At the beginning of each semester, and at midterm are important times to verify your class list in D2L Brightspace and SSC Self-Service. Not sure how? Check out this step-by-step video.
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Pairing your McGraw Hill Connect materials with D2L Brightspace provides a seamless experience for students. With a few clicks, you are able to integrate your grade books and assignments like a pro.
Important Note: before pairing, check which internet browser you are using. It is recommended to use Chrome or Firefox and avoid Safari (which sometimes blocks the pairing process).
D2L Brightspace Pairing (Sync) Process (website – step-by-step guide)
D2L BrightSpace Pairing Process (Video Only)
Access to Instructor Resources through Connect (PDF)
Virtual Video Training Session – December 1, 2020
Resources for Students
Below are links to videos and documents that walk students through registering for Connect via D2L BrightSpace. These student instructions are slightly different if you have an Inclusive Access course.
Steps for Students (Video)
Steps for Students (PDF)
McGraw Hill Student Registration (Website)
Technical Support
If you would like to schedule a 1 on 1 session to pair Connect with D2L with a McGraw Hill representative click here.
You can find other resources and support tools at our Support at Every Step Website: https://www.mheducation.com/highered/support.html
Tech Support: 800-331-5094
What is Quality Matters?
Quality Matters (QM), is an internationally recognized, standards-based program, which offers faculty quality assurance in online and hybrid course design with a focus on continuous improvement.
The Quality Matters program is rubric-based. The 43 standards are specific to higher education, backed by research, and are nationally recognized as a means to improve course design.
South Suburban College has a paid membership with Quality Matters.
Membership includes various resources, research and professional development opportunities.
How other Institutions Use Quality Matters?
Numerous national and local institutions use Quality Matters as a measure for quality courses. See Chicagoland institutions using Quality Matters.
Official course reviews can be completed in two ways:
External:
- For a fee, the institution pays Quality Matters to review each course independently.
- 3 certified QM peer reviewers from other institutions review each course with a turnaround time of 3-6 weeks per course.
Internal:
- The institution pays for QM peer review certified training for SSC faculty and/or staff.
- These internal certified QM peer reviewers review courses for quality.
Course (and complete programs) that are Quality Matters certified are listed on the QM website. Institutions can promote these courses as well to demonstrate to their commitment to high quality courses.
How can we leverage SSC’s Quality Matters membership?
- Create your Quality Matters faculty account. Visit Quality Matters.
- Select Higher Education Tab.
- Sign up for free training webinars or professional development sessions.
- Self-enroll in the free, self-pace course “Elements of Quality Matters“.
- Remember to send your certification of completion to: ssconline@ssc.edu.
Self-evaluate your own course using SSC’s QM Light checklist.
- SSC QM Light Checklist – (SSC login is required).
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Cambie su idioma predeterminado en D2L Brightspace
All Inclusive Access and Cengage Unlimited materials are always released in D2L Brightspace to the instructor one week before the start of the class. This is always done on a Sunday.
For more information please contact the SSC Bookstore.
Have you ever wanted to re-share a discussion post with a student or follow up on a discussion point with your instructor? Discussion tags or @Mentions make this easy! Watch this video to learn more.
Add your pronouns to D2L Brightspace
- Click you Profile Image or Name in the upper right corner.
- Click Account Settings from the Personal Menu.
- Check the box next to Allow others to see my pronouns.
- Select Use different pronouns.
- Enter your personal pronouns in the text box.
- Click Save and Close.
Where will the pronouns display?
For Instructors:
- Classlist
- Discussion Topic
- Assignment Evaluation
- Discussions Evaluation
Students will see pronouns in:
- Classlist
- Discussion Topic
Updated: January 15, 2025
Got questions? This page is full of resources to the questions folks are asking most frequently about 2025SP. Don’t forget to check for additional resources at https://tl.ssc.edu/ or email ssconline@ssc.edu for additional assistance.
Things You Need to Know Before the Semester Begins
Setting Up Multi-Factor Authentication
Getting Stated with Office 365
Best Practices for Basic D2L Content
Getting Started with Simple Syllabus
Submitting Grade Data to Ellucian Colleague through D2L Brightspace
D2L Subscription Training / Brightspace Community
Getting Started with Simulcast/Dual Delivery and/or Lecture Capture
Scheduling a Meeting and Launching Bongo
Hiding Cross-listed Sections in D2L
Using Groups and Restrictions to Assign Quizzes or Other Activities
Getting Started with the Promethean Titanium ActivPanel
Getting Started with the Epson Brightlink Projector
Outcomes Assessment – Rubrics at SSC – General Education and Course Level
Great news! You do not need to recreate your course content every semester. It is easy to roll it over from a previous term.
- In D2L, enter your current course.
- Go to Course Tools (or More) →Course Admin →Import/Export/Copy Components.
- Choose “Copy Components from another Org Unit” and select “Search for offering”.
- Type in your course ID you want to copy “from” (for example: BIO) and Search.
- From the search list choose the course you want to copy “from”, then select “Add Selected”
- At the bottom of the screen, you have two options: Copy All Components (entire course) or Select Component (perhaps you just want to copy a few quizzes).
Please note Announcements copy over verbatim from course shell to course shell. So it is possible for your announcements to have dated information which can cause confusion for the learner.
To alleviate this issue, when choosing the ‘Select Components’ option as shown above, simply uncheck the box next to Announcements. This will ensure that old course announcements will not be copied to the new course shell. Shown below:
