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D2L Made Easy

By bsomari On October 17, 2011 · Add Comment

Here are step-by-step instructions to help you get started with D2L.

Getting Started:

Find your UWM D2L course sites

First steps for a new D2L course site

Copy course content from an older D2L site

Make your D2L course site visible to students

Add a participant to your D2L course site

Send D2L email

Welcome and News: 

General overview
Create a news item
Edit, dismiss, and restore a news item
Subscribe to news

Save draft vs. post

Content:

Upload files
Add quicklink
Hide content
Edit content
Rearrange content
Student view of content
Link to eReserve


Discussions:

Create discussions
Post / Reply to discussions
Sort discussion postings
Search discussions
Print discussions
Delete discussion posting
Undelete discussion posting

Dropbox:

Create dropbox
Download dropbox files
Leave dropbox feedback

Quizzes: 

Create basic D2L quiz
Set quiz time restrictions
Set quiz attempt restrictions
Create multiple-choice question
Create true-false question
Create fill-in-the-blanks question
Create long-answer question
Preview your D2L quiz
Set quiz availability
Set special access restrictions
Grade your D2L quiz
Show quiz results

Grades:

Choose gradebook settings
Create a weighted gradebook
Create a points-based gradebook
Record grades
Student view of gradebook
Export grades to Excel
Transfer grades to PAWS (eGrading)
Troubleshooting eGrading

D2L 10.0 – June 2012
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