Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What will happen to my content?
A: Nothing. Your content will be in your courses just as it is now.
Q: What new features are coming with Daylight?
A: There are no functional changes to LIVE with Daylight. All the tools will work
exactly as they did. The focus of this update was about improving the design and user
experience, not adding features, although some of the design enhancements may be perceived
as new features by some users. D2L rolls out new features and enhancements to BrightSpace
to clients on a monthly basis.
Q: Why did D2L choose to make this change?
A: The D2L/BrightSpace LMS was lagging behind industry standards for responsive design
and a mobile friendly platform so this update is long overdue. D2L used the development
of the responsive design platform as an opportunity to also upgrade the look and feel,
improve the user experience, improve product accessibility standards, and make other
small enhancements. Daylight became available to institutions to turn on in the spring
of 2017.
Q: What are the benefits to Daylight?
A: There are several key benefits to the new Daylight interface with the most important
being that it is now completely device-friendly. It will work on any device and adjust
to the size of the window available. Other benefits include:
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More visually appealing,
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Less cluttered interface – simpler to navigate, easier to read,
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Clean, modern fonts and icons,
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Whiter and brighter with color used only as accent or emphasis,
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Students can complete quizzes and submit assignments from the mobile interface (not possible previously).
Q: When will this be “turned on”?
A: OTTL anticipates making the necessary system changes on December 21, 2017. Once
“turned on”, it will become active immediately for all courses.
Q: My courses used to be listed by term. Why aren’t they listed that way now (after
Daylight)?
A: Your current courses will automatically be pinned in the My Courses Widget. To
search by term, use the search tool (Click ‘View All Courses’ to access search). You
can customize the courses that are displayed in the My Course Widget by pinning and/or
unpinning courses.
Q: Where did the “Home” button go?
A: The ‘Home’ button is now located in the top left of the page next to the Wilkes
logo.
Q: The search box at the top is gone. How do I search for my courses now?
A: Scroll to the bottom of the My Courses Widget and click View All Courses. Depending
on the number of courses you are enrolled in, you may be able to search from the 3X3
grid (Select a Course…) on the top right corner of your screen. From here you can
view by semester or department or filter by last access.
Q: Is LIVE/D2L going to change again soon?
A: We just recently renewed for a five year contract with D2L, so we will not be changing
learning management systems any time soon. LIVE/D2L hasn’t seen any visual enhancements
and was lagging behind with responsive design, so this update is long overdue. New
features, functionality, and fixes are released into the platform on a monthly basis
so we no longer have system downtime for updates.
Q: Why are there so many names for D2L/LIVE? Now there is Daylight. It is all very
confusing.
A: When Wilkes initially contracted with D2L for the learning management system, we
held a naming contest which resulted in LIVE - Learning is Virtually Everywhere. D2L
is the parent company name that many know so it is often used interchangeably for
LIVE. BrightSpace is actually the name of the platform itself. As D2L grew, they rebranded
the LMS as Brightspace and kept the parent company name as Desire2Learn/D2L. Daylight
is the branded name for the new interface and responsive design that we will turn
on in LIVE on Dec. 21. Eventually, the name Daylight will disappear once everything
is transitioned.