This section covers the following communication tools within D2L Brightspace:
- Google Meet
- announcements
- activity feed
- discussions
Feel free to work through the workshop content in order of topic or jump around. The online format allows you to take control of the content found here. You are encouraged to have your D2L site open in another window, so you can experiment, as you learn.
Send an Email in D2L
In this video, you will learn how to send your students an email directly in D2L.
Post Google Meet Link
In this video, you will learn how to add a Google Meet link to your course.
Announcements are a quick and easy way to broadcast messages to your students in a timely fashion. The announcement tool can enhance student accountability because they will always know what is expected of them for upcoming classes through an announcement.
Announcements - Create an Announcement
In this video, you will learn how to create an announcement.
Announcements - Delete and Restore Announcements
In this video, you will learn to:
- delete an announcement
- restore a deleted announcement
Teaching Tips - Make Regular Announcements
This video provides suggestions for making regular announcements to increase communication with your students.
By default, students won't be emailed when a new announcement is added to your course. Students will need to adjust their notification settings and opt-in to receive emails for announcements. Share the video below with your students to show them how to change these settings.
Notification Settings (for students)
You can post discussion boards for your you and your students to participate in asynchronous typed discussions. These discussion boards can be easily graded where you can filter the posts or replies from one specific student and give them a grade and even private feedback regarding that discussion.
Create, Post and Assess a Discussion Board
In this video, you will learn the difference between discussion boards in D2L and Blackboard.
Discussions - Discussion Statistics
In this video, you will learn how to use discussion statistics.
Discussion - Moderate Discussions
In this video, you will learn how to approve and remove responses by moderating a discussion.
Discussions - Restricting Access in Discussions
In this video, you will learn how to restrict student access in Discussions using release conditions.
Discussions - Lock a Forum
In this video, you will learn how to prevent the creation or modification of posts by locking a discussion forum.
Discussions - Subscription Options
In this video, you will learn how to set subscription options to remain up-to-date on forums, topics, or threads.
Grades - Grade a Discussion in your Grade Book
In this video, you will learn how to reference the context of a discussion post and then assign a grade in grade book.
Schedule office hours in Google Calendar and link to them in D2L
In this video you will learn how to set appointment slots in Google Calendar and then create a link to them in D2L.