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    • Access and Log in to D2L
    •  Activate a Course
    • Add, Delete, or Update Faculty Vitae in myLoneStar
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    • Archive or Restore a Course
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    • If You Need Access to Another Faculty Member's Class
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  • Semester End
    • End of Semester Guide
    •  Export Course Content
    •  Export Grades
    •  Extended Course Access for a Student
    •  Print a Copy of the Final Exam with Answers
    •  Print Grades
    • Submit Grades in iStar
  • Accessibility
    • Ally
      • Ally Accessibility Check
      • Ally Frequently Asked Questions for Faculty
      • File Conversion Tool
      • How Ally Works in D2L
    • EquatIO
      • Converting inaccessible mathematical expressions using EquatIO
      • Install EquatIO for accessibility and more
      • Use EquatIO for accessibility and more
    • Accessibility at Lone Star College
    • Create an Accessible PDF from a Microsoft Word Document
    • Interpreting and Transcribing Services
    • Linking to Publisher or other Third-party Online Materials - Accessibility Considerations
    • Make a PDF Accessible
    • Use OpenDyslexic in D2L
  • Assignments
    • Add an Attachment to an Assignment
    • Annotate Student Submissions
    • Anonymous Marking in Assignment Submissions
    • Assignment Categories
    • Associate an Assessment with a Grade Item
    • 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
    • Grade Assignment Submissions
    •  Grant Students Special Access on an Assignment
    • Graphical Editor & LaTeX
    • 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
  • Attendance
    • Attendance for In-Person Meetings
    •  Create an Attendance Register
    • Create an Attendance Scheme
    • Edit an Attendance Register; Delete a Session
    • Edit an Attendance Scheme
    • Enter Attendance
    • View Attendance Data
    • View Attendance & Grades for Withdrawn (Unenrolled) Users
    • View Attendance Schemes
  • Collaboration
    • Awards
      •  Add an Award to Your Course
      •  Add Release Conditions to an Award
      • Copy an Award from Another Course
      •  Manually Issue an Award
      • Revoke an Award
      • View Awards for a Class
    • Groups
      • Create Groups
      • Enroll Students in Groups
      • Making Groups for Dual Credit Courses
      • View and Enter Grades by Groups and Sections
    • Webex
      •  Add a Webex Meeting to Your Course
      • Authorizing CirQlive MEETS with Webex on D2L
      • Easy WebEx Personal Room
      • Record Webex Meetings
      • Set Up Appointment Booking in Webex
      •  Using Webex for Collaboration
      • Use Webex on Your iPad
    •  Add a User to a Course
    •  Create Student Inactivity Alerts
    • Join the Brightspace Community & Access the PIE (Product Ideas Exchange)
    • PIE Items to Upvote
    • Use Classlist
    • Use the Announcements Tool
    • Use the Instant Message Tool to Send & Receive Messages
  • Content
    • Creator+
      •  Insert Element Using Creator+
      •  Insert Practice Questions Using Creator+
      •  Use Layouts In Creator+
      • HTML Templates vs Creator+ vs SoftChalk
    • HTML Templates
      •  Getting Started with HTML Templates
      • HTML Templates - Sample Page Layouts
      • HTML Templates - Dynamic Elements
      • HTML Templates - Static Elements
      • HTML Templates - Catalog
      • Additional Elements
      • HTML Templates vs Creator+ vs SoftChalk
      • Copying HTML Element Templates
    • Lumi Pro
      •  Adding Files to a Module
      •  Add Topics to a Content Module
      • Add a YouTube Video to Your Course
      • Change and Replace Files
      • Copy Course Components (Simple)
      •  Copy Course Components (Advanced)
      • Create a Clickable PDF in an Announcement
      •  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
      • Graphical Editor & LaTeX
      • 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
      • Delete a Module or Topic
    • Course Data Analytics
      • Class Engagement Tool Overview
      • Insights Portal - Engagement Dashboard
      • Insights Portal - Learner Engagement Dashboard
      •  View Class Progress
      • View Content Report & Completion Progress
      • Quiz Reports
