Students: My Home Page

Organize the list of courses on your D2L homepage by semester or term.

1. Select the semester you wish to view, located under My Courses (use arrows to find older semesters). 

    

2. Only the courses in that semester will be visible on your homepage.

   Note: Instructors sometimes deactivate a site, making it invisible. If you do not see a D2L site, please contact the instructor. You can find instructor information in your UAccess student center and using the UA Directory.

3. D2L course sites are made active to students one week before a semester/session starts and inactive five weeks into the next regular semester.

Add an image and other information to your profile.

1. Click your Personal Menu, located at the top of your D2L My Home screen, and select Profile.

    

2. Enter any information you'd like to share about yourself.
3. To add a Profile Picture click on the Change Picture button
4. Click on My Computer.
5. Drag and drop an image into the box or click Upload and locate an image on your computer.
6. Click Open.
7. Click Add.
8. Click Save and Close.

Control if or how you receive notifications about activity in your courses.

You can only set your own notifications.  You cannot set notifications for all the students in your class.  Each student must set her own notifications.

1. Click your Personal Menu, located at the top of your D2L My Home screen, and select Notifications.
2. Click on Register your mobile and fill out the form to receive notifications via text.
3. In the Instant Notifications section, check the boxes to the right of each activity in the list for which you want notifications.

   Note: D2L Notifications are auto-generated by dates and not sent directly by Instructors. If you experience a significant delay receiving notifications, please contact D2L Consulting.

4. Click Save

Learn to navigate the Brightspace Pulse App

1. The app is available through the Google Play and App Store: https://www.d2l.com/products/pulse/.
2. Find The University of Arizona in the list under "Select your institution".
3. Log in with your NetID credentials.

By setting the correct time zone, D2L will appropriately display due dates according to your time zone.

1. Click your Personal Menu, located at the top of your D2L My Home screen, and select Account Settings.

    

2. Scroll down to Time Zone
3. Make the correct selections for your time zone.

    

4. Click Save and Close

The course selector allows you to search for, and pin any of your course sites for quick access.

1. Select the Select a course button in the main navbar. 

    

2. Either search for your course name, or scroll the list to find it. You can pin courses to the top of this list for easy access using the Pin icon to the right of the course name. 

   

    

3. Select the course name to open the course site.