D2L Brightspace Tips: Custom Homepage Widgets to Display or Download Course Data

These custom widgets pull data directly from the course using the Brightspace API and either display the data in the widget or create a CSV file of the data. The HTML and JavaScript files for these widgets be found in the d2l-brightspace-widgets repository on GitHub.

Course Reminders

Course details such as active status, start/end dates, if a syllabus has been added to Content, etc. to help instructors or instructional designers ensure the course is ready for students before the semester begins.

Watch the on-demand video on the course reminders widget that I created for D2L Fusion 2025:

Course Materials

Simple checks if any items or activities have been added to the course yet.

Download Posts

Download all discussion posts in all forums and topics in CSV format with the click of a button.