Online Course Design Essentials: A support resource

A basic checklist   Please find linked a document titled, Online Course Design Essentials. The Office of Online Learning synthesized practices from the instructional design community to create a quick, one-page reference guide for faculty as they begin to consider teaching summer and, potentially, fall courses online.   This checklist contains basic building blocks and does not serve as a comprehensive approach to […]

Get a Head Start on Building Your Course

Online Essentials Starter Pack: Build courses using a pre-designed template   The Office of Online Learning has created a “Starter Pack for Building Your D2L Course.” The Starter Pack is available to help faculty begin building a new course site in D2L Brightspace. It contains an initial course framework with placeholders, examples, and editable templates. It is not intended to be a full course, but […]

Start of Semester Tasks

Instructors: Your D2L Brightspace shells for summer 2020 have been created. If you do not see your course or need course merged, please email support@mnstate.edu.  For helpful tips on preparing for the new term, please refer to the following links”  Start of Semester Tasks  Getting Started in D2L Brightspace  Online Courses: Started Well  If you have questions, please contact the Office of Online Learning […]

D2L Brightspace course shells for summer 2020 have been created

Instructors: Your D2L Brightspace shells for summer 2020 have been created. If you do not see your course or need a course merged, please email support@mnstate.edu.  For helpful tips on preparing for the new term, please refer to the following links: Start of Semester Tasks  Getting Started in D2L Brightspace  Online Courses: Started Well  If you have questions, please contact the Office of Online […]

End of semester tasks

As finals begin and faculty start entering final grades for spring 2020, please refer to the following checklist for end of semester tasks for your courses in D2L Brightspace.  Release Final Grades to Your Students  You have the option to either enter grades manually or pull grades from your course in D2L Brightspace directly into ISRS.  Refer to the “End of Semester Tasks” tutorial […]