Online Teaching Resources

The MTSU Online YouTube channel features helpful resources and tutorials from our MTSU Online Instructional Designers.

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D2L Resources

D2L Brightspace is our current learning management system for MTSU. We are moving to Canvas beginning Summer 2026.

D2L General Information

• D2L Basics (Tips and Tools for Students)
• D2L Bootcamp (CTT)
• Accessing Student View in D2L
• Adding Users to Your D2L Course (ITD Video)
• Sharing Blueprint Course Shell Content
• D2L – Brightspace How to Videos from the company

D2L Announcements

• News Announcement Templates – Preferred Name and Pronouns

D2L Discussions

• VideoNote
• Adding Closed Captions to VideoNotes created in D2L

D2L Assignments

D2L Brightspace Videos on how to use the Assignment (Drop Box) tool

D2L Quizzes

D2l Brightspace Videos on how to use the Quiz tool

D2L Gradebook

D2L Brightspace videos on how to use the Gradebook tool

• Midterm Grade Column

D2L Groups

• Groups Cheat Sheet

D2L Intelligent Agents

D2L Brightspace Video on how to use the Intelligent Agent tool

• Intelligent Agent Examples (Infographic)

D2L Email

D2L Brightspace Video on how to use the Email tool

• Changing Your D2L Email Settings
• Add My Evaluation Widget
• Creating Private Comments in D2L

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H5P

• Introducing H5P
• Authoring Guide

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Microsoft OneNote, Stream

• Creating and Sharing a OneNote Notebook
• Edit and Share Videos through Microsoft Stream

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Panopto

• Embedding Panopto Videos Using Embed Code
• Embedding Panopto Videos Using Insert Stuff
• Modifying Permissions on Panopto Videos
• Moving Videos from Master Course Shells to MyFolder in Panopto (HANDOUT)
• Panopto – Transferring Course Videos to New Folders (MTSU Online) (VIDEO)

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YouTube

• Captioning Videos in YouTube [PDF]
• Editing Captions in YouTube [PDF]

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Microsoft Teams

• Teams (Microsoft Teams) Resources

Zoom

• Saving Videos from Zoom Cloud

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Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI)

• RSI Approaches and Tools Handout

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Hyflex Courses

• How to Use the HyFlex Method to Teach Online and In Person at the Same Time

• 7 Things You Should Know About the HyFlex Course Model (EDUCAUSE)
• HyFlex Learning Option (Genesee Community College)
• Here’s What You Should Know About HyFlex Blended Learning (TeachThought)
• HyFlex, Blendflex, Asynchronous, Synchronous: Decoding Modalities (TOPKit, Issue 22)

Library Resources (James E. Walker Library) 

• Faculty – Online Library Resources
• Faculty – Online Instructor Library Resources
• Evaluating Sources: Credibility and Bias

CTM — the Center for Teaching and Mentoring

Accessibility (ADA)

• Disability & Access Center
• ADA Compliance Office 

Copyright and Policy Resources 

• Copyright and Fair Use: Copyright Resources for Educators
• Copyright and Fair Use Resources
• Media Resources: Copyright Information
• Copyright Compliance Made Simple: Six Rules for Course Design
• Intellectual Property Policy 140
• The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998
• United States Copyright Office

ITD Academic and Instructional Technology Resources

• Faculty Workshops and Training
• Software Titles and Price List

Infographics

• Infographics as Assessment (PDF)
• Infographics – A Deeper Dive
• Evaluating Infographics as Assessments Rubric (D2L .zip file)