Accessing Brightpsace Community Resources

Please Note: If you are reading this article because you need to be granted a Community within a Brightspace Site, you can find more information about that here: https://missouristate.teamdynamix.com/TDClient/1931/Portal/KB/ArticleDet?ID=148083

Brightspace Community is a site that features information, tutorials, updates, and other resources. You can access Brightspace Community at https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/.

 

Creating an Account

You don't need a Brightspace Community account in order to access many of its resources. However, if you are interested in accessing certain features, such as contributing to discussion posts or voting in the Product Idea Exchange, you will need to create an account.

Please Note: As a student or faculty, you likely already have a Brightspace account. This is separate from a Brightspace Community account.

To create a Brightspace Community account:

  1. Visit the Brightspace Community site at https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/.
  2. Click Sign In in the top right corner.
  3. Click Sign Up Now.

Brightspace Community Account Sign In

  1. Input the required information. Although this account is separate from your university Brightspace account, you should still use your school email so sign up for this account.
Please Note: To create an account you must verify your email. After you input your email, click Send Verification Code, then check your email inbox. You should receive an email from Brightspace with the verification code which you will be prompted to input.
  1. Click Create.

 

Brightspace D2L Knowledge Base

One of the most useful parts of the Brightspace Community is the platform’s Knowledge Base. While Missouri State has several articles in our own Knowledge Base system, this is still a helpful resource.

Please Note: Brightspace Community features information on aspects of Brightspace that may not be utilized by Missouri State University’s. If you find a tool that doesn’t seem to be available on your Brightspace page or course, it may not be enabled within the institution’s Brightspace.

To access the Brightspace Knowledge Base:

  1. Visit the Brightspace Community site at https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/.
  2. Under Select Your Place of Teaching and Learning select Higher Ed / Postsecondary.

Brightspace Select Place With Higher Ed Highlighted

  1. Under Documentation select the option that applies to you, whether it be Admins, Learners, or Instructors.

Brightspace Documentation Types

Here you can look through the available help documentation or you can search the Knowledge Base for specific problems using the search bar.

Brightspace Knowledge Base with Search bar Highlighted

 

Tutorial Video Access

Brightspace Community also features a series of videos for both students and faculty. To access them:

  1. Visit the Brightspace Community site at https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/.
  2. Hover over Documentation in the navigation bar at the top of the page.
  3. Click the option that applies to you, whether it be Admin Video Tutorials, Instructor Video Tutorials, or Learner Video Tutorials.

Brightspace Documentation Dropdown with Videos Highlighted

  1. Locate the video which applies to your situation.

 

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