Are you being asked to move your in-person class to D2L for the Corona Virus? We have some D2L basics to get you started. Log into D2L and you'll see a link at the top named "Discover" From there, you'll see all of the self-registration trainings offered in D2L. Click on "D2L Basics (For In-Person … Continue reading D2L Basics (For In-Person Instructors) SP20
It’s time for our annual purge of old D2L courses. All live courses FA18 or older will be deleted on April 7th. Master Semester courses are not purged this year, but are scheduled to be removed in April, 2021. If you have course materials you would like to retain, please request a Master Semester course … Continue reading D2L Purge of 2018 Courses – April 7
Busy day this morning in eLearning. The integration between Office 365 and D2L has been fixed. Students can now set up the integration between Email, Calendar and OneDrive in Office 365 and a widget in D2L. This allows students to submit directly from OneDrive instead of having to download the file to the local computer … Continue reading Office 365/D2L Integration Fixed!
D2L made their monthly update overnight. Most of the changes are minor, but a couple are grabbing some people's attention this morning. First, the Assignment list now uses only the new interface implemented about a year ago. It includes columns for New, Completed (turned in by students), Evaluated, and Feedback Published. The item no longer … Continue reading D2L Update 20.20.1 (January, 2020)
We just added to Discover, "D2L Basics (For Students)" giving students a way to get the experience to find assignments and quizzes as well as create great work! To find out more information about Discover follow this link: https://ppcconline.blog/2020/01/06/discover-added-to-my-home-in-d2l/ D2L may appear to be a puzzle when first experienced. However, unlike a Rubik's Cube, there … Continue reading D2L Basics for Students
Throughout the FA19 semester, we had issues with the Office 365 integration with D2L getting students authenticated. CCCS-IT, CCCOnline and eLearning all worked to fix this issue with Microsoft. Unfortunately, nothing we tried has had any success and there is little hope of finding a solution before SP20 starts January 22nd. So, it is with … Continue reading Office 365 Link to D2L Turned Off
D2L has a new tool for self enrollment, Discover. This tool will allow students and instructors to explore open, free trainings. The tool can be accessed on the My Home navigation bar. Once clicked on, a list of courses available will appear: Click on any you'd like and you can register yourself. We are starting … Continue reading Discover Added to My Home in D2L
The D2L Connection: Colorado conference will be on February 14, 2020. This one day, FREE, conference is at Red Rocks Community College - Arvada Campus. D2L will be there along with experts from around the region to help you use the D2L tools. For more information and to register, please go to D2L Connection: Colorado … Continue reading D2L Connection: Colorado February 14, 2020
This fall, we will be doing Course Evaluations using the D2L Survey tool. The survey will be shared to each D2L shell in the FA19 semester for your students to access. Surveys will be open November 24-December 9. A copy of these directions will be sent to student emails on Friday as well as posted … Continue reading Part 2 – FA19 Course Evaluation Using D2L Surveys
Overview There's no easy way to say this, course evaluation for FA19 is going to be a challenge. Our contract with eXplorance, the makers of Blue, expires on October 30th. Unfortunately, due to the nature of the contract, we cannot extend through the end of the FA19 semester. What's worse is, we didn't find this … Continue reading FA19 Course Evaluation Using D2L Surveys
