Course Management

Copy Course Content between Courses (Shells) - Transcript

• Text-based tutorial
  • If you are re-teaching a course, you can copy content from a previous course to the current course.
• Copy Modules already in the course
  • Save time on setting up modules by duplicating the structure of an existing module.

• Duplicating a Submodule in the D2L Content Area

  • Learn how to duplicate submodules in D2L. This can be useful if you have a project that carries over to a different week or if you like how it was structured and want to use the same structure in a different week. You can also use this same process to copy Modules.

Roles in D2L

• A quick overview of the roles available to you in D2L.

Using Due Dates - Transcript

• Use due dates to help remind students when assignments must be submitted or quizzes must be finished.

Course Start and End Dates - Transcript

• Sometimes you may want students to be able to access your course earlier (maybe to be able to read the syllabus) or later (because the course actually goes on for longer) than the default Start and End dates allow. You can allow students to access the course for longer by editing the Course Start and End Dates.

Using Availability Dates (Start/End/Due) on...

Modules - Transcript

Course Activities/Topics - Transcript

Dropboxes and Quizzes - Transcript

Discussions - Transcript

• If you want to ensure that students cannot access the next module or activity until they are ready, you can use Start and End dates to prevent students from accessing them.

Availability Date Viewing Options (for Discussion and Dropboxes)

Change the Default Viewing Options - Transcript

Change the Viewing Options for Individual Dropboxes or Discussions - Transcript

Availability Date Viewing Options Details

• The Viewing Options allows faculty to change the behavior of how much information students can view on a Dropbox or Discussion. 

Accessible Images using Alt-Text - Transcript

• If you use images for course content in D2L, make them more accessible by using Alternative Text (alt-text). This extra piece of information can be extremely useful for students that make use of screenreaders and on the off chance that your image breaks. 
• Alternatively, you can provide more context to an image using an Image Caption.

Changing My Courses Tile Images (and Course Banners) - Transcript

• If you have an image that would better suit your course, you can use that image as your course banner.

Export a student roster, email list, or grades from D2L

• Within the export tool, check boxes next to the information you wish to export to .csv/.xlsx file.
• In this video, you will learn how to export student information. You can export the student roster to make an attendance chart, the email list to create a shared folder in Google Drive, and export grades for safekeeping.

Deleting Course Content in Bulk

• If you decide that you need to start from scratch in a course that you have already built, you can quickly delete everything that is there already.

Record Webcam Videos to Communicate with Students - Transcript

• If you want to record a quick and simple Webcam video, D2L allows you to do that with Video Note.

Create Groups Within a D2L Course Space (Close Captioned)

• You may want students to do Group work in an Online course, or maybe you are teaching different levels of the same course that you merged. In either case, you can use Groups to break students up into teams and divide access to content and activities.

Using Groups to Limit Access to Modules in Course Content (Close Captioned)

• Quickly restrict access to modules based on group membership.

D2L Groups and Restrictions (Closed Captioned) - Transcript

• Quickly restrict access to various D2L activities using Groups.

Adding Existing Activities and the Manage Files Area - Transcript

• Quickly add Course Activities to the Content Area for easier access.

Use the Quick Eval to quickly identify and grade items across your courses

• Quickly grade and assess learners that have not been evaluated yet across all your D2L courses.

Granting Students with Incomplete Status Access to a Closed Course Space

• Text-Based Instructions
• If you have a student with Incomplete status that needs to finish your course, you can give that student access to your course without re-opening it to the rest of the class.

Adding a Colleague (Fellow Faculty) to Your Course

• If you are co-teaching a course or another faculty member is auditing the course, you can quickly give them access to your course.

Offer Access to Quizzes, Content, and Other Things to One Section (or Group) but Not All

• Quickly Restrict Course Material and Activities based on Section enrollment.

