D2L, Brightspace, LMS software for online learning and teaching

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Panorama (formarly Blackboard Ally)

Used to make course content more accessible and more inclusive

LockDown Browser

LockDown Browser prevents cheating during online exams

Articles (77)

Pinned Article D2L - Logging Into or Accessing D2L, Setup D2L Access

D2L - Login or How to log into D2L. Setup D2L.

Pinned Article Using D2L as a Student

Video on how to use D2L which most classes use as a learning management system.

Access D2L Course Mail and Manage Mail Settings

How do you access course mail? How can you manage mail settings?

Accessing a D2L Course

How do I access a specific course in D2L?

Accessing Content Area on D2L

What is the Content area in D2L?

Accessing D2L Question Library

How do you access the D2L Question Library

Accessing my Grade Settings in D2L

How do I access my grade settings in D2L?

Adding Attachments in D2L Discussion Posts

How to add attachments to a D2L discussion post

ALEKS Respondus Lockdown Testing is not working with Chromebook

Work around whilee ALEKS is still working towards a resolution

Being Dropped From Class

What to do if you receive an email about being dropped from a course for not accessing it via Desire2Learn

Cannot Access D2L Course Assignments

D2L course content may not be accessible if it is past due or hasn't started.

Cannot Play Panopto Video in D2L

How to play Panopto videos in D2L

Cannot Start New or Reply to D2L Discussion

Instructors are able to set start and end dates on discussion topics, the Start New Thread option then will not be shown.

Cannot Upload a file to D2L

D2L dropbox will not allow special characters in the filename.

Changing settings in D2L

How do I change settings and preferences in D2L?

Class is No Longer Showing in D2L

What to do when your class has been dropped

Converting Mac Pages to Word or PDF

How to save Apple's Pages files for D2L's dropbox

Course Schedule in D2L

What is the Course Schedule tab on D2L?

D2L An Error Occurred on the Server when Processing the URL

How to report "An error occurred on the server when processing the URL"

D2L Authentication error

Reporting unable to log into D2L

D2L Courses are Missing

Previously accessed courses are now missing in D2L.

D2L Discussion Threads Only Loading One Page

Loading D2L discussion posts that have more than one page

D2L Email

D2L Email will only receive emails sent from D2L.

D2L Email address is Incorrect

D2L email is set based on your Primary Campus

D2L Mailbox Full

What to do when D2L storage space in full and is not allowing email traffic.

D2L Navigation Bar

What is the D2L Navigation Bar?

D2L Question Library

What is the Question Library in D2L

Document Not Submitting to TurnItIn in D2L

Resubmit documents to TurnItIn after error

Dropped Course Still Shown in D2L

How long will a dropped class be shown in D2L

Editing Folders in D2L

How do you edit folders in D2L

Emailing student from your classlist in D2L

How do you email a student from your classlist in D2L?

End Of Support For Legacy Edge And Brightspace

The banner announcement about Edge is due to Microsoft Edge Legacy reaching its End of Life in March 2021.

Error Accessing Email D2L

Error Not authorized received when trying to access D2L email.

Error Changing Profile in D2L

Remove the entry in the homepage field in your D2L profile

Error Viewing Course Materials

How to get authorization to view courses in D2L

Internal Error Using D2L

When you receive an Internal Error while using D2L

Missing Reply To Thread Button in D2L

Contact the Service Desk for assistance with D2L

Missing Start Quiz Link in D2L

Troubleshooting missing start quiz button on D2L exam

My Home page on D2L

What is My Home page on D2L?

My Home Widgets in D2L

What are my Home Widgets in D2L?

Name Change for D2L

How to update Preferred name in D2L

No Formatting In D2L Discussion Posts

Reenable the Rich Text Editor in D2L settings

Pinning course to D2L Homepage

Steps to add a course to your D2L homepage.

Quiz Grade Not Showing for Students in D2L

Troubleshooting a grade not being applied to a quiz or exam in D2L

Randomized quiz with question pool

How do you create a randomized quiz using the question pool?

Read or unread D2L dropbox

How do you mark a D2L dropbox assignment read?

ReadSpeaker for D2L: docReader

What is docReader in ReadSpeaker?
Can I disable docReader?
Where is docReader located

ReadSpeaker for D2L: TextAid

What is ReadSpeaker TextAid?
What features does ReadSpeaker TextAid have?

ReadSpeaker for D2L: webReader

What is webReader for ReadSpeaker?
Can I disable webReader?
What are features of webReader?

Receiving Notifications From D2L

How to turn off notifications for D2L

Receiving Page Not Found Error when Playing Video in D2L

How to fix a link in D2L that is pointing to a previous course's materials

Receiving This Site Can't be Reached Error Accessing Video in D2L - Media02

Reporting an issue with accessing Videos hosted on Media02 Server in Desire2Lean (D2L)

Removing Course from D2L Homepage

How to remove courses from the D2L homepage

Replying to a D2L discussion

How do you reply to a discussion thread on D2L?

Reporting D2L Top Banner or Branding Changed

Reporting an issue with the D2L branding or banner being incorrect

Requesting Extended Access to Course in D2L

How to get access to an old class in D2L

Restoring a deleted Discussion Forum or Topic

How do you restore a deleted discussion forum or topic?

Settings in D2L

What are my default settings in D2L?

Sorting Classlist in D2L

How can I sort my classlist in D2L?

Student viewing D2L Attendance log or Progress Summary

Can the students view a log of attendance to a D2L course?

Students Viewing Originality Check and Feedback Studio from TurnItIn on D2L

How do students view their feedback and originality check from TurnItIn on D2L?

Submit your writing to Online Writing Center in D2L and get feedback

How to Submit your writing to the Writing Center in D2L and get feedback

Submitting D2L Dropbox Files As a Student

How do you submit Dropbox files as a student

Subscribing to a discussion thread

How do you subscribe to a discussion thread?

Trying to Delete Submission in D2L

Information on deleting assignment submissions within Desire2Learn

Turnitin Errors in D2L

How to report issues with Turnitin and error We can't find a valid email address for you.

Unable to Open Link in D2L, Blank White Page Loads

How to enable Cross-Site tracking to prevent issues clicking on links in D2L.

Unable to See Course in D2L

Information on courses not appearing in Desire2Learn

Unable to Send Email to Student Classlist in Desire2Learn (D2L)

Resolving issue for error The email addresses of users could not be added.  Additional permissions are required to be able to send emails to these users.  Please contact your system administrator for access.

Upload a file to D2L DropBox

How to upload a file to DropBox

USD Getting Started widget on D2L

What is the USD Getting Started widget in D2L?

YuJa Admin Account Appearing in Desire2Learn Classlist

Questions about Yuja Admin Account appearing in a D2L course