LSC-Online Technologists and Instructional Designers are available to assist faculty with their D2L courses. Appointments with a technologist or designer can be scheduled during business hours.
- Technologists support:
- D2L questions
- Integrated and licensed instructional software (e.g., Respondus, YuJa Media, SoftChalk, or Linking to a Publisher content)
- LSC-Online D2L forms (e.g., Course Merge, Verify Roster, Extend Access)
- A variety of other specialized, third-party integrations
- Individual and group training requests and facilitation
- Designers support:
- Online course design
- Course building
- A variety of other specialized, one-on-one strategies
- Group training requests and facilitation
The chart below lists specific tasks and whom best to approach for assistance with these tasks.
Semester Start | ||
Course Access and Set-up | Technologist | Designer |
Add Missing D2L Courses | ✔️ | |
Provide Early Access to Course/Change Start Date for course | ✔️ | |
Activate Course | ✔️ | |
Add Users to a Course | ✔️ | |
Merge Course Rosters | ✔️ | |
Reconcile Course Rosters | ✔️ | |
Restore an archived course | ✔️ | |
Copy Course Components | ✔️ | |
Add Publisher Content to Course | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Offset Course Dates | ✔️ | |
Add/Sync Third-Party Integration to a Course | ✔️ | |
Course Design & Development | ||
Syllabus, Learning Goals and Course Structure | Technologist | Designer |
Review and edit the Course Syllabus | ✔️ | |
Align Program Goals, Course goals, Lesson Objectives, Course Activities, and/or Assessments with expected Learning Outcomes | ✔️ | |
Review and modify the content organization and course structure | ✔️ | |
Source and review instructional materials (online materials from publishers, OER, etc.) for the course | ✔️ | |
Define and set up competencies and objectives for the course | ✔️ | |
Accessibility | Technologist | Designer |
Run a Blackboard Ally check | ✔️ | |
Review and edit content to ensure adherence to accessibility guidelines | ✔️ | |
Make content (images, videos, audios, etc.) accessible | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Resolve errors highlighted by BlackBoard Ally | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Assignments | Technologist | Designer |
Determine/Review assessment strategy for Assignments and Quizzes | ✔️ | |
Align assignments with Learning Objectives and Outcomes | ✔️ | |
Identify/specify alternate ways of assessment | ✔️ | |
Design/Compose a Rubric for assignments | ✔️ | |
Specify instructions for online assignment folders | ✔️ | |
Create Groups for assignments | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Enabling Turnitin for assignments | ✔️ | |
Generating Turnitin Reports | ✔️ | |
Create individual and/or group assignments | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Attach Rubrics to assignments | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Associate Assignment with existing grade item in the grade-book | ✔️ | |
Provide links to existing assignments from Content | ✔️ | |
Define and set release conditions for an assignment | ✔️ | |
Content | Technologist | Designer |
Compose Module descriptions | ✔️ | |
Use supported third-party tools to create course materials and activities | ✔️ | |
Define and include checklists in content modules | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Add pre-recorded lectures, content, audio, or videos to modules/topics | ✔️ | |
Delete all content from a course | ✔️ | |
Import zipped content | ✔️ | |
Set Release conditions for modules and topics | ✔️ | |
Discussions | Technologist | Designer |
Compose prompts for discussions | ✔️ | |
Create Discussion Forums and Topics | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Design/Compose a Rubric for discussions | ✔️ | |
Attach existing rubrics to discussion forums/topics | ✔️ | |
Create grade items for discussion topics | ✔️ | |
Provide a link to the discussion topic from Content | ✔️ | |
Specify grading criteria for individual posts | ✔️ | |
Grades | Technologist | Designer |
Determine/Review grading strategy (points, weighted averages, bonus, etc.) | ✔️ | |
Build/Set up a Gradebook | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Add a curve using Adjusted Grade | ✔️ | |
Create and edit grade schemes | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Import grades from an external source | ✔️ | |
Mark grade as Exempt | ✔️ | |
Instructional Software/Course Technologies | Technologist | Designer |
Create Softchalk activities | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Create/Add Yuja videos to the course | ✔️ | |
Create quizzes/upload questions from Word documents using Respondus | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Schedule online synchronous meetings using Webex/Zoom | ✔️ | |
Add link to Webex meeting in the Content area | ✔️ | |
Set up Webex Appointment Booking | ✔️ | |
Add Brainfuse Dashboard to the course | ✔️ | |
Add StudyMate Campus activities | ✔️ | |
Quizzes | Technologist | Designer |
Create Quizzes | ✔️ | |
Outline/Specify proctoring and testing options for quizzes | ✔️ | |
Load questions from the publisher into Quiz Question Library | ✔️ | |
Create and publish quizzes from Word documents | ✔️ | |
Write quiz questions directly in D2L’s Question Library | ✔️ | |
Create grade item for quiz | ✔️ | |
Provide the link to the existing quiz from Content | ✔️ | |
Setup special access to quizzes | ✔️ | |
Reset Quiz attempt | ✔️ | |
Submit a Quiz stuck “in progress” | ✔️ | |
Set up proctoring (Lockdown browser, Proctor U, etc.) for a quiz | ✔️ | |
Create Bonus Questions | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Course Personalization/Customization | Technologist | Designer |
Customize Course Image and Banner | ✔️ | |
Customize content and communication (announcements, emails, etc.) using replacement strings | ✔️ | |
Define and create Intelligent Agents for early alerts, student inactivity, etc. | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Create awards for a course | ✔️ | |
Add existing awards to the course | ✔️ | |
Issue/Revoke awards | ✔️ | |
Set release conditions for modules, topics, quizzes, discussion topics, awards, etc. | ✔️ | |
Set up and use Qwickly Attendance | ✔️ | |
Develop Course Templates | ✔️ | |
Create Surveys | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Student Engagement/Success | Technologist | Designer |
Identify and implement student engagement strategies for your course | ✔️ | |
Define criteria and milestones to gauge and measure student learning/success | ✔️ | |
Identifying and providing/including active learning opportunities | ✔️ | |
Establish and set up office hours in Webex | ✔️ | |
Course Quality | Technologist | Designer |
Conduct Student-Centered Course Reviews | ✔️ | |
Review course based on Quality Matters Rubric | ✔️ | |
Semester End | Technologist | Designer |
Export D2L Gradebook | ✔️ | |
Export attendance data | ✔️ | |
Save/Print Copy of Final Exam | ✔️ | |
Extend Course Access for Students with Incomplete | ✔️ |