Course Request, Deletion, and Updates

Courses creation and enrollments occur in near real-time:

• When courses are added to our University records system, they will typically be available in D2L Brightspace within 15-20 minutes.
• Learn more about instructor access in this support article.

Learn how to log into the Brightspace Courses self-service tool and merge/group multiple sections together into a single course:

Request MergeD courses

Why would I merge/group courses?

Key points of the course deletion process:

• All courses are retained for at least 5 years.
• All courses are considered for deletion including semester, QM, development, training, etc... if the course is in D2L Brightspace, it is considered for deletion.
• Avoid course deletion by copying from or clicking into/accessing the courses you wish keep at least every 2 years.
• Back up your courses: Export after each semester/new design.
• Learn more about course deletion in this MinnState support article.

Note: This 5 year deletion cycle was implemeted in 2021. As part of our old process, courses prior to Spring 2019 had already been permanently deleted/purged.

Log course activity at least once every 2 years to prevent inactivation and deletion. Course activity includes:

• Access to the course by an Instructor or Student,
• Copy components from the course.
• Note: Access by a Teacher's Assistant or Administrator is not considered activity.

Export and save your materials after each semester/new design as a back-up. Learn how to export and save your course materials and gradebooks:

Save/Export Your Course Materials

Share your course materials

Updates are applied in real time, there is no down time for updates.

Read the detailed release notes on the system support site to learn about each months' update.

Note: You may be prompted to login in with your StarID@minnstate.edu credentials to access this site.

Look up Release Notes