Which tools and features are available within Millersville's D2L system? Which tools and features are not?

D2L, Inc. bundle their products into one base package—Brightspace Core—and two add-on packages—Engagement Plus and Performance Plus—that enhance and extend it. PASSHE license both Brightspace Core and Performance Plus, and at Millersville we have most of included tools and features enabled and available. The few exceptions mostly target either K-12 or corporate environments.

If you take advantage of documentation and help materials produced by D2L, Inc., you may run across mention of unfamiliar tools or features. Please refer to the lists below to determine whether those tools and features are available at Millersville University.

Available Tools and Features

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z

A

B

C

  • Competencies
  • Content
  • Course Builder
  • Course Overview Widget
  • Coursetune (3rd party tool)

D

E

  • Edfinity (3rd party tool)
  • Email

F

  • FlatWorld (3rd party tool)
  • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

G

  • Gale (3rd party tool)
  • GeoGebra (3rd party tool)
  • Glossary
  • GoReact (3rd party tool)
  • Grades
  • Groups

H

I

  • Import, Export, Copy Components
  • Infosec Learning Virtual Labs (3rd party tool, only available to CSCI courses)
  • Insert Stuff
  • Insights (previously Analytics)
  • Intelligent Agents

L

  • Links
  • Locations (with limitations)
  • Locker

M

N

O

  • Office 365 Widget
  • OpenStax Assignable (3rd party tool)
  • Oxford Learning Link (3rd party tool)

P

Q

R

S

T

  • Templates
  • ThinkingStorm Online Tutoring (3rd party tool)
  • Turnitin Feedback Studio (3rd party tool)

U

  • User Progress

V

  • Video Note

W

Y

  • YouSeeU Video Assignments (Freemium) (3rd party tool)
  • YuJa Panorama (3rd party tool)

Z

  • Zoom (3rd party tool)
  • zyBooks (3rd party tool)


Unavailable Tools and Features

  • Awards

    Awards must be defined university-wide; therefore, awards should be established by an appropriate academic committee.

  • Course Design Accelerator

     The course design accelerator is not supportive of the way courses are created at Millersville University.

  • Getting Started Widget

     The getting started widget is a launcher for the course design accelerator which is also disabled.

  • Impersonate

    Impersonation disrupts user progress information as well as access and activity logs.

  • Instant Messages (previously: Pager)

    Computers and mobile devices are rich with purpose-built instant messaging options. Those include Teams and Zoom chat, both provided and supported by Millersville University.



  • Instructional Design Wizard

    The instructional design wizard is not supportive of the way courses are created at Millersville University. 

  • Navigation bar (navbar) customization

    By having just one navigation bar across all courses, we provide our students with consistent navigation across all their courses 

  • Bongo Virtual Classroom (Freemium level)

    PASSHE have contracted with Zoom for synchronous online meeting services. In addition we have licensed Microsoft Teams.

  • ePortfolio

    D2L ended development of ePortfolio. Portfolio is their replacement tool and is available.

Brightspace Products not Licensed by Millersville University

  • Brightspace Learning Repository
  • Capture App (component of Creator+)
  • Creator+ (previously known as Engagement Plus)
  • Course Catalog
  • Course Publisher
  • H5P (component of Creator+)
  • Manager Dashboard
  • Student Success System
  • Bongo Video Assignments, Premium level
  • Bongo Virtual Classroom, Premium level


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