      • Quiz Statistics - Insights Portal
    • Course Management and Administration
      • Sandboxes & Community Groups
        • Add Users to a Community Group
        •  Create a Community Group
        • Create a Sandbox
        •  How to Share Course Materials with Others
        • Use a Test Student Account to View Your Course Content
        • Use the Discover Tool to Self-Enroll
      • Add Observers or Advisors to a Course (For Section Builders)
      •  Add a User to a Course
      • Bypass Release Conditions for Observers and Scribes
      •  Customize Your Course Image
      • D2L Course Calendar Basics
      • D2L Roles
      • D2L Supported Browsers
      • Edit Dates Using Manage Dates
      • Exclude Select Courses From Notifications
      • Export Attendance Data
      • Export your D2L Calendar to another Calendar Application
      • How to Share Course Materials with Others
      • LSC Copyright Policy
      • Manage Calendar Events
      •  Merge Course Rosters
      • Manage Your Course Files
      • Migrate Student Submission Data Between Courses
      •  Offset Course Dates using the Manage Dates Tool
      • Release Conditions
      • Release Condition Types
      • Release Conditions - Best Practices
      •  Set Up or Delete Attendance Registers
      •  Use Classlist
      • Use the Course Selector
      • View Course as a Student
    • Course Planning and Design
      • Quality Matters
        • Quality Matters FAQ
        • Access the Quality Matters Rubric
        • Create an Account on the Quality Matters Website
        • Enroll in a Quality Matters Training Session
        • APPQMR & myWorkshops
      • Course Homepage
        • Course Homepage Layouts
        • Welcome Window
        • Course Overview Widget
        • Contact Us Widget
        • Slim Announcements
        • Visual Table of Contents Widget
      • Assessing Your Students
      • Course Design Checklist & Syllabus Template
      •  Course Tours
      • Designing Your Course with Course Builder
      • Engage Students
      •  Help Students Complete Work Using Checklists
      • Online Assessments
      • Proctorless Exams within D2L
    • Discussions
      • Edit Discussion Topic - Properties
      • Edit Discussion Topic - Right Panel
      • Introducing the New Discussion Creation Experience
      • Apply Discussion Forum Restrictions
      • Calculation Methods for Assessing Individual Discussion Posts
      •  Create Discussion Forums and Topics
      • Create Private Discussions for Student Journaling
      • Copy a Discussion Forum, Topic, Thread, or Post
      •  Grade a Discussion
      • Graphical Editor & LaTeX
      • Move Discussion Threads and Replies
      • Subscribe to a Discussion to Receive Post Alerts
      • Restore a Deleted Discussion Topic
      • Use Faculty Quick Eval for Assessment
    • Email
      •  Access Your LSC Emails through the Microsoft 365 Widget
      •  Send Emails To Students in D2L
      •  Send Outgoing D2L Emails to Your Outlook Inbox
      • Microsoft 365 - Setup Rules in Outlook to Separate Student Emails
      • Microsoft 365 - FAQs
      • Organizing Your Outlook Emails: A Guide for Faculty
    • ePortfolio
      • Create an ePortfolio Presentation
      • Create Sharing Groups for ePortfolio
      • Evaluate ePortfolio Items in Assignments
      • Push a Presentation to Students Using ePortfolio
      • Share Presentations Using ePortfolio
      • Upload Items to ePortfolio
    • Grades
      • Create and Edit Gradebook
        •  Create a Gradebook with the Grades Setup Wizard
        • Difference between a Weighted and Points Gradebooks
        • Create a Gradebook Category
        • Create a Grade Item
        • Create a Bonus Grade Item
        • Drop the Lowest Grade
        • Create a Selectbox Grade Column
        •  Set Up a Weighted Gradebook
        • Set Up a Formula Grading System
        • Bulk Edit and Reorder Items in Grades, Assignments, Quiz and Survey Tools
        • Delete a Grade Column
        • Restore Deleted Grade Item
        •  Gradebook Schemes
        •  Create and Edit Grade Schemes
        • Automatic Zeroes for Overdue Submissions
      • Enter Grades
        •  Enter Grades
        • Assign the Same Grade to Multiple Students
        •  Add a Curve Using Adjusted Grade
        • Mark a Grade as Exempt
        • Connect a Rubric to a Grade Column
