Here are notes from ITS and COLI administrators that are the result of our investigations or recorded observations about D2L and it's various features.  The latest of these have not yet made it into our training videos, but will be included in the next replacement of the appropriate video.

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Not directly possible.  In PIE https://desire2learn.brightidea.com/ideas/D3718.  Can try to preview/print, but rough.

Or see COLI's /wiki/spaces/hd/pages/34743581

Student Appears in Classlist, but not Grades, Dropboxes, or Quizzes

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In the below example, only students who score at or below 75% can take the quiz a second time: 

Discussion Post History

You can see the history of your students' discussion posts in D2L. This includes revisions.

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Changing Grade Value Denominator: Dropboxes and Grades

In the process of understanding how D2L handles various grade value changes.  

Experiment: Set up Dropbox and accompanying grade item worth 10 points.  Awarded student 9 points.

1. Changed dropbox value to 20 points.  D2L did the following:
   1. changed gradebook item value to 20 points, to match Dropbox value.
   2. changed student grade to 4.5 points(!) Now, dropbox and gradebook do not even match proportionately.  
2. Retracted student grade successfully at Dropbox.  This also cleared student grade at grade item.
3. Awarded student 18/20 at Dropbox.  
4. Changed value of Grade item to 200.  D2L issues this warning:
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   The trouble with this advice is that D2L Dropboxes do not have a bulk retract option.
5. Pressed on with change of Grade item.  D2L then keeps 18 at the gradebook but changes the dropbox to 1.8.  
6. Retracted student grade.
7. Made dropbox (and gradebook) worth 10 points.  
8. Issued student 90 at dropbox.  This meant 900%.  
9. Changed dropbox value to 100 at dropbox, which carried to gradebook automatically.  D2L did the following:
   1. issued 1 point at dropbox.
   2. issued 10 points at grade item.

Current advice:  If you need to change the value of a dropbox or grade item:

• Export your grades, or be sure you have a record otherwise.
• Make the changes in D2L.
• Adjust grades using your exported or external record.

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