See also Using the Virtual Teaching Assistance Center (VTAC)
Useful Online Faculty Support Resources:
Meet Your LSC-Online Representatives
Software Resources for Faculty
The Virtual Learning Assistance Center (VLAC) for Your Students
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- New to Online?
- Account Settings
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Faculty Online Teaching Certification
- Instructional Support (VTAC)
- Meet Your LSC-Online Representative
- Multimedia Services
- Online Faculty Handbook
- Technologies We Support
- Using the Virtual Teaching Assistance Center (VTAC)
- What Can an Instructional Designer Do For You?
- What is a Lightboard?
- D2L Course Purge
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- Semester Start - Instructor Checklist
- Semester Start - Video Series
- Access and Log in to D2L
- Activate a Course
- Add Barnes and Noble College Link to Your Course
- Add, Delete, or Update Faculty Vitae in myLoneStar
- Add, Delete, or Update Syllabi in myLoneStar
- Brightspace Pulse
- D2L Supported Browsers
- If You Need Access to Another Faculty Member's Class
- New to Online?
- Reconcile Your D2L and iStar Rosters
- Restore an Archived Course
- Tutoring Services for Your Students
- Verifying the Official Day Roll (ODR)
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- Accessibility at Lone Star College
- Automated Accessibility Checkers
- Considerations for Linking to Publisher or other Third Party Online Materials
- Create an Accessible PDF from a Microsoft Word Document
- File Conversion Tool
- Interpreting and Transcribing Services
- Make a Google Slides Presentation Accessible
- Make a PDF Accessible
- Make a PowerPoint Presentation Accessible
- Make a Word Document Accessible
- Make an Excel Spreadsheet Accessible
- Make Complex Images Accessible
- Make Google Docs Accessible
- Make HTML Tables More Accessible
- Make Math-Science Resources Accessible
- Make Video Accessible
- Make Web Content in D2L Accessible
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- Add an Attachment to an Assignment
- Annotate Learner Submissions
- Anonymous Marking in Assignment Submissions
- Assignment Categories
- Associate Assignment Folders with Learning Objectives
- Copy an Assignment
- Create Assignments
- Create a Group Assignment
- Delete Assignments
- Edit an Assignment
- Edit an Assignment Category
- Edit Multiple Assignments Using Bulk Edit
- Evaluate Assignment Submissions
- Extend Access for a Student to an Assignment
- Previewing Assignments
- Previewing Assignment Folders and Submissions
- Reorder Assignments
- Restore a Deleted Assignment
- Restore Deleted Assignment Submissions
- Restrict Assignment Submission Options
- Set Availability and Due Dates for an Assignment
- Set Release Conditions for an Assignment
- Use Turnitin with Assignments
- Use Quick Eval for Assessment
- Use Video Note
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- Add People to a Community Group
- Add a User to a Course
- Create Groups
- Create Student Inactivity Alerts
- Enroll Students in Groups
- Join the Brightspace Community & Access the PIE (Product Ideas Exchange)
- Use Chat
- Use the Announcements Tool
- Use the Instant Message Tool to Send & Receive Messages
- View and Enter Grades by Groups and Sections
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- Add a File to a Module
- Add Topics to a Content Module
- Add a YouTube Video to Your Course
- Change and Replace Files
- Copy Course Components
- Create a File Using the Content Tool
- Create a Link
- Create a PDF from a Word Document
- Create a Quicklink
- Create Modules and Submodules in Content
- Customize Content Using Replace Strings
- Delete All Content from a Course
- Embed Videos from Academic Video Online to D2L
- File Conversion Tool
- Fix Broken Links
- How to Share Course Materials with Others
- HTML Editor Basics
- HTML Editor - Accessibility Checker
- Import Zipped Content
- My Courses Widget
- Remove Third-Party Integration Content and the Associated Grade Items
- Set Release Conditions for Content Modules and Topics
- Visibility and Completion Options in Content Modules
- View Content Statistics
- Delete a Module or Topic
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- Add a User to a Course
- Bypass Release Conditions for Observers and Scribes
- Course Calendar Basics
- Customize Your Course Image
- D2L Recommended Practices for Release Conditions
- D2L Roles
- D2L Supported Browsers
- Edit Dates Using Manage Dates
- Export Attendance Data
- How to Share Course Materials with Others
- LSC Copyright Policy
- Manage Calendar Events
- Merge Course Rosters
- Manage Your Course Files
- Offset Course Dates using the Manage Dates Tool
- Release Condition Types
- Release Conditions
- Set Up or Delete Attendance Registers
- Use the Course Selector
- View a Course as a Student
- Use Classlist
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- Apply Discussion Forum and Topic Restrictions
- Calculation Methods for Assessing Individual Discussion Posts
- Create Discussion Forums and Topics
- Create Private Discussions for Student Journaling
- Configure a Discussion Topic for Assessment
- Copy a Discussion Forum, Topic, Thread, or Post
- Delete Discussion Forums, Topics, Threads, and Posts
- Grade a Discussion
- Move Discussion Threads and Replies
- Receive Discussion Post Alerts By Subscribing to a Discussion
- Restore a Deleted Discussion Topic