Export a Backup of Your Course Content - Transcript

• If you need to quickly move from one Learning Management System (i.e., from D2L to Blackboard, Moodle, etc.) or just want to make sure you have a personal backup of your course you can export it.

Completion-based Assignment Restrictions/Academic Integrity Pledge - Transcript

• You can hide activities until another activity has been viewed or a certain grade has been achieved. In this video, we demo how to use D2L quizzes to make an Academic Integrity Pledge before students can access a course activity.

Use Intelligent Agents to Send Automated Emails (to Missing Students) - Text Instructions

• It is often difficult to know when (or if) a student is accessing your D2L course content. With Intelligent Agents, D2L will help you with that. You can create a customized message that informs students that do not access the course after a period of time that they really should.

Using Special Access - Transcript

• D2L: Special Access (Text Tutorial)
• Special Access can be used in a number of ways. Prominently, special access is used to give extended time on activities to students who either require it or missed the initial window to complete the activity.

Add Your Pronouns to D2L - Transcript

• Text tutorial
• Add your pronouns to D2L so that you and your students can view them.

Progress Tool for Course and Content Access Data - Text Instructions

• Quickly check on a student's progress in your course and see what course materials they have or have not accessed.

Accommodations Tool- Transcript

• Accommodation Text Instructions
• The Accommodations tool is similar to Special Access but you can do it for an individual student instead of each individual quiz. This may be useful if you are required to give a student extra time on your quizzes by the Office of Student Accessibility Services.

Sync D2L Calendar to Personal Calendar - Transcript

• Quickly sync your D2L calendar to a personal calendar. Note: your personal calendar may take 24+ hours to update from the D2L calendar.

Quickly Update Course Files

• Learn how to quickly update out-of-date course files.

Merge Your Courses in D2L

• See if merging your D2L course spaces is a good idea for your classes, and how to do it.

Release Conditions

• Release Conditions on Modules - Transcript
  • You can allow course content to be released when certain criteria has been achieved. This can include an extra module for struggling students, opening up the next assignment when students have completed another assignment, and more.
• Release Conditions on Course Activities/Topics - Transcript
  • Add a Release Condition on D2L Course Activities/Topics.
• Release Conditions on Discussions - Transcript
  • In D2L, you can quickly add a Release Condition to individual Discussions. This can be useful if you want students to complete a reading, submit to a dropbox, complete a quiz, etc. before going on to the Discussion.
  • Series of Release Conditions tutorial: Students must read a PDF, then complete a quiz, then they can access the Discussion
• Release Conditions on Dropboxes and Quizzes - Transcript
  • In this video, we show you how to add Release Conditions to both Dropboxes and Quizzes.
    • Questions for Academic Integrity Pledge:
      
      1. Having someone else do my work for me is considered plagiarism. (True or False) T
      2. The definition of Plagiarism is intentionally or unintentionally presenting someone else's work, ideas, or words as one's own. (True or False) T
      3. The following are forms/scenarios of plagiarism (select all that apply): (multiselect, options below-- all of them must be selected to get full points)
         [] Using a quote from a source without citing it.
         [] Paying someone (whether a fellow student, independent person, or company) or coercing someone into completing a project or paper for me.
         [] Working on an exam with another student unless it was otherwise stated by the instructor that it was ok.
      4. I will follow the Canisius University Code of Academic Integrity, which can be found in the Student Handbook, and understand that failure to do so may result in several consequences including but not limited to failing the course and/or expulsion from Canisius University. (True or False) T
      5. By typing my name into the blank below, I understand that I must take this course seriously and I acknowledge that I will follow the Canisius University Code of Academic Integrity and will not plagiarize another person's work nor cheat in this course.  Please write your FULL first and last name.
• Course Notifications (Text-based)

Collecting Assignments in Dropboxes

Dropbox Editor Screen (from the Dropbox tab) - Transcript

• Create and customize a D2L Dropbox folder so that students can submit digital work online.

