February 16, 2021
To All Members of the 杏吧原创 Community,
Campus-wide access to Brightspace by D2L begins today. You can log in to Brightspace by visiting聽聽and聽using your MC1 credentials.
Brightspace development courses (or “sandboxes”) have automatically been created for all 杏吧原创 instructors.聽Many summer course shells have also been added so that you can begin adding course materials if applicable.
Brightspace聽will replace聽cuLearn聽as 杏吧原创’s Learning Management System (LMS)聽in May 2021. It’s faster and more reliable and it features a clean, modern design with new ways to help students succeed.
As you begin聽exploring Brightspace, please keep the following considerations in mind:
- Most聽cuLearn聽content聽will聽be聽migrated for聽instructors:聽To date, more than three years’ worth of course content has already been聽migrated from聽cuLearn聽into Brightspace. By June 1, five years of content will have been transferred. If you have taught a course using聽cuLearn聽within the past few years, your content will be migrated for you and available for review in Brightspace.
- Instructor support is聽available for聽migrated聽content:聽Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) has created a new聽Brightspace Instructor Support site聽and D2L provides 24/7/365 technical聽support via phone, chat or email.聽TLS staff are also available to help you find solutions to your course needs.聽If you need support, please complete the聽Brightspace course consultation request form.
- cuLearn聽access聽will聽continue聽throughout 2021:聽Instructors, students and staff will be able to access聽data, content and files from聽cuLearn聽throughout聽the summer and聽fall terms聽using the聽regular聽cuLearn聽login portal; however, no new users or courses will be added past聽May 2021.
- Migrated content should be reviewed and may need clean up: Plan to evaluate your migrated content. It may make sense to start fresh or聽to聽bring in selected course elements, rather than reusing and revising your existing content. The聽cuLearn聽(Moodle) to Brightspace Tool Crosswalk can help guide your content review. The crosswalk features聽tool equivalencies, common issues and solutions to migration challenges.
- Training is available:聽TLS is聽hosting聽Brightspace training workshops聽online throughout February and聽beyond to help you get started in the new LMS. You will get a firsthand look at the Brightspace interface, see technical demonstrations, hear about available resources and get answers to your course questions.
If you have any questions about the migration to Brightspace, we encourage you to visit聽our Brightspace Migration page and our FAQ page. Please do not hesitate to reach out to TLS and the implementation team at聽tls@carleton.ca聽for more information.
Sincerely,
Jerry Tomberlin
Provost and Vice-President (Academic)
David J Hornsby
Associate Vice-President (Teaching and Learning)