Brightspace : The University of Akron

Wayne College closed Saturday

Wayne College is closed Saturday because of the weather. Classes and activities are canceled until midnight.

The Main Campus remains open and is operating normally; however, some events may be affected by the weather. For instance, the Akron Symphony Orchestra concert in E.J. Thomas Hall tonight has been canceled. You are encouraged to check with your event organizer before venturing out.

Updates will be posted to University's and Wayne College’s home page.

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Brightspace

brightspace logo Powered by Desire2Learn (D2L), Brightspace is the University of Akron's learning management system. Brightspace can be used to develop web-based courses for distance education, or for creating resource-rich course sites to supplement on-campus courses. Instructors choose if and when to activate courses for student access. Brightspace automatically contains a course shell, complete with a class roster and state-of-the-art communication, collaboration, content delivery, and student assessment capabilities for every course in the Registrar’s Course Schedule. Additional Brightspace features include:

A home page and site for each course
Password protection and authentication for enrolled students
Online self-assessments, quizzes, and exams
Threaded discussions and chat groups
Document storage, sharing, and management
Course event calendars
Grade books
A Learning Object Repository (LOR)
An ePortfolio

Upon request, Brightspace sites are also available upon for other University purposes, including content for committees, research teams, student groups, or departments.