2.1. D2L (Desire 2 Learn)

Course & Instructional Support → Teaching Technologies → D2L (Desire 2 Learn)

D2L (Desire 2 Learn) is the university’s selected Learning Management System (LMS). Simply put, D2L is the hub of your class (whether it is an in-person or asynchronous online class). It is a course site that houses announcements, calendars, course documents (syllabus, worksheets, class notes…), but also links out to online homework platforms and other third-party tools that we use in our classes.

The College of Science requires that all courses housed under CoS use D2L, specifically to:

• Post the syllabus/course policies
• Post important due dates in the calendar
• Keep grades updated and calculated so a student can where they stand at any time.

Quicklinks:

• D2L Homepage
• D2L Help Pages
• Request a D2L Course Site or Playspace
• Sample Brightspace Pulse User Guide to edit/give to students
• the University of Arizona Course Maker website, Using Course Maker Templates in D2L zoom recording
• College of Science guidelines for releasing grades in D2L
• D2L User Manual (PDF)