Winter 2025 Start-of-Term Reminders for Students

  New Students

• If you haven’t already done so, please log into Bruin Learn Links to an external site.. Doing so will create your user account.
• This video (approx. 2 mins) will help you get started with the basics of using Bruin Learn. Watch: Intro to Bruin Learn for Incoming Students Links to an external site.

  Can't find your course?

Please review this troubleshooting guide: Why isn’t my course in Bruin Learn? Links to an external site.

  Viewing Class Recordings (Zoom)

If you are unable to view your course recordings, a possible issue is that the email associated with your UCLA Zoom account is not the default email address in your Bruin Learn user account. Please review the instructions in Authorize Zoom Integration with Bruin Learn Links to an external site.to fix this issue.

  Setting Your Default Email Address

You can add multiple email addresses to your Bruin Learn account. When you do, please mark one as your default address and set your notifications for it. More information and instructions are in Adding and setting your default email address and notification settings in Bruin Learn Links to an external site..

  Save Your Work

Please save any work and course materials you would like to keep. Students will lose access to Winter 2025 course sites on Sunday, April 13, 2025.

If you need access to a course site that has closed, please ask your instructor. Instructions for extending student access are in How do I extend student access to my course site after the end of a term? Links to an external site..

Bruin Learn Office Hours

Virtual office hours are available Monday through Friday via Zoom, where a team of instructional designers and Bruin Learn Center of Excellence (CoE) staff can help answer your questions about Bruin Learn and Academic Technology Tools.

Canvas Technical Support

Canvas Technical Support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.  Click the ‘Help’ link at the bottom of the left-hand blue Bruin Learn navigation menu to your left to find the support options available to you. If you do not see the Help menu, please log in to Bruin Learn, first. 

Issues that require additional work to resolve will be escalated to the Bruin Learn Support team.

Local Support

In addition to contacting support via the "Help" icon in Bruin Learn, students and instructors can get in touch with support staff in their Local Units. Visit the Bruin Learn Local Support Contacts page to find the contact information for your local support team, if available. 

Training Materials

Bruin Learn YouTube Channel Links to an external site.

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Bruin One Access

Starting Fall 2024, UCLA's Bruin One Access program offers undergraduate students all their required textbooks, courseware, and coursepacks for a flat rate of $129 per quarter. This campus-wide initiative aims to improve student outcomes, lower costs, and promote sustainability. Visit the Bruin One Access website Links to an external site. for more information.

Winter Enhancements 

Respondus Enhancement - Renaming Respondus

New Features:

• The Respondus link on the course navigation menu will be renamed from “Respondus LockDown Browser” to “LockDown Browser.
• Allows students to access and take these quizzes seamlessly on their iPads.

iClicker Enhancement - iClicker Events

New Features:

• Allows instructors with an iClicker account to easily run polls without the need to set up a full iClicker course. 
• Participants don’t need an iClicker account to join; instructors simply share a join code via a link or QR code, and participants can respond using a browser on their phone, tablet, or computer—no app installation required.

Publisher Tools Enhancement - 1.3 Update

• The Bruin Learn publisher integrations for Macmillan, Pearson, and VitalSource will be upgraded from Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) version 1.1 to version 1.3.
• The "Pearson MyLab and Mastering" app will be renamed to "Access Pearson." 
• The "Macmillan Learning" app will no longer appear in the course navigation menu but will remain accessible through the modules index menu and the assignment selection menu.

For information on Fall enhancements, please visit the Center of Excellence News & Updates Page.

Bruin Learn Center of Excellence (CoE) Website

Visit the Bruin Learn Center of Excellence (CoE) website for the latest information, tools, services, FAQs, and ways to contact the Bruin Learn CoE.

One of the key features of the new website is the  Academic Technology Tools Dashboard which identifies a comprehensive list of educational technology products which are integrated into Bruin Learn or have been requested.