- Set Release Conditions for a Discussion Forum or Topic
- Use Quick Eval for Assessment
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- Add a Curve Using Adjusted Grade
- Assign the Same Grade to Multiple Students
- Bulk Edit and Reorder Items in Grades, Assignments, Quiz and Survey Tools
- Create a Bonus Grade Item
- Create a Gradebook Category
- Create a Grade Item
- Create a Gradebook with the Grades Setup Wizard
- Create a Selectbox Grade Column
- Create and Edit Grade Schemes
- Delete a Grade Column
- Difference between a Weighted and Points Gradebooks
- Enter Grades
- Export Grades
- Gradebook Options for Student and Instructor Views
- Gradebook Schemes
- Import Grades from External Source
- Mark a Grade as Exempt
- Print Grades
- Publish Quiz Grades
- Quiz Grades Not Publishing to Gradebook
- Release Grade Average to Students
- Restore Deleted Grade Item
- Set Up a Formula Grading System
- Set Up a Weighted Gradebook
- Use Adjusted Final Grade
- View Attendance & Grades for Withdrawn (Unenrolled) Users
- View and Enter Grades by Groups and Sections
- What to Do When Students Can't See Their Grades
- Drop the Lowest Grade
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- About the LOR: Shared Faculty Repository
- Add or Edit Optional Metadata for LOR Objects
- Delete an Object from the LOR
- LOR: Change Versions of a Learning Object in Your Course
- LOR: Unhide an Object in the Shared Faculty Repository
- LOR: Update a Learning Object
- Publish to the LOR
- Retrieve Objects from a LOR for Your Class
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- Proctoring Options for Online Quizzes
- Automated SmarterProctoring
- LockDown Browser & Monitor Dashboard - Settings
- LockDown Browser & Monitor Dashboard - Preparation
- Prepare Your Students for Respondus LockDown Browser and Monitor
- ProctorU
- Submit a Testing Center Request
- Respondus Monitor with Pearson MyLab
- Instructor Live Proctoring with LockDown Browser
- Add and Edit Quiz Questions
- Allow Retake of a Quiz
- Apply Quiz Restrictions
- Create a Quiz Submission View
- Create a Question Pool
- Create a Survey
- Copy a Quiz
- Correct Grading Errors on Quiz Questions
- Create a Quiz
- Create Bonus Quiz Questions
- Create a Section in the Question Library
- Create Sections for Quiz Questions
- Delete a Quiz or Exam
- Find the Reliability Coefficient for a Quiz
- Give Students Special Exemptions in a Quiz
- If Students Cannot Access Quiz Through LockDown Browser
- LockDown Browser Autolaunch
- LockDown Browser & Monitor Dashboard - Settings
- Make Instructor Feedback on Quizzes Visible
- Manage Quiz Properties
- Manually Grade Quiz Questions
- Math Questions
- Preview Quizzes
- Print a Copy of the Final Exam with Answers
- Publish Quiz Grades
- Publish Quizzes Manually if They Do Not Appear in the Gradebook
- Quiz Attempt Logs
- Quiz Grades Not Publishing to Gradebook
- Quiz Statistics - Insights Portal
- Randomize Quiz Questions
- Reset a Quiz Attempt
- Respondus 4.0 Guides & Videos
- Restore a Deleted Quiz Attempt
- Set Optional Advanced Quiz Properties
- Set Release Conditions for a Quiz
- Submit a Quiz Stuck "In Progress"
- Survey Reports & Statistics
- Use the Question Library
- Use Quick Eval for Assessment
- View the Quizzes Event Log
- When a Student Has Taken a Quiz with No Questions
- Quiz Question Types
- Learner Engagement - Insights Portal
- The Graphical Editor & LaTeX
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- Brightspace Pulse
- Create Student Inactivity Alerts
- Extend Course Access for a Student
- Reconcile Your D2L and iStar Rosters
- Retrieve Withdrawn Student Course Activity Data
- Set Up Email and Text Notifications in D2L
- Student Orientation for Online Courses
- Use Intelligent Agents for Early Alerts
- View Class Progress
- View Student Photos-Faculty View
- View Student Photos - Advisor or Student Services View
- Verifying the Midpoint Roll (MDR)
- Work To Do Widget
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- Approved Instructional Technologies
- Add ALEKS for Higher Education to Your D2L Course
- Add Cengage Mindtap to Your D2L Course
- Add CHEM 101 to Your D2L Course
- Add Goodheart-Willcox Content to Your D2L Course
- Add H5P Content to Your D2L Course
- Add Hawkes Learning Content to Your D2L Course
- Add InQuizitive to Your D2L Course
- Add Knewton Alta Assignments to Your D2L Course
- Add LabArchives to Your D2L Course
- Add Labyrinth Learning Content to Your D2L Course
- Add Labster to Your D2L Course
- Add Lumen Content to Your D2L Course
- Add Macmillan Launchpad to Your D2L Course
- Add McGraw-Hill Connect to Your D2L Course
- Add McGraw-Hill SIMnet to Your D2L Course
- Add Odigia Content to Your D2L Course
- Add OER Commons Content to Your D2L Course
- Add Oxford University Press Content to Your D2L Course
- Add Packback Content to Your D2L Course
- Add Pearson MyLab to Your D2L Course
- Add Pearson Revel to Your D2L Course
- Add Picmonic to Your D2L Course
- Add Pivot Interactives to Your D2L Course
- Add SAGE Vantage to Your D2L Course
- Add Toolwire Games to Your D2L Course
- Add Top Hat to Your D2L Course
- Add uCertify Content to Your D2L Course
- Add Vista Higher Learning Material to Your D2L Course
- Add WileyPLUS to Your D2L Course
- Embed Videos from Academic Video Online to D2L
- ReadSpeaker
- Request an LMS Integration
- Use Films On Demand in D2L
- Add Connect4Education Content to Your D2L Course