You can create directly in the media library, then place video in a course.
Access your Media Library by:
Click on the settings cog wheel at the top right of your D2L homepage:
Find the Media Library option:
Select the Add Assets option, there you can either record video, record audio, or upload a pre-existing video file that will be placed into the Media Library.
Another way to add video is to add a new module in your course or select an already designed module within your course and add a video note.
Click on the desired module and then click on the Upload/Create: Create a file
Inside the text box there is an ‘INSERT STUFF’ icon as shown below. By selecting this icon the menu will show a Video Note selection, click on Video Note.
Please note the video recording in this mode has a 30 minute time limit.
Method 2: Use a Teams Meeting to Record Video
Log in to office.com and go to the Teams app
Go to the Calendar and set up a new meeting:
After you fill out the requirements for the meeting it will show up on your Teams Calendar. Double Click on the meeting and select Join the meeting now.
Share your Screen as you talk through your video recording
1- More
2- Record
3- Share
When you are finished stop recording, then just leave the meeting.
Now it is time to find your recorded video, it is only a few small steps.
Log in to office.com
Find where your apps are listed.
Look for the STREAM APP
Your Teams recording will be in this application, in MP4 format.
Select Download
Go into D2L an upload the video file.
Select the module where you want to upload the video.
Select Upload/Create option and select Video or Audio.
Select Upload and browse to the Teams video file.
NOTE: Make sure you know where your video files or any files for that matter go when you save them on your device. [EX: Downloads folder, pictures folder, etc.]
Method 3: Clipchamp
Clipchamp is an advanced video editing tool that is part of Office.com
Take a look at the Clipchamp web site to learn more about online recording tools.
D2L is a cloud-based learning management system that updates each month with new features and improvements. This page summarizes these monthly improvements to keep instructors up-to-date and provide information to improve course content.
August, 2025
Quizzes
In response to customer feedback, instructors now have a simple way to print an offline quiz that supports all native Brightspace quiz question types, shuffling and randomization options, question pools, multiple versions, and an Answer Key.
From the Manage Quizzes page, click the drop-down besides the quiz name and select Print.
From the Print Quiz page, select formatting, such as including student name, etc, or an Answer Key.
July, 2025
Assignments
When creating an assignments, instructors only had file submission, text submission, on paper submission and observed in person. Now instructors have the option to select file or text submission to provide students options.
Quizzes
Instructors can now reopen a submitted quiz attempt.
April, 2025
Assignments and Discussion – Bulk Feedback
Instructors can now provide bulk feedback to all students who submitted assignments or discussions.
Assignments
Discussions
March, 2025
Quizzes
New questions types were added within quizzes to include:
Arithmetic
Matching
Ordering
Multi Short Answer
Significant Figures
September 2024
Quizzes and Rubrics
Rubrics can now be added to written response questions in Quizzes.
May, 2024
Grading
Feedback files are now available in Grades for Assignments, Quizzes and Discussions.
April, 2024
Discussions
Instructors’ attached files now appear in the Attached Files section for each learner’s discussion evaluation. Learners can view attached file feedback when viewing their evaluated discussion topic.
November, 2023
Announcements
D2L implemented the ability to copy announcements to other courses.
September, 2023
Synchronous Quiz
Instructors can facilitate quizzes where learners take their attempts simultaneously, which is convenient for in-class sessions.
When setting up the D2L Quiz, under Timing and Display, select Time Limits, then Synchronous.
Students will take their quizzes in-class, either in a computer lab or using their laptops. When students begin taking the quiz, they will all receive a pop up message telling them when the quiz will begin.
Virtual Assistant Introduced
A contextual help tool is now integrated into D2L. Students and instructors can ask help questions anywhere in D2L.
August, 2023
Announcements
When an instructor creates an announcement in their D2L course, that they want to stay at the top of their announcement list, there is now an option to “pin it to the top”.
July, 2023
Quizzes
Students:
Students can elect to Hide the Timer when taking a quiz. This may reduce anxiety during quiz taking.
Warning are displayed at certain times to support awareness of time left.
1 minute remaining on quiz.
5 minutes remaining on quiz (only on quizzes with 10 minutes or longer time limit)
Half of the elapsed time (only on quizzes with 20 minutes or longer quiz time limit)
Submission View has been changed to Quiz Results Page. After students submits a quiz, they will see the Quiz Results Page.
