Students who have registered in an online learning course, be sure to:
- Order all course materials and books from the Campus Store.
- Review Saskatchewan Polytechnic and instructor communication sent prior to the course start date by either mail or email.
- Complete the Online Course Orientation below.
Student support for online learning:
Accessing your Brightspace (D2L) online course and mySaskPolytech
Brightspace is Sask Polytech’s online learning environment to access your course content, including the course outline, learning materials, assignments dropbox, quizzes, discussion forums and more.
Procedure
- From saskpolytech.ca, click on mySaskPolytech button at the top right corner to visit mysaskpolytech.ca.
- If you are prompted to login, enter your Sask Polytech username and Password at the
login page.
Your username is an email formatted like this: username@saskpolytech.ca The username email always starts with your last name.
By default, your password is your birth date as a six digit number in the DDMMYY format, with no spaces or other characters. For example, if you were born on January 9, 1985 you would type 090185.
If you're already logged into the Sask Polytech network, you'll be connected right away. - From here, you can navigate to Brightspace by selecting the Brightspace link, which
is available in both the Online Courses and Important Links for Students cards.
- You will arrive at the Brightspace homepage for your courses. Click on the course
you wish to access in the 'My Courses' widget.
Best practices for brightspace (D2L)
Brightspace (D2L) is Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s integrated learning platform. This online environment provides students with an interface for accessing the content of their courses, including the course outline, course content, an assignment dropbox, quizzes, discussion forums and much more.
- Use an up to date, modern browser to access Brightspace (D2L).
- It is a good idea to do a System Check before you login to Brightspace.
- If you are unable to access the mySaskPolytech login (i.e. it is not working or cannot be reached), try logging in to Brightspace (D2L) at online.saskpolytech.ca.
- Once in D2L, if you are having an issue with a tool in one browser, please try a different browser. Some D2L tools, features and functions could perform better in a different browser.
Before starting your course, please see the Student Help widget (image below) on your Course Home page to become familiar with the Learning Environment.
IT Service Desk and technical issues
For technical support, visit Tech Services to browse the knowledge base or submit a ticket.
myWorkspace
myWorkspace provides a virtual Windows desktop and software to complete assignments, print and email. Access your programs’ desktop by clicking the myWorkspace icon on mySaskPolytech. Learn more and view additional resources by visiting the Tech Services website and typing myWorkspace in the search bar (Sask Polytech login required).
User ID and password
Your username is assigned to you by Sask Polytech.
- For students who are enroled in full-time programs on campus or Regional College offerings, you will receive your username and password at an orientation or from your instructor.
- For students who are taking Continuing Education programming, you will receive your username and password via your personal email address.
Your password is your birthdate as a six digit number with no spaces or other characters. (ie. If you were born on 09 January, 1985 you would type 090185).