D2L Brightspace Community Updates Streamline Access to Resources, Networking

Learning technology company D2L recently announced a redesign of its Brightspace Community, a repository of resources, networking, and collaboration tools for Brightspace clients, partners, users, and developers.

According to a news announcement, the updates will offer Brightspace Community members:

  • Access to community content, such as discussion forums, video tutorials, product release notes, and more, from within Brightspace workflows;
  • Access to content organized by community segment, such as K-12 teachers, higher education faculty members, and corporate professionals;
  • Personalized navigation and user experience;
  • Access to Community forums, groups, documentation, Brightspace Learning Center, and Product Idea Exchange from a single platform; and
  • Sub Communities with resources localized for users with navigation supported in their respective language such as Arabic, Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.

For more information, visit the Brightspace Community site.

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