This morning I was sitting in a session discussing the morality and ethics related to data and artificial intelligence. The question came up who really owns the data instructors put into D2L. While the presenter claimed D2L owns it, every meeting I've attended D2L says they are the caretaker and we own the data. I'm … Continue reading eLCC Day 2: Who Owns the Content in D2L?
eLCC Day 1: “Kill the LMS”
This week, I'm spending a few days at the eLearning Consortium of Colorado (eLCC) conference. I'll be posting items I find interesting during the conference. At the conference, I had the honor of facilitating a discussion session on the vocation of teaching online. We went through many parts of the job of online teaching. As … Continue reading eLCC Day 1: “Kill the LMS”
April D2L Updates (v 20.19.4)
The April update will hit PPCC Online on Friday, April 19th. The good news is, there aren't too many big updates this month. However, there are a couple of pesky bugs we are working and there are a few other announcements I want to pass along this month. Updates D2L is changing the numbering system. … Continue reading April D2L Updates (v 20.19.4)
Purge is Done
Meme of John Candy in the movie "Vacation" created by Rob Fredricksen Another year is in the book when it comes to the purge. All of the live courses FA17 and older should now be gone from your lists and My Courses widget. We seem to be getting much smoother with this process. However, if … Continue reading Purge is Done
D2L Changing Version Numbering
D2L has announced they will be changing the numbering of their monthly updates. The last update, version 10.8.11 was the March update. It contained very little of note, but it's the last of an era. The new numbering will be the year (20.19) and month. So, the April update is the 20.19.4 update. I like … Continue reading D2L Changing Version Numbering
Clearing Cache in Google’s Chrome
What is Browser Cache? Browser Cache is nothing more than a place on your hard disk where the browser keeps things it downloaded once in case they’re needed again. It’s faster to get something from your hard disk than it is to get it from the internet. Even with today’s internet speeds, which still holds true. So … Continue reading Clearing Cache in Google’s Chrome
Spring eLearning Conferences
Two different eLearning conferences are available this spring. Members of our team will be attending both, so if you have any questions, please drop us a line. I've put the information below. eLearning Consortium of Colorado (eLCC) April 17-19, 2019Breckenridge, COCost: $250 ($300 after March 15) - PPCC is a member school!Conference Website D2L Connections … Continue reading Spring eLearning Conferences
WebEx Integration with D2L On Hold
Cisco and D2L have built a tool that integrates WebEx into D2L's learning platform. CCCS-IT did the work locally to WebEx and I installed the D2L piece. A couple of weeks ago, I did some testing and on February 8th, CCCS held a system-wide meeting to show off the tool. The problem is, I've run … Continue reading WebEx Integration with D2L On Hold
Notifications May Be Delayed
We have found a bug where notifications send via SMS (text) to students may be delayed hours or even days. We, along with several other colleges around the country, are pushing D2L and the cellular providers to get this fixed. At this point though, I'm considering turning off Notifications because of this. What do you … Continue reading Notifications May Be Delayed
Purge – April 8th
It's that time of the year again to get rid of some of our older courses. On April 8th, in alignment with system policy, any courses with an end date over 13 months ago is eligible to be purged. For this year's purge, any courses FA17 or older is scheduled to be removed. No Master … Continue reading Purge – April 8th