Learning Support for Faculty

If you are a Nashville State instructor seeking online support for NS Online/D2L courses or need assistance with using lecture capture, video conferencing, accessibility issues, or just want to discuss strategies for delivering online courses, please contact the support team at the Office of Online Learning.

Online Learning Supports All Nashville State Faculty

Templates

*Please maintain accessibility guidelines when adapting these templates.

Important Dates for Faculty

Course Maintainers: Prime Course (WEBO, WEBH, WEBG, WEBV) updates for the next semester need to be complete the Wednesday after grades are due. Please plan to update your assigned Prime Courses before the end of the semester. Bulk edit or offset dates with Manage Dates tool in D2L

 

Faculty Start of Semester Timeline

Online Faculty Handbook   (updated Fall 2022)

D2L Resources for Faculty

The Office of Online Learning is dedicated to providing faculty with training, resources, and support so they can confidently and competently instruct in the online environment. As updates to D2L and other supported tools occur, we will continue to update our resources for Nashville State. You are also encouraged to review our accessibility resources and support information.

Go to D2L Resources for Faculty

Go to Accessibility Resources

Currently Supported Learning Tools in D2L

Below is a list of our currently supported and contracted learning tools integrated within D2L. There are specific resources located throughout the Online Learning website.

Updates to D2L Brightspace  

The Office of Online Learning and Teaching Innovation is working to provide regular updates on our supported learning technologies. We will work to update our resources and training materials for our faculty members and students as new features and tools are available. If you have questions about D2L or our supported learning tools, please contact online.learning@nscc.edu.  

 

NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT: TBR has agreed to implement D2L updates involving New Content Experience (NCE) and Creator+ starting in Spring of 2026. NSCC will allow instructors the option to enable/disable NCE in their D2L courses in the Spring but will push full release for Summer of 2026. 

 

New Content Experience (NCE): The New Content Experience in Brightspace   
The D2L Brightspace Learning Environment has an alternative Content experience that provides an intuitive way to create lessons aligned to standards, outcomes, and expectations.   

 

Video on Discover the New Content Experience (NCE)  

D2L Creator+ is an integrated set of tools within the D2L Brightspace that empowers educators to build interactive, engaging, accessible, and mobile-friendly online learning content without coding, using features like templates, H5P interactives, video capture, and styling tools to boost student comprehension and completion. It streamlines content creation by bringing authoring features directly into the familiar Brightspace environment, eliminating the need for separate, complex software.    

Video on Introduction to Creator+  

Class Climate Surveys

Nashville State will use Scantron’s Class Climate as the end-of-term online survey tool beginning Fall of 2025. The departments of TSD, IR, and Online Learning (OOL) have collaborated to onboard this product and the goal is to provide a familiar survey experience for both students and instructors, but with improved ease of use and better functionality.

Faculty Guides Coming Soon!

NSCC has ended our contract with the Watermark survey tool. Institutional Research (IR) has downloaded all previous end-of-term surveys from Watermark. If you need access to historical Watermark survey results, please contact Institutional Research (ir@nscc.edu).

 

Survey Resources

LTI Integration Process for D2L

The Office of Online Learning (OOL) has implemented a Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) approval process for the addition of all external tool integrations into D2L. The approval process for each tool will include a review of Functionality, Accessibility, Security, Compliance with University policies, Cost, and other factors. Faculty should consult OOL before considering an LTI integration when working with vendors. Be advised the review process could take several weeks. Please verify the request is not supplied by our existing vendors (Edit Course > External Learning Tools).

A Learning Tool Interoperability (LTI) is an external piece of software that can be plugged into the learning management system (D2L) to extend its functionality.

When an LTI Request is submitted, OOL will:

  1. Review the request and may contact you for additional information, suggestions for alternatives, or issues with the request,
  2. Approve/deny the request for Procurement processing.

For requests that do not fall into this category, or if you are uncertain, please submit your request to online.learning@nscc.edu.

D2L EXTERNAL LTI APPLICATION REQUEST FORM