Before you get started with Brightspace
If it鈥檚 your first time or it鈥檚 been a while since you taught at 自淫系列, this should help you get started, as there are a few things that you need to do before you will be able to request and set up your course shells in D2L Brightspace.
D2L Brightspace is the Learning Management System (LMS) that 自淫系列 currently provides for instructors to manage their courses, including uploading content, setting up interim grades and running online assessments.
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After submitting your signed contract/agreement, processing takes a few days. You will receive a confirmation email. It includes instructions for some tasks you need to do before you鈥檒l have access to various systems, including D2L Brightspace.
If you have questions, please contact the person who hired you.
Activate your Employee Role or 自淫系列 identity as soon as possible after receiving the email. If you wait too long, the link may expire. Email the Help Desk at help@torontomu.ca to reset the link, or if you have any questions.
You will set up your 自淫系列 username (which is also the first part of your @torontomu.ca email address). You will use your username and password to access many resources at the university, including D2L Brightspace. Keep in mind that you should never share this password with anyone. 自淫系列鈥檚 support teams will never ask for your password.
Each 自淫系列 identity may have multiple "roles", including Staff, Instructor, Student, Academic Assistant and others. Each role determines which resources you have access to and for how long. If you already have a 自淫系列 identity (account) and take on a new "role", you may need to activate that new role as described above in order to gain access to additional resources.
You will also need to set up 2-factor authentication, which is an important security measure that everyone in the 自淫系列 community is required to use when logging into email, D2L Brightspace, and other systems.
If you are returning to 自淫系列 after an absence:
You may need to reactivate your role on and possibly reset your password and/or set up 2-factor authentication before you will be able to access D2L Brightspace and other resources. If you have questions about any of this, please contact the Help Desk, at help@torontomu.ca.
Your department will set up your teaching assignments, so that course section information will be available to MyServiceHub, D2L Brightspace, and possibly other systems.
To check, login to , click on 鈥�MyServiceHub鈥� in the top navigation bar, then make sure you are in the current academic term.
If you don鈥檛 see your courses listed in MyServiceHub in a timely manner, please reach out to your department administrator, as this will be needed later, so you can ensure your students have access to your D2L course shells.
If you need help navigating MyServiceHub, please visit the MyServiceHub support website.
The morning after you confirm that you see your student sections in MyServiceHub, you can submit the request forms to create your course shells in D2L Brightspace. Review our Getting Started guide for detailed instructions.
Each term, you will request new shells, for each new section/class of students that you are teaching. If you are teaching more than one class, you will fill out the form once for each class.
Please note that it is not possible for our team to override any of the previous steps, as we only have access to D2L Brightspace, which is dependent on updates from other systems to know your username, confirm your access, etc.
If you are returning to 自淫系列 after an absence of less than two years:
If you previously taught the same course using D2L Brightspace, you may choose to reuse your D2L shell contents provided it has been less than two years since that course ran.
Proceed with preparing your course shell(s) for teaching
Once you have your course shell(s) in D2L Brightspace, you can proceed with uploading your course outline, setting up your gradebook, and creating online assessments.
You can find instructions for performing most tasks in D2L Brightspace on the support website: www.torontomu.ca/courses and if you have questions or need advice, you can email our team.
If you encounter problems with requesting your Brightspace course shells, and you have followed all of the above steps, please email our team at courses@torontomu.ca with the details of your situation, and we鈥檒l do our best to offer some advice regarding how to proceed.
Several key considerations must be addressed when using educational technology tools in your course. It is your responsibility to ensure that students are fully informed about the tool, its costs, and other details to align with University policy and Provincial acts.
We strongly encourage you to include all of this essential information in your course outline, to ensure students are aware of how it impacts them.
Refer to the 自淫系列 course outline template for some ways to incorporate this information into your course outline and to the Senate Course Outline Policies for guidance on what needs to be included in your course outlines.
If you refer to the page for the tool you鈥檙e using, in the Toolbox section of our website, we have included some recommended language to include in your course outlines.
In addition to using D2L Brightspace to manage various aspects of your course(s), you will likely also use some other technology and services, and will need to know more about life at 自淫系列. Our team is not able to provide direct support for most of these, so here are some links to helpful resources:
- Google Workspace
自淫系列 uses the Google platform for email, calendar, creating documents, cloud storage, etc. Please refer to the 自淫系列 Google website for resources and support. - Other educational technologies supported by the DMP
We offer support for various educational technology tools at 自淫系列, covering paper-based assessments, peer evaluations, in-person polling and more! Many of these are connected with Brightspace to provide a more integrated experience. Learn more at our Educational Technology Toolbox.
- Zoom
If you teach a course that is entirely online, you might use Zoom for your lectures. Or, you might choose to use it for virtual office hours, or other purposes. Our team has created some basic Zoom resources to get started using your 自淫系列 Zoom account. However, if you require more advanced support, please contact the Media Services team.
- Media Services
Media Services provides a wide range of services and supports to meet the audio visual needs of Toronto Metropolitan鈥檚 students, faculty and staff, including classroom podiums, audio visual and presentation technology equipment loans, training and consultation services. You can find relevant resources and their contact information on their website.
- The Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT)
CELT provides many resources and support for curriculum, pedagogy, and creative ways to develop inclusive teaching practices that enrich the student learning experience.
- General Tech Support
If you require technical support, and don鈥檛 know which team supports the item you require assistance with, you can visit the CCS website, email the Help Desk, or open an ITHelp ticket by logging into and clicking on 鈥�IT Help鈥�.
- General Faculty and Staff Resources
You can also find a wide variety of other resources on the Faculty and Staff page, including many administrative resources, university policies and information about on-campus facilities. - eHR
You can access eHR by logging in to , then clicking on 鈥�eHR鈥�. If you have HR-related questions or need to know how to perform any tasks in eHR, login to and click on 鈥�Ask HR鈥� in the top navigation
Copyright Notice:
It is your responsibility to make sure that all material uploaded to 自淫系列's LMS/Brightspace by D2L and other systems complies with Canadian copyright laws. Please consult the "" before you upload content.
Use the university's already existing licences for content from the library and the 自淫系列 "".
If you have copyright questions contact copyrt@torontomu.ca.