      • Gradebook View
        • Gradebook Options for Student and Instructor Views
        • View and Enter Grades by Groups and Sections
        • View Attendance & Grades for Withdrawn (Unenrolled) Users
      • Publish Grades
        • Publish Quiz Grades
        • Quiz Grades Not Publishing to Gradebook
        •  Release Grade Average to Students
        • Use Adjusted Final Grade
        • What to Do When Students Can't See Their Grades
      • Export and Import Grades
        •  Print Grades
        •  Export Grades
        •  Import Grades from External Source
    • Instructional Software
      • Respondus 4.0
        • Format for Importing Multiple Choice Questions into Respondus Campuswide
        •  Print a Copy of an Exam with Answers
        • Publish a Quiz or Question Library from Respondus to D2L
        • Respondus 4.0 Guides & Videos
        •  Retrieve a Quiz from D2L (Retrieve Questions Wizard)
        • StudyMate Campus Guides
        • Turn Off Auto Numbering In Word
      • SoftChalk
        • Getting Started with SoftChalk
        • SoftChalk Cloud and How to Add it to Your Course
        • Install ReadSpeaker into SoftChalk
        • HTML Templates vs Creator+ vs SoftChalk
      • Simple Syllabus
        • Turnitin
          •  Use Turnitin Feedback Studio (Online Grading) with an Assignment
          •  Use Turnitin with Assignments
          • Use Translated Matching in Turnitin
        • YuJa
          •  Add YuJa Video to Content Modules
          • Add YuJa Video Quiz to Content Modules
          • Add a YuJa Video as a Direct Link into D2L
          • Create Enhanced Audio Descriptions in YuJa
          •  Create a YuJa Video Quiz
          • Disable Fast Forwarding on a YuJa Video/Playback Quiz
          • How to Convert a Webex Recording Link into a YuJa Video Link
          •  Manage Your YuJa Videos
          •  Manual Upload or Download from YuJa
          •  Record with YuJa Software Capture
          •  Record with YuJa Browser Capture Studio
          • Record your iPad screen and upload it to the Yuja Library
          • Search in YuJa Using Filter by Location
          • YuJa Software Capture for Desktop [Alternate Installer]
          • YuJa Tips
          • YuJa for Mobile Devices
        • Add SmarterMeasure Assessment for EDUC 1300
        • Approved Instructional Technologies
        • Brainfuse - Online Student Tutoring
        • Software Resources for Faculty
      • ISDs
        • Making Groups for Dual Credit Courses
        • Chromebooks, LockDown Browser & Website Whitelisting for ISDs
      • Learning Object Repositories (LORs)
        • 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
      • Office of Strategic Planning and Assessment
        • Outcomes Training Videos
          • Outcomes Training
      • Proctoring
        • Respondus Lockdown Browser & Monitor
          • If Students Cannot Access Quiz Through LockDown Browser
          •  LockDown Browser & Monitor Dashboard - Preparation
          • LockDown Browser Autolaunch
          • Respondus LockDown Browser & Monitor Dashboard - Settings
          • Prepare Your Students for Respondus LockDown Browser and Monitor
          •  Use Respondus Monitor with McGraw-Hill ALEKS
          •  Use Respondus Monitor with Pearson MyLab
        • Proctoring Options for Online Quizzes
        • Instructor Live Proctoring with LockDown Browser
        • ProctorU Live+
        • Submit a Testing Center Request
      • Quizzes
        • Manage Quizzes
          •  Create a Quiz
          •  Edit Quiz - Quiz Properties
          • Edit Quiz - Availability Dates & Conditions
          •  Edit Quiz - Timing & Display
          •  Edit Quiz - Attempts & Completion
          •  Edit Quiz - Evaluation & Feedback
          • Delete a Quiz or Exam
          • Set Release Conditions for a Quiz
          • Respondus LockDown Browser & Monitor Dashboard - Settings
        • Quiz Questions
          •  Add and Edit Quiz Questions
          • Create a Question Pool
          • Create Sections to Organize Questions
          • Graphical Editor & LaTeX
          • Math Questions
          • Quiz Question Types
          • Randomize Quiz Questions
          •  Use the Question Library
          • Add Formula Sheet to a Quiz
          • Using LATEX Inline on the HTML Editor
        • Quiz Evaluation
          • Correct Grading Errors on Quiz Questions
