D2L Brightspace
Toronto Metropolitan University’s Learning Management System (LMS) is Brightspace by D2L.
TMU uses Brightspace to provide online courses, supplemental course materials, work spaces for research, professional development courses and much more. Brightspace includes a collection of tools that facilitate the online delivery of learning materials, quizzes and assignments, communications and grading.
Features
- Content: post your presentations, documents, web links, etc.
- Assessments: assignments, quizzes, assessed discussion boards, gradebook
- Communication: email students, post announcements, discussion boards, groups (for discussions or assignments)
Support
- Instructor Guide
Instructors can also email our team, at courses@torontomu.ca
- Student Guide
Students should contact their instructor for most problems, and the main Help Desk at help@torontomu.ca for technical issues.
Instructions
Getting Started
Instructors
For information on creating your course shell, please visit our Getting Started guides.
- Before you get started with BrightspacePage Description:If you're new to teaching at TMU, there are a few things that need to happen before you can request your D2L Brightspace course shells.
- Getting Started: Teaching with D2L BrightspacePage Description:The first things you should do when preparing to teach using Brightspace at TMU.
- Reusing coursesPage Description:These steps will assist an instructor to get your Toronto Metropolitan University D2L Brightspace course ready for teaching, when copying content from a previous term.
Things to consider
Configurable course content space: instructors can upload different types of content for students to access at any time. The materials uploaded into D2L must be your own intellectual property, or must be copyright checked. The Library can help check copyright and have the materials available as course readings in D2L. See One-Stop Course Readings.
Note: For courses which are delivered completely online or distance education, please contact the Digital Education Strategies at The Chang School.
Update your course outline
Several key considerations must be addressed when using educational technology tools in your course. It is your responsibility to ensure that students are fully informed about the tool, its costs, and other details to align with University policy and Provincial acts.
We strongly encourage you to include all of this essential information in your course outline, to ensure students are aware of how it impacts them.
Refer to the TMU course outline template for some ways to incorporate this information into your course outline and to the Senate Course Outline Policies for guidance on what needs to be included in your course outlines.
Sample course outline content
This course utilizes D2L Brightspace to enhance your course learning experience by centralizing access to course materials, collaborative (Discussions, Groups) and assessed (Assignments, Quizzes) activities, as well as to feedback and Grades.
- Costs: The tool does not result in additional costs to you.
- Other requirements: Some additional technical requirements for its usage include a device and web browser that is compatible with Brightspace.
- Account creation: You are required to have an active TMU account for use of D2L Brightspace.
- Data privacy and usage: This tool has access to your name, student number, TMU email address, and course-related activity (e.g. Assignment submissions, Discussion posts, Quiz attempts), and it is visible to course Instructors, Academic Assistants, Graders, etc. This information will be retained within D2L Brightspace for 2 years after the course expires, in case of potential appeals or FIPPA requests.
- Opt-out options: This tool does not have an opt-out policy, though you may inquire with your instructor regarding alternative assessment options, if available.
For technical support regarding D2L Brightspace, please visit TMU’s D2L Brightspace Student Tutorials.
Students
Most of the time, your instructor is the best person to assist you with problems in your course in Brightspace, because they control all settings for availability, quiz and assignment details, grades, etc..
