Change the name and look of your shell
There are only a few places in your Brightspace shell where you can customize the interface.
Most of these are easy to see on the homepage of the shell, but some can also be found on the Brightspace homepage, in the "My Courses" widget.
On this page:
The shell name
The Shell Name can be changed in order to make it shorter, include the section number(s) or even the instructor's name.
As this name will be applied to both the Brightspace shell and the corresponding Google Group, the change must now be made using the Self Service "Manage Shells" option.
Note: The course name appears to all users in the course - so be sure to consider whether the name is clear and sensible to all of the users.
The course image & banner
The "Course Image" is the image that represents your course shell on the My Courses section of the D2L Homepage. D2L will randomly assign an image to your course initially, but you can replace it with one from the D2L library, or with one that you upload.
You can also use this course image as a homepage banner, which appears with the course title superimposed on top.
The "Course homepage" is the first page users will see when they enter your Brightspace shell.
Instructors have the option to keep the default homepage, or select an alternate homepage.
Please note that changing the course homepage will not remove content you have added to the Announcements tool.
- In your D2L Brightspace course shell, go to Course Admin in the menu bar at the top of the page.
- Click the Homepages button.
- Click the Active Homepage dropdown menu.
- Select the homepage you wish to enable from the list.
- Click the Apply button.
- Return to the course homepage to view the results.
These are the main homepage options that are available all year round. Note that there may be additional homepages used during exam time.
Note: the orange outlines will not appear in your course - they are meant to identify the various modules in the homepage.
Copyright Notice:
It is your responsibility to make sure that all material uploaded to Toronto Metropolitan University's LMS/Brightspace by D2L and other systems complies with Canadian copyright laws. Please consult the "Do-it-Yourself Copyright Checking workflow (opens in new window) " before you upload content.
Use the university's already existing licences for content from the library and the Toronto Metropolitan University "Fair Dealing Guideline (opens in new window) ".
If you have copyright questions contact copyrt@torontomu.ca.