Create a Checklist in D2L Brightspace

Overview

Checklists in a course can be very useful for the instructor and the student. Checklists provide a list of items that students can check off to ensure they completed certain steps of a task, instructions, or assignments. You can have multiple checklists in your course, such as a checklist for items students need to complete each week. For a sample, a week 2 checklist may contain the following for students to complete:

In this example, the student will access the checklist and then see the first item they need to do is “Review content module”. If an item is overdue, the due date is in red. The student will click the checkbox next to the item in the checklist and move on to the next item.

Create a checklist

1. Navigate to the Checklist tool.
2. Click New Checklist.
3. Enter the Name of the checklist.
4. Click Save.
5. For the checklist, create at least one category for the checklist items. Click New Category, enter a Name, and click Save.
6. For the checklist, click New Item to add an item.
   • Enter a Name for the item.
   • Add a due date by clicking the Due Date checkbox and entering a date and time it is due.
   • To display this date in the course calendar, check the Display in Calendar checkbox.
   • Click Save.
     Note: You may use categories to organize your items, but don’t forgot your items! Items are the things that students check off to complete. Categories are simply the headings.
7. Repeat step 6 until you’ve added the items for the checklist.
8. When finished, click Save and Close.