI AI Question inside Brightspace.

Course Content Creation

OSCQR Course Design Review (opens in a new tab)

Training & Professional Development Course Administration

Integrating YuJa Video Quizzes with D2L Content Activities (opens in a new tab)

This article will assist instructors in Inserting a Yuja Video Quiz into Brightspace, Taking the Video Quiz, and Releasing and Reviewing Grades.

Course Content Creation Grading & Assessment

Download a Class List in Brightspace (opens in a new tab)

How to download your class list as an Excel file.

Reporting & Analytics

Import a Brightspace Package (opens in a new tab)

Importing content from a compatible Brightspace zip file.

Course Administration

Export a Brightspace Package (opens in a new tab)

Exporting a Brightspace course or components of the course may be necessary for some instructors.

Course Administration

Creating Calendar Events in Brightspace (opens in a new tab)

This article overviews how to create calendar events for additional course events.

Course Content Creation

LUMI Idea - Discussions (opens in a new tab)

A brief tutorial walking through the steps to use LUMI Idea inside Brightspace Discussions.

Course Content Creation

How do I view my course from the student view? (opens in a new tab)

Viewing your course as a student

Course Administration

Editing Instructor Profile (opens in a new tab)

The Instructor Profile allows your students to know how to contact you right away when they log in to your course homepage.

Course Administration

Course Tool Availability (opens in a new tab)

Turning on and off course tools.

Course Administration

LUMI Idea - Assignments (opens in a new tab)

A brief tutorial walking through the steps to use LUMI Idea inside Brightspace Assignments.

Course Content Creation

Custom Course Banners for Brightspace (opens in a new tab)

A tutorial walking through the steps of customizing and uploading a banner image for a Brightspace course.

Course Content Creation

Copying content from one semester to another without publisher content. (opens in a new tab)

Publisher content should not be copied from semester to semester, you should be linking to a new area on the publisher site. This article walks you through copying everything except that linked content.

Course Content Creation

Restoring A Deleted Assignment (opens in a new tab)

A brief tutorial walking instructors through the steps to restore a deleted assignment inside Brightspace.

Troubleshooting & Known Issues

Manual Grade Entry on Non-Submitted Assignments (opens in a new tab)

How to create a grade item manually.

Grading & Assessment

Class Progress Tool (opens in a new tab)

The Class Progress tool tracks your learners' overall progress as a course and individually.

Reporting & Analytics

Attendance in Brightspace (opens in a new tab)

How to set up and record attendance in Brightspace.

Course Administration

Accomodations on Assignments in Brightspace (opens in a new tab)

How to set up extended date and time accommodations for assignments.

Accessibility & Remediation

Assignment Visibility (opens in a new tab)

A brief tutorial walking through the steps for hiding an assignment from users inside Brightspace.

Course Administration

Extra Credit on an Assignment (opens in a new tab)

This article overviews how to create an extra credit assignment and modifying the gradebook to reflect the extra points.

Grading & Assessment

Making a Course Inactive (Unavailable to Students) (opens in a new tab)

A brief tutorial walking through the steps to make a course inactive (unavailable to students).

Course Administration

Release Conditions for an Assignment (opens in a new tab)

This article overviews how to establish conditions a student must meet before they can access an assignment.

Course Administration

Brightspace Course Announcements (opens in a new tab)

Creating, Editing, Deleting, and Dismissing Announcements.

Communication & Notifications

Creating an Assignment (opens in a new tab)

The Assignments feature in Brightspace enables you to create a space for learners to submit their work as files, text, video, etc. while providing instructors with a convenient way to score and provide feedback to learners.

Course Content Creation

Add an Existing Assignment to a Module (opens in a new tab)

Adding an assignment to a module.

Course Content Creation

Groups: Grading Group Assignments (opens in a new tab)

A brief tutorial that goes through the necessary steps to grade a group assignment.

Grading & Assessment

Discussion Visibility (opens in a new tab)

A brief tutorial walking through the steps for hiding a discussion from learners inside Brightspace.

Course Administration

Groups: Creating A Group (opens in a new tab)

How to build groups in Brightspace.

Course Administration

Setting Dates on Discussions (opens in a new tab)

Discussions can easily have start dates and End dates added to them, but setting a due date takes a few more steps. This tutorial goes over adding start dates and end dates to a discussion topic as well as adding a due date to a discussion.

Course Administration

Respondus Lockdown Browser Student Instructions (opens in a new tab)

LockDown Browser is a locked browser for use with quizzes in Brightspace. It prevents you from printing, copying, going to another URL, or accessing other applications during an assessment. If a Brightspace quiz requires that LockDown Browser be used, you will not be able to take the quiz with a standard web browser. LockDown Browser should only be used for taking Brightspace quizzes. It should not be used in other areas of Brightspace.

