Hi everyone, D2L has patched (aka fixed) the bug that I had referred to in a prior post titled, Bug Reported for Publishing Feedback for Assignment Submissions. So, you should no longer experience that particular issue. Please contact eLearning if you have questions or if you run into other issues. Thank you!
Author: Marc
Bug Reported for Publishing Feedback for Assignment Submissions
There is a bug in D2L concerning publishing feedback in Assignment folders. The bug is that, when you click publish, you get a popup asking if you want to save changes. If you click Save, it will actually put the feedback in Draft status. To fix this bug, simply click on Don't Save, after publishing feedback. This bug … Continue reading Bug Reported for Publishing Feedback for Assignment Submissions
How to Print a Quiz in D2L
Introduction You may be wondering, "why would I want to print a quiz in D2L?". Well, you may want to print a quiz to assist ACCESSibility Services in making an accommodation, or to provide it to your students in the classroom. What You Need To print a quiz in D2L you can either do so … Continue reading How to Print a Quiz in D2L
Course Evaluation Spring 2018 Dates
Below are a list of Course Evaluation dates for the largest parts of term. Please remember, for a great majority of classes, surveys open three weeks before the end of the course and close one week before the end of the course. Evaluations are not open during the last week of any course. Reports for … Continue reading Course Evaluation Spring 2018 Dates
How Students can See Feedback for Quizzes in D2L
Purpose of Article The purpose of this article is to show how students can access their feedback for quizzes in D2L. Keep in mind, you will need to make sure your Quiz's Submission View is setup correctly, for students to be able to see feedback. Step By Step Guide First the student will want to … Continue reading How Students can See Feedback for Quizzes in D2L
Finding Captioned Videos on YouTube
Using the "CC" Filter Searching for videos that have captions on YouTube, can be done by completing the following steps: Enter your keywords in the search bar and hit enter. Click on the Filter option button. Click on the Subtitles/CC filter option. You will now only see videos, where the captions have been edited by a person. … Continue reading Finding Captioned Videos on YouTube
How to Caption Videos
Base Guidelines to Captioning As discussed earlier, captioning is the process of converting audio content into a text format that is displayed on the screen of a video while it is playing. Captions need to be: Synchronized - Meaning the text appears at approximately the same time as the audio content it corresponds to. Equivalent … Continue reading How to Caption Videos
Video Accessibility: Captions
What are Captions? Captions are an integral part of video accessibility and need to have the following criteria: Synchronized - the text content should appear at approximately the same time that audio would be available Equivalent - content provided in captions should be equivalent to that of the spoken word Accessible - caption content should be readily accessible … Continue reading Video Accessibility: Captions
Excel Accessibility
Basic Principles The following is a list of some basic principles of creating accessible Excel files: Do not use color alone to convey meaning and make sure all font/graphics have proper contrast. Perform a spellcheck. Provide descriptive titles for your tables and worksheets. Mark row and column headers for your tables. Avoid using blank cells, … Continue reading Excel Accessibility
The Accessibility Checker (Microsoft Office)
What is the Accessibility Checker? The accessibility checker is a built-in tool in Microsoft Office for Windows (versions 2010 or newer), and also Microsoft Office for Mac 2016, that can check your documents for common accessibility errors. In addition it will provide information on how to fix the error, works in real-time, and can even … Continue reading The Accessibility Checker (Microsoft Office)