Winona D2L

Winona State University D2L Brightspace often referred to as simply D2L, is the Learning Management System for online classrooms.  D2L is designed to be clean, streamlined, and mobile-friendly leading to an easy experience for faculty and students. Distance Education provides and manages D2L for Winona State University.

Winona State University D2L

The University D2L is a web-based system that can be used by instructors for sharing content, leading discussions, posting grades, allowing students to upload assignments, and more.

The University D2L (Desire2Learn) provides instructors and students with an online space for traditional classroom, online, or hybrid courses.  Instructors and students can use D2L for:

• Course Syllabi
• Readings
• Assignments
• Quizzes
• Grades
• Course files
• Classmate lists
• Assignment dropboxes
• Online discussions

All students will be able to access the University DL2 Brightspace once they have been enrolled in their units/modules. Resit information for students is available here. With Winona State University D2L Brightspace, you have access to announcements from your tutor, key dates, module information, and reference guides

The University D2L works great on a mobile device, a laptop, or a tablet. It will auto-resize itself to the full width of any screen you may use, utilizing a technology called “Responsive Design.

Once you have logged into the University D2L your personalized selection of functionality will be displayed in a variety of modules (or boxes), each holding a different categorized piece of information or functionality.

How to Access Winona D2L

1. Explore the Winona State University D2L main website
2. Locate and click on the “Info for” on the top menu list for a drop-down menu list
3. From the drop-down menu list, locate and click on “current students” to proceed
4. Scroll down, locate, and click on “D2LBrightspace” to proceed

How to Login Winona D2L with StarID

1. Access the University D2L login page
2. Click on the “sign on with StarID” button to proceed
3. Type in your “starID” and password
4. Click on the “sign on” button to proceed

How to Login Winona D2L with Non-starID

1. Access the University D2L login page
2. Locate and click on “Non-StarID Login” to proceed
3. Type in your Username and password
4. Click on the “Login” button to proceed

How to Reset the University D2L Password

1. Access the Winona State University D2L login page
2. Locate and click on “Forgot your password?” to proceed
3. Click on the “Reset my password” to proceed
4. Select one of the options below to reset your password if you’ve forgotten it.

Winona State University Contact

P.O. Box 5838

175 West Mark Street

Winona, MN 55987

507.457.5000 | 800.342.5978