Course Administration

Turnitin Plagiarism Tool: AI Writing Detection (opens in a new tab)

A brief tutorial walking through the steps to review Turnitin's AI writing detection results.

Grading & Assessment

Turnitin Plagiarism Tool: Quick Submit (Replaces SafeAssign) (opens in a new tab)

Quick Submit through Turnitin is for Instructors that who would like to check single submissions for plagiarism and get an Originality Report in electronic format that DO NOT have Turnitin enabled for their assignment. Turnitin in Brightspace replaces SafeAssign in Blackboard. This article guides you through the steps to submit OUTSIDE of Brightspace.

Grading & Assessment

Creating Private Journals (opens in a new tab)

Instructors can use the Brightspace Discussions tool for one-on-one, private journaling and blogs between instructor and individual student. In order to set up a Discussion for this, you'll need to create single-user groups for student each. Then you will create a discussion for those single-user groups. The groups tool automates this process.

Course Content Creation

Groups: Creating Group Assignments (opens in a new tab)

A brief tutorial walking through how to create a group assignment.

Course Content Creation

Restoring A Deleted Discussion (opens in a new tab)

A brief tutorial walking instructors through the steps to restore a deleted discussion in Brightspace.

Troubleshooting & Known Issues

Using a Rubric with Discussions (opens in a new tab)

How to attach a rubric to a discussion.

Grading & Assessment

Respondus LockDown Browser in Brightspace (opens in a new tab)

Respondus LockDown Browser® is a web browser that increases the security of online testing in the D2L Brightspace Learning Environment. When students are required to use Respondus LockDown Browser to access a quiz, they are unable to print, copy, go to another web site, or access other applications. Students can be locked into a quiz until it is submitted for grading. Setup is done through courses in D2L Brightspace.

Course Administration

Turnitin Plagiarism Tool: Enable Turnitin on an Assignment (opens in a new tab)

Turnitin matches the text within an assignment by comparing a student's submission against an archive of internet documents, internet data, a repository of previously submitted papers, and subscription repository of periodicals, journals, and publications.

Course Content Creation Grading & Assessment

Quick Eval (opens in a new tab)

Detailed article explaining the Quick Eval tool.

Grading & Assessment

Create and Grade Discussions (opens in a new tab)

A tutorial for instructors on creating and grading discussions in Brightspace.

Grading & Assessment Course Content Creation

Updating/Creating a Grade Scheme (opens in a new tab)

How to create a custom grade scheme in Brightspace.

Grading & Assessment

Release Final Grades (opens in a new tab)

How to release final grades in Brightspace

Grading & Assessment

Gradebook Overview: Getting Things Set Up (opens in a new tab)

A video walking through the basics of the gradebook set-up process and links to tutorials for more specific gradebook questions.

Grading & Assessment Training & Professional Development

Manually Release Final Grades (opens in a new tab)

In order for the students to see their grades in Brightspace, you'll need to automatically or manually release final grades. This process walks you through manually releasing final grades.

Grading & Assessment

Rubrics: Attach a Rubric to a Discussion (opens in a new tab)

A brief tutorial walking through the steps of attaching a rubric to a discussion in Brightspace.

Grading & Assessment

Rubrics: Copy a Rubric (opens in a new tab)

A brief tutorial walking through the steps to copy a rubric inside Brightspace.

Grading & Assessment

Grade Systems Explained (opens in a new tab)

Explaining the differences between the weighted, the points, and the formula grading systems in Brightspace.

Grading & Assessment

Grading Tools in Brightspace (opens in a new tab)

Brightspace offers built-in Annotations Tools in Assignment to assess submission with inline feedback with free hand drawing, highlighting, text and note annotation. This allows you to assess submissions directly in Assignments, without using external tools like Turnitin.

Grading & Assessment

Rubrics in Brightspace (opens in a new tab)

How to create a rubric in Brightspace.

Grading & Assessment

Rubrics: Attach a Rubric to an Assignment (opens in a new tab)

How to attach a rubric to an assignment in Brightspace.

Grading & Assessment

Dropping The Lowest Grade (opens in a new tab)

How to drop the lowest grade.

Grading & Assessment

Exclude an Item from the Final Grade Calculation (opens in a new tab)

How to remove a grade category or item from the final grade calculation, in Brightspace.

Grading & Assessment

Grade Categories for a Weighted Grade System (opens in a new tab)

How to create grade categories for a weighted grade system in Brightspace

Grading & Assessment

Grade System Selection (opens in a new tab)

How to set your preferred grading system in Brightspace. Choose from weighted, points or a formula based systems.

Grading & Assessment

Grade Items (Columns) and Categories: Hide / Show (opens in a new tab)

How to hide and show columns in the grade book.

