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
Month: March 2018
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