Explore AI in Education: Join Our Community of Practice

Interested in joining our brand new  AI in Higher Education CoP? We will discuss AI in higher education, share insights on how instructors, staff, students, and admins use AI, and address concerns. Your participation is highly valued! We’re excited to launch our new Community of Practice (CoP) focused on AI in Education. Stay at the forefront of AI’s impact on […]

D2L Gradebook: Tune up/Drop in

Instructors: The gradebook in your D2L Brightspace course can either help students understand your expectations or confuse them. This session will explain some best practices and tips for making your gradebook easier for you and your students to understand. The main tip is to release a cumulative grade to date for students so they can see how they are doing […]

Instructors: Tips for Starting Fall 2023

To help you prepare, we have curated a list of common items instructors do each term to ensure their D2L Brightspace courses are setup for success. If you have questions about any of these items, or need help getting your courses setup as desired please contact the Office of Online Learning by emailing support@mnstate.edu or call 218-477-2603 (option 2). 

Attend an Upcoming Event on Creating Accessible Documents

From students to professionals to friends in our community, digital documents are shared daily via email, on websites, etc. It is important for accessibility to be incorporated into the documents we create. Learn some of the basic but powerful techniques experts use every day to build accessibility into their documents. In partnership with the Maryland Department of Disabilities, join the […]

Pearson integration with D2L Brightspace

What is happening? Pearson was initially setup to use integration specification LTI 1.1 (legacy version), which will not be available starting in the Summer 23 term. Why? The main driver of this is a newer integration built on LTI 1.3 (commonly called LTI Advantage). It provides a more secure integration that aligns with global standards. The Pearson LTI 1.3 integration […]