D2L changes (Daylight) are coming May 15th and one of the biggest changes will be how the My Courses widget looks and operates. Right now, all of your courses appear as a list of links in the widget and there are filters based on Role and Semester: However, with the new Daylight look to D2L, … Continue reading Use the Course Selector (Waffle)
FAQ -May D2L Changes
What are the major changes? We are implementing what D2L is calling "Daylight". This is a new, modern look that is much more mobile-friendly. Also, PPCC is turning off the D2L Email tool, adding the ePortfolio tool and re-organizing the Navigation and Homepage layout. When is this change happening? May 15th in the morning Is … Continue reading FAQ -May D2L Changes
eLCC – Day 2/3
Updating Courses When does the process of updating courses begin? A perspective I hadn't considered is, it should begin with data collection during course delivery. It makes sense, but it's sometimes hard. As you are teaching, collect information about where the students are struggling, when they are bored and areas where you'd like to see … Continue reading eLCC – Day 2/3
eLCC- Day 1
This week, I'm at the eLearning Consortium of Colorado (eLCC) conference in Breckenridge. After sitting through a day's group of sessions, I thought I'd give you a few quick thoughts on topics brought up here. "Convincing Faculty" We had a session where we broke into groups. One of the topics was how to convince faculty … Continue reading eLCC- Day 1
Using D2L for In-Person Classes
During my daily walk through the faculty offices, I ran into an Associate Dean who wanted to talk about how to best use D2L for in-person classes. Unlike online and hybrid classes, which have formal PPCC standards for design and instructor practices, in-person classes are entirely at the discretion of the instructor and division. She … Continue reading Using D2L for In-Person Classes
How to Promote Changes in D2L
Over the last few weeks, I've been making the rounds talking about Grades, Daylight and the upcoming changes to email. During these talks, I'm often asked about other topics and other tools are likely to change. To respond to any such question, I have to first determine if the issue is able to be handled … Continue reading How to Promote Changes in D2L
COLTT Call for Proposals
The Colorado Learning and Teaching with Technology (COLTT) Conference has an open call for proposals. Their track areas this year are: Open educational resources High impact practices Accessibility and universal design Maker spaces COLTT 2018 is an all-day event August 1 and 2 at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Wolf Law Building and adjacent Idea Forge. The … Continue reading COLTT Call for Proposals
Outage: March 4-5, 2018 7:00pm-1:30am
What happened? A CCCS-IT authentication server became inaccessible after a piece of hardware failed. This made it to where users already in PPCC Online (D2L) could continue, but users attempting to login could not login. Who was affected? All students and instructors attempting to login during the outage could not get into D2L. This was … Continue reading Outage: March 4-5, 2018 7:00pm-1:30am
Document Converter Bug
UPDATE (3/1 3pm) - With this post and the "What's New..." email, I have received several more reports of this issue. So, I've reverted back to a previous configuration to fix this issue. You should not see the message below any more. If you do, please contact us in eLearning. -Nate D2L seems to have … Continue reading Document Converter Bug
Purge of D2L Courses – April 10
On April 10th, we will be purging (deleting) courses from PPCC Online (D2L). The course data to be removed includes all courses, including Master Semester courses, FA16 and older. FAQ Why are we doing this? In accordance with CCCS policy, we are to remove any course data older than 13 months after the End Date. … Continue reading Purge of D2L Courses – April 10