The Quiz Results page shows learners the status of their quiz and their score.
Students can now see information about the quiz, while they are taking the quiz.
Quiz Information option on the quiz page to view instructions and other information. This does not leave the quiz.
April, 2023
Discussions
Discussions have been improved to look similar to Assignments and Quizzes.
Example of New Discussion Look and Feel
Quizzes
Previously, when a student accidentally exited a quiz, there was not a dialog or warning.
Students are now shown a context-based confirmation dialog message.
Students now see one of the following:
The Exit Quiz confirmation dialog for quizzes with no time limit, no end date, or a time limit that expires before the end date.The Exit Quiz confirmation dialog for quizzes with a time limit and no end date.The Exit Quiz confirmation dialog for quizzes with an end date, no time limit, or an end date that will arrive before the time limit expires.The Exit Quiz confirmation dialog for quizzes that have an end date in the past.
February, 2023
Quizzes
Instructors can now add quiz availability dates to the Calendar tool in the Availability Dates & Conditions menu in the new quiz creation experience.
Instructors can select the Add availability dates to Calendar checkbox when creating a quiz to add quiz availability dates to their Calendar.
Previously, only the Due Date was automatically added to the D2L Calendar.
Instructor have more options now on how many questions are presented to students; all questions displayed together, 1 question per page, 5 questions per page, 10 questions per page, or add page break after each section of questions.
January, 2023
Equation Editor
The Equation Editor has been improved with better rendering features.
When creating assignments, discussions and quiz questions, within any textbox, instructors can insert equations.
Example of inserting an equation into D2LExample of inserting an equation into D2L
December, 2022
Assignments
Under Available Dates and Restrictions, Instructors can choose what students see of the assignment before submission using the visible with access restriction feature. See it in Action
November, 2022
Media Library Update
The new Media Library (assess is wheel icon next to profile name in D2L) now has a record video/audio option.
Videos uploaded to the Media Library or video/audio recorded by instructors can be used in multiple courses.
An example would be a welcome video recorded by an instructor and easily placed in various courses.
October, 2022
Pulse Mobile App
To help improve the flexibility of push notification, users will be able to choose which push notifications they receive. Previously, it was not possible to limit or control push notifications.
September, 2022
Assignments
Instructors who teach multiple courses can now copy assignments to other courses. To copy assignments, select the down arrow next to the assignment name and select “Copy to Other Courses”.
Quizzes
“No Time Limit” is now a quiz timing option and has become the default time setting (previously default was 120 minutes). If a time limit is desired, instructors must manually select the desired time.
When evaluating student assignments using D2L’s annotation feature, instructor can now use the new undo/redo button. Previously, the only way to remove the annotation was to use the eraser tool.
Media Library Updates
Early updates shown below provide information on the new streaming Media Library.
Under Insert Stuff, the Media Library is now an option. This allows instructors to upload video in multiple places in D2L.
Quizzes
Instructors now have the ability to restore a quiz they may have deleted in error.
Under Quizzes > More Actions > There is now a restore option.
May, 2022
Video/Audio and the New Media Library
Under the advanced editing option on any video uploaded to D2L, there is now an optimize for streaming button.
Pulse Mobile App
Brightspace Pulse users can now use @mention push notifications. Originally, @mentions came through the LMS but were only visible if the user opened Pulse and viewed their Subscriptions tab under Notifications. Now, the new functionality sends a push notification to the user when they are @mentioned.
Updates and subscriptions in the Pulse App are now aligned to show the same items as the Alert Bell in D2L.
April, 2022
Intelligent Agents
The Create Agent page has a new modernized user interface.
Subject line of intelligent agent emails now supports 128 characters.
March, 2022
Announcements
Course announcements now have a copy feature.
New Media Library
A streaming media library is now available for D2L courses. New videos posted to a D2L course will be placed in this streaming media library. Videos previous uploaded to D2L will not be automatically transferred to this new media library, so instructors will have to manually transfer.
Workflow improvements for Media
When creating new video and audio, instructors no longer must wait for the uploaded media file to process. While the media file remains unavailable during processing, instructors can navigate away to work on other tasks. When processing is complete, instructor will be notified.
February, 2022
Content – Print and Download Buttons
The Print and Download buttons are now better positioned when viewing content within a module.
