NEIU CENTER FOR TEACHING & LEARNING

Desire2Learn (D2L) General Training: Part B

The D2L Environment: Your Course Materials

Watch for references to the printable guides on training-session topics. These guides—and more—are found on the CTL web site at . . .

http://homepages.neiu.edu/~ctl/

. . . select “Desire2Learn LMS” to find these and other resources.

You can also direct questions and requests to D2L-Faculty-Help@neiu.edu.

Previously, in Part A: Review

Part A (1.5 hours): D2L Basics

• Master Shells• Creating Content• Grades• Discussions & Communication

Part B: Agenda

Part B (1.5 hours): D2L Basics

• Dropbox & Assignments• Quizzes, Tests, & Exams

Retention Tools

• Intelligent Agents• Rubrics• Offset Dates• View User Progress

General Q&A

The D2L Environment: Tool Page: Dropbox

INDIVIDUAL DROPBOX FOLDERS

SEARCH TOOLS

DOWNLOAD TOOLS

The D2L Environment: Editing: Dropbox

INSTRUCTIONS

SUBMISSION OPTIONS

FOLDER TYPE

PRINTABLE DROPBOX GUIDE: http://homepages.neiu.edu/~ctl/D2L/D2L Dropbox Guide.pdf

GRADE ITEM

OUT OF

The D2L Environment: Editing: Quizzes 1

COURSE HOME

3 MAIN ATTRIBUTE TABS

The D2L Environment: Editing: Quizzes 2

QUESTION LIBRARY MAP

SECTION

SECTIONS

QUESTIONS

PRINTABLE QUIZ SETUP GUIDE: http://homepages.neiu.edu/~ctl/D2L/D2L Quiz Setup Guide.pdf PRINTABLE QUIZ QUESTION GUIDE: http://homepages.neiu.edu/~ctl/D2L/D2L Quiz Question Guide.pdf

The D2L Environment: Tool Page: Quizzes

COURSE HOME

MANAGE QUIZZES TAB

DISPLAY PANE

QUIZ PREVIEW

Course Home Screen: Edit Course Link

EDIT COURSE

• Intelligent Agents• Rubrics• Offset Dates• View User Progress

Course Administration Screen: Intelligent Agents

INTELLIGENT AGENTS

Intelligent Agents Screen

PRINTABLE CONTENT GUIDE: http://www.neiu.edu/~ctl/D2L/D2L Intelligent Agents Guide.pdf

Course Administration Screen: Rubrics

RUBRICS

Rubrics Screen

PRINTABLE CONTENT GUIDE: http://homepages.neiu.edu/~ctl/D2L/D2L Rubrics Guide.pdf

Course Administration Screen: Manage Dates

MANAGE DATES

Manage Dates Screen

PRINTABLE MANAGE DATES GUIDE: http://homepages.neiu.edu/~ctl/D2L/D2L Manage Dates Guide.pdf

Course Administration Screen: View User Progress

VIEW USER PROGRESS

View User Progress Screen

PRINTABLE CONTENT GUIDE: http://homepages.neiu.edu/~ctl/D2L/D2L View User Progress.pdf

QUESTIONS & REVIEW

NEIU CENTER FOR TEACHING & LEARNING

• For the latest training materials, • To review topics covered today, • To see topics not covered in this

training session, and• For a check-list on how to clean up

imported Blackboard content,

see the CTL web site at http://homepages.neiu.edu/~ctl/, and click on Desire2Learn LMS.