Grading & Assessment

Grade Items (Columns) and Categories: Creating (opens in a new tab)

How to create grade categories and items in the grade book in Brightspace.

Grading & Assessment

Date Restrictions (opens in a new tab)

How to set date restrictions on grade items.

Grading & Assessment

Grade Items (Columns) and Categories: Deleting (opens in a new tab)

How to delete grade items and grade categories in the Brightspace grade book.

Grading & Assessment

Extra Credit (opens in a new tab)

How to allow extra credit points in Brightspace.

Grading & Assessment

Entering Grades (opens in a new tab)

How to enter grades into the grade book.

Grading & Assessment

Grade Exemptions (opens in a new tab)

A brief tutorial walking through the steps to exempt a student from a grade book item.

Grading & Assessment

Grade Items (Columns) and Categories: Reorder (opens in a new tab)

How to reorder grade items.

Grading & Assessment

Attach a Quiz to a Grade Item (Column) (opens in a new tab)

How to attach a quiz to a grade item in Brightspace.

Grading & Assessment

Attendance in the Brightspace Gradebook (opens in a new tab)

A brief tutorial explaining the steps to set up a column in your gradebook to record attendance and how to enter attendance grades. This tutorial also links to the Brightspace tutorial on how to use the attendance tool.

Grading & Assessment

Ally - Brightspace Accessibility Tool (opens in a new tab)

Ally Basics for faculty Brightspace

Accessibility & Remediation

Ally - Checking Content for Accessibility in Brightspace (opens in a new tab)

This article includes information on use of the accessibility checker, headers, alt text, lists, links, and tables.

Accessibility & Remediation

Extra time on Assignments (opens in a new tab)

This article overviews how to setup extended date and time accommodations for assignments.

Accessibility & Remediation

Extra time on a Quiz or Alternative Dates (opens in a new tab)

Overview of how to grant students extra time on a quiz in Brightspace.

Accessibility & Remediation

Attach a Discussion Topic to a Grade Item (Column) (opens in a new tab)

How to attach a discussion topic to a grade item in the Brightspace grade book.

Grading & Assessment

Attach an Assignment to a Grade Item (Column) (opens in a new tab)

How to attach an assignment to a grade item in the Brightspace grade book.

Grading & Assessment

View User Accommodations (opens in a new tab)

This article includes information on confirming your accommodations are set up correctly.

Accessibility & Remediation

Accommodations in Brightspace for the Semester (opens in a new tab)

This article overviews how to setup time accommodations for students on all quizzes.

Accessibility & Remediation

ReadSpeaker for Brightspace (opens in a new tab)

A brief introduction to the ReadSpeaker tool and how to use it inside Brightspace.

Accessibility & Remediation

Ally - Document Remediation (opens in a new tab)

How to remediate documents to ensure accessibility inside Brightspace.

Accessibility & Remediation

Test/Quiz Question Generator for Brightspace (opens in a new tab)

This tool was developed to help you create quizzes for Brightspace. It allows you to type up the quiz offline in a program like Word or Notepad and not have to go through the trouble of making long quizzes via the Brightspace web interface.

Course Content Creation

Deleting A Quiz Attempt in Brightspace (opens in a new tab)

A brief tutorial walking through the steps to delete a students quiz attempt in Brightspace.

Grading & Assessment Troubleshooting & Known Issues

Preview a Quiz in Brightspace (opens in a new tab)

How to preview a quiz in Brightspace.

Course Content Creation

Quizzes (opens in a new tab)

Creating quizzes in Brightspace.

Course Content Creation

Manually Publish Exam/Quiz Results (opens in a new tab)

This article assists you if you would like to manually publish exam/quiz results upon completion if not automatically published.

Grading & Assessment

Allow Students to Retake Incorrect Questions on a Quiz in Brightspace (opens in a new tab)

How to allow students to retake Incorrect questions on quiz.

Grading & Assessment Course Content Creation

Special Access : Quizzes (opens in a new tab)

A brief tutorial walking through the steps to give special access to a quiz, to one or more students.

Accessibility & Remediation Course Administration

Uploading Questions to a Quiz in Brightspace (opens in a new tab)

Instructions on how to upload your questions from the Quiz Generator to the Brightspace Question Library.

Course Content Creation

Quiz Visibility (opens in a new tab)

A brief tutorial walking through the steps to hide a quiz from learners inside Brightspace.

Course Administration

Restoring A Deleted Quiz (opens in a new tab)

A brief tutorial walking instructors through the steps to restore a deleted quiz in Brightspace.

Troubleshooting & Known Issues

LUMI Question - Quizzes (opens in a new tab)

A brief tutorial walking through the steps to use LUMI AI Question inside Brightspace.

Dual Display Classroom Training Video (opens in a new tab)

Training video for using dual display classrooms on campus

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