Print and Download
January, 2022
Video/Audio and New Media Library
What improved?
Table of Contents: Instructors can apply meaningful segments to larger videos.
Audio Generated Closed Caption: Instructors can select language, with the ability to edit.
Video Editing: Minor video editing is available – Seek, Mark and Cut.
How to implement?
Within a module in your course, select Upload/Create, then Video and Audio.
Video will take a few minutes to process after uploading.
Select Advance Settings after the video uploads to gain access to these new features.
South Suburban College has an institutional license for Respondus Lockdown Browser. Students should never have to pay any fees associated with Respondus Lockdown Browser.
If using a MyPearson lab course, instructors will have to complete an additional step to avoid students paying a fee. It’s a one-time set up of connecting Respondus Lockdown Browser in D2L to their Pearson MyLab course.
Step 1: Enter your course in D2L
Select Quizzes > LockDown Browser
Select Continue
Under LockDown Browser Resources > Select Other Systems
Select the + icon next to Pearson MyLab
Copy the Pearson MyLab Code (code is unique for each instructor)
Step 2: Go to your Pearson MyLab course
Navigate to course settings > Learning Aids and Test Options
Under LockDown Browser and Proctoring > Check Use Automated Monitor in this course
Select Complete the Respondus Monitor Proctoring license Set up
A fully automated proctoring solution integrated with D2L that uses a student’s webcam to record and analyze student exam sessions.
Overview Video / What is Respondus?
Join Kimberly Marks as she walks us through the process she uses to set up Respondus Monitor and LockDown Browser for her course assessments.
TLC Workshop – April 22, 2021 / Kim Marks shares her experience with Jamie Welling using Respondus Lockdown Browser and Monitor to proctor her exams online.
Respondus is not compatible with tablets (other then iPads), cell phones or Chromebooks. Our web analytics tell us that 50% of our students are accessing our web resources with one of these devices.
Students with screen readers and other web accessibility software will also more than likely have compatibility issues.
Students are required to have a webcam and compatible device for Respondus to work. Workstations have been set up in the computer lab (Fish Bowl) at the South Holland campus and in the Computer Lab at the Oak Forest campus for student use.
Bongo provides much more than an integrated virtual classroom within D2L Brightspace. With video assignments, you can engage students in a whole new form of virtual assessment. Be sure to check out Question & Answer and Interactive Video assignments.
TLC WORKSHOP GETTING STARTED WITH BONGO – MAY 5, 2021
Join Jamie Welling and the team for step-by-step instruction on getting started with Bongo.
FACULTY ROUNDTABLE – APRIL 13, 2020
Learn about Bongo and hear from our panelist Amy Kelley, Michael Wilson, and Steve Vivian along with our host Jamie Welling all who are actively using Bongo.
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Video Overview – We have the premium version so our meeting time has been increased from 60 minutes to 240 minutes.
Bongo is a web-based solution. There is no software to download.
Bongo is completely integrated with D2L, there is no need to create an account with Bongo.
We have the premium version so our meeting time has been increased from 60 minutes to 240 minutes.
When you schedule a Virtual Classroom session it will automatically be added to the student’s calendar.
Virtual Classroom recordings can be added to your course content automatically.
Virtual backgrounds are unfortunately not available in Bongo at this time.
Virtual Classroom and meeting recordings are available to students through the D2L Brightspace Pulse app.
The digital whiteboard can be enlarged.
If you choose automatic recording, the recording will begin automatically at the scheduled meeting time and stop when the meeting ends. You will not be able to start and stop the recording unless you choose the manual mode.
Instructors will be able to access a scheduled meeting 10 minutes before it starts. Students will gain access at the scheduled meeting start time.
The length of time you schedule for a meeting is a hard time and the meeting will end automatically when time is up. You will receive a count down.
Breakout rooms are not recorded.
A video assignment will not appear in the D2L Grade Book until the first assignment is graded. There is no need to manually create the assignment.
Audio from videos isn’t sharable from an external source (YouTube, etc.). Available options are the instructor’s use of an external microphone, posting the link to the course in advance like pre-reading, sharing the video link in the chat at the appropriate time during the class, and allowing students a certain period to view it.
Bongo’s default view is Presentation view. To view more students cameras, you can toggle to Large Gallery view under settings.
