Academic Application: VHL Central

Summary

Learn how VHL Central connects world language course materials to Brightspace so instructors can assign interactive language activities and students can complete them with grade sync back to the LMS.

Body

Overview

What is it?

VHL Central is the digital learning platform from Vista Higher Learning (VHL), the leading publisher of world language instructional materials in higher education. VHL Central delivers interactive eTextbooks, audio and video language activities, grammar tutorials, writing assignments, and auto-graded practice for Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, and other world languages.

Who is it for?

Faculty (World Language Instructors): Set up a VHL Central course for your adopted Vista Higher Learning title and pair it with your Villanova LMS course. Assign activities, set due dates, and monitor individual and class performance. Grades sync automatically to Brightspace.

Students: Access listening, speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary, and grammar exercises through the LMS course link. Grades sync automatically to your Villanova LMS gradebook.

Access

Through the VHL Central link inside your Villanova Brightspace course (single sign-on from the LMS). Faculty also manage courses directly at vhlcentral.com.

Authentication

A separate VHL Central account is required. Faculty and students create a VHL account using their Villanova email address. After this one-time account creation and LMS linking step, subsequent sessions are handled via SSO from the LMS course link.

LMS Integration

Brightspace (D2L).

Cost

Cost to students for access varies by course and adoption model. Please see the textbook access program page for more information https://www.villanova.edu/university/teacher-scholars/about/textbook-access.html

Availability

Available for Villanova courses using an adopted Vista Higher Learning title with VHL Central content.

Vendor

Vista Higher Learning — vistahigherlearning.com / vhlcentral.com

Managed By

Individual faculty (course setup), with support from Learning Technologies and the VHL Modern Language Specialist for Villanova

Getting Started / Quick Start

Faculty / Instructor Setup
Student Setup

How-To Guides & Resources

Vendor Resources

Training & Resources

Vendor Support
Vendor Site

Details

Details

Article ID: 161904
Created
Thu 5/7/26 1:47 PM
Modified
Mon 6/8/26 1:31 PM

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