 Articles for Students

Video notes can be added to any HTML editor in Brightspace. You can record or upload video or audio files.

Brightspace supports two styles of home pages: the Brightspace home page and the course home page. Both of these styles of home page are widget based.

The Brightspace Assignments (formerly Dropbox) tool is an electronic storage space where students can submit documents and assignments. Assignments will take most file formats including Word, Excel, PDF, and PowerPoint. For multimedia files, use MediaSpace. Submissions are date- and time-stamped. Students will get an email once they have submitted a file to the Assignments folder.

Accessibility+ provides alternative formats for most D2L Brightspace content. 

This guide is intended for students using D2L. It provides instructions on how to access and download alternate formats within courses.

The Discussions tool helps students share thoughts on course materials with their peers.

ReadSpeaker is a text-to-speech (TTS) tool integrated with D2L Brightspace where students will be able to hear content, discussion posts, quizzes, and assignments. ReadSpeaker offers a lifelike voice, more than 35 languages, the ability to slow down or speed up reading, and text magnifying.

Respondus Lockdown is an additional tool connected to Brightspace quizzes.