          • Manually Grade Quiz Questions
          • New Quiz Evaluation Experience Overview
          • Publish Quiz Grades
          • Publish Quizzes Manually if They Do Not Appear in the Gradebook
          • Grade a Written Response Quiz Question with a Rubric
        • Quiz Submission
          • Create a Quiz Submission View
          •  Grant Students Special Access in a Quiz
          • Quiz Attempt Logs
          • Reset/Submit a Quiz Attempt
          • Restore a Deleted Quiz Attempt
          • View the Quizzes Event Log
          • When a Student Has Taken a Quiz with No Questions
        • Quiz Preview and Statistics
          • Find the Reliability Coefficient for a Quiz
          • Preview Quizzes
          •  Print a Copy of an Exam with Answers
          • Quiz Statistics - Insights Portal
      • Rubrics
        •  Connect a Rubric to an Assignment
        • Connect a Rubric to a Discussion Topic
        • Connect a Rubric to a Grade Column
        • Copy a Rubric
        •  Setting Up a Rubric
        •  Edit and Manage Existing Rubrics
        •  Grade an Assignment with a Rubric
        • Grade a Discussion With or Without a Rubric
        • Use a Rubric with a Grade Column
        • Grade a Written Response Quiz Question with a Rubric
      • Student Management
        • 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 Notifications in D2L
        • D2L Student Training
        •  Use Intelligent Agents for Early Alerts
        • View Student Photos-Faculty View
        • View Student Photos - Advisor or Student Services View
        • Verifying the Midpoint Roll (MDR)
        • Work To Do Widget
      • Surveys
        • Create a Survey
        • Survey Reports & Statistics
      • Third-party Integrations
        • Qwickly Attendance
          •  Set Up Qwickly Attendance
          •  Take Attendance with Qwickly
          •  View Qwickly Attendance Record Data
        • Request an LMS Integration
        • Approved Instructional Technologies
        • Add AchieveWorks Personality and Skills (LTI 1.3) to Your D2L Course
        • Add McGraw-Hill ALEKS Math and Science/Chemistry (LTI 1.3) to Your D2L Course
        • Add Beyond Labz to Your D2L Course and Importing a Course Cartridge
        • Add Carolina Gateway to Your Course
        •  Add Cengage to Your Course
        • Add Aktiv (CHEM101) 1.3 to Your D2L Course
        • Add Connect4Education Content to Your D2L Course
        • Add Electude to Your D2L Course
        • Add F.A.Davis to Your D2L Course
        • Use Films On Demand in D2L
        • Add Goodheart-Willcox Content to Your D2L Course
        • Requesting 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 eLab 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 Lumen One to Your D2L Course
        •  Add Macmillan Achieve to Your D2L Course
        • Add McGraw-Hill Connect (LTI 1.3) to Your D2L Course
        • Add McGraw-Hill GO to Your Course
        • Add McGraw-Hill SIMnet (LTI 1.3) to Your D2L Course
        • Add MyOpenMath 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 Pearson (LTI 1.3) MyLab and Mastering, or Revel to Your D2L Course
        • Add Peerceptiv to Your D2L Course
        •  Add Pivot Interactives to Your D2L Course
        • Add SAGE Vantage to Your D2L Course
        • Add ScienceInteractive to Your Course
        • Add Top Hat to Your D2L Course
        • Add True+Way ASL to your D2L Course
        • Add uCertify Content to Your D2L Course
        • Add VHL Vista Higher Learning Material to Your D2L Course
        • Add WileyPlus (LTI 1.3) to Your D2L Course
        • ExamSoft
        • Embed Videos from Academic Video Online to D2L
        • Using ReadSpeaker
        • Using Zoom with D2L
        • LSC Virtual Bookstore
      • VTAC Self-Service Forms
        • Add a User to a Course
        • Archive or Restore a Course
        • Create a Community Group
        • Create a Sandbox
        • Extend Course Access for a Student
        • Instructional Leadership ManagementNew
        • Merge Course Rosters
        • Reconcile Your D2L and iStar Rosters
        • Request an LMS Integration
        • Retrieve Withdrawn Student Course Activity Data
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      Grades

      Create and Edit Gradebook

      Enter Grades

      Gradebook View

      Publish Grades

      Export and Import Grades