D2L Brightspace: Class Progress Tool

ALL: This article describes the D2L Brightspace class progress tool for faculty and students and how to access it, and provides links to documentation that goes into greater detail.

Overview

The Class Progress tool provides a dashboard view of all student activity in a course. Students can view their own progress while faculty can view that of any student. Track what content, activities, and assessments have been completed, what remains to be done, and recent log in activity.

Article Sections

• Faculty guide
• Student guide

Faculty guide

How to access Class Progress

• Faculty can access the tool in multiple ways. One is by going to Course Admin then selecting “Class Progress”. If Course Admin is organized by category, Class Progress will be in the Learner Management group.
  
• Another faculty option is to view progress for an individual student in the Classlist by selecting the action menu arrow next to a student’s name then selecting “View Progress”.
  

How to use it

• D2L Brightspace Faculty Guide to Class Progress
• Note that information in the Class Progress tool may not reflect all student effort, such as work done in the physical classroom, in the community, on 3rd party platforms, or on materials that were downloaded or accessed outside of D2L Brightspace. In short, the Class Progress tool contributes to an instructor's holistic understanding of student progress in a course; however, due to its limitations it should not be used as a sole or definitive record of student activity.

Student guide

How to access Class Progress

• Students access Class Progress by selecting their profile picture or name in the upper right corner of a D2L Brightspace page then selecting "Progress" from the menu.
  
• If the Class Progress tool is opened from the Metro State D2L homepage, it lets students select from any of their current, active courses. If it is accessed from a course, it shows only that course. It is not available for courses that are not open.

How to use it

• D2L Brightspace Student guide to class progress

• Note: use the Class Progress tool in context of the holistic course experience, including in-person course activities, emails and other direct communication with faculty. The course progress tool is not a substitute for the syllabus and schedule provided by the instructor and may not reflect all course activity that will be expected or completed. For example, faculty may add content or alter visibility of quizzes during the semester. When in doubt, consult the course syllabus or ask the instructor.