Provide Grades and Feedback for Student Submissions to Dropboxes

Grading Assignments in Dropboxes - Transcript

• Learn how to navigate the D2L Dropbox Grading Screen

Attaching Dropboxes to the Gradebook - Transcript

• Send dropbox grades to the Gradebook so students can see their grades in a central location.

Activating Turnitin within a D2L Dropbox - Transcript

• Activate Turnitin in your Dropbox folders.

Record Webcam Videos to Communicate with Students - Transcript

• Quickly record feedback to students with D2L's built-in webcam recorder, Video Notes.

Restrict File Types For Dropbox Submissions (Text Tutorial)

• Choose what files that students can submit to a D2L Dropbox

Add a Rubric to the Dropbox (Text Tutorial)

• Add a rubric to a D2L Dropbox for faster grading

Delete Rubrics attached to a Dropbox (Text Tutorial)

• Delete a rubric you added to a D2L Drobpox

Quickly Copy a Dropbox - Transcript

• Quickly copy a dropbox from one course to another course. 

Copy a Dropbox within a Course

• Make a copy of a dropbox in a course.

Download All Student Submissions in a Dropbox

• Quickly download all student submissions in a D2L Dropbox for faster recovery for evaluations.

Create a Group Dropbox - Transcript

• Using D2L Groups, you can make a Group Dropbox so only one member of the group need upload the assignment. Then, when you grade it and if you use the D2L grade book, all members of the group will get the same grade and feedback.

Grading & the Grades Toolset

How the Grades Tool Works for Faculty and Students - Transcript

• Overview of the Grading toolset in D2L

Establishing Global Settings and Defaults Using the Setup Wizard - Transcript

• Set up your gradebook

Adding Items and Categories to a Points-Based Gradebook - Transcript

• Add grade items and categories in a Points-based gradebook

Adding Items and Categories to a Weighted Gradebook - Transcript

• Add grade items and categories in a Points-based gradebook

Rearranging, Removing, and Restoring Items and Categories in a Gradebook - Transcript

• Manage your gradebook

Adding Student Grade Scores to a Gradebook - Transcript

Export a student roster, email list, or grades from D2L

• Within the export tool, check the boxes next to the information you wish to export to .csv/.xlsx file.

Troubleshoot Grade Item Visibility - Why Don't My Students See a Grade I Posted?

Attaching Dropboxes to the Gradebook

Grade and Provide Feedback for Student Contributions in Discussions

Grade Visibility and Preview Student Grades

Connect your Quiz to the Gradebook (for more efficient grading.)

Releasing Final Grades - Transcript

Calculate and Release Final Grades at the End of the Semester (Text)

Grade Exemptions - Transcript

• Text Tutorial
• Exempt students from specific grades

Automatic Zero - Transcript

• Text Tutorial
• Activating this feature will allow D2L to automatically mark as zero any assignment that is overdue.

For more features, see D2L's Grades Tool for Instructors YouTube Playlist

Using Rubrics

Create an Analytic Rubric - Transcript

• The video doesn't mention it, but within the Rubric editor, check the box next to competencies. See the following video for details.

Where's My Missing Rubric?

Attach a Rubric to a Discussion Topic - Transcript

• Learn how to add a rubric to a Discussion board for faster grading. Similar to adding a Rubric to a Dropbox.

Grade a Discussion Topic Using a Rubric - Transcript

• Learn how to use a Rubric to grade a Discussion Post. Can be used to grade a Dropbox too.

Add a Rubric to the Dropbox (Text Tutorial)

• Add a rubric to a D2L Dropbox for faster grading

Delete Rubrics attached to a Dropbox (Text Tutorial)

• Delete a rubric you added to a D2L Drobpox

Download a Graded Rubric - Transcript

• Learn how to download a graded rubric for your records
• Text-based tutorial (includes how to download rubrics attached to Grades, Discussion Boards, and Dropboxes): D2L: Download a Graded Rubric