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  1. Release Conditions

    Release Conditions lock items and make them invisible until specific criteria are fulfilled.  NOTE: Managing release conditions is an advanced skill. Make sure you practice in a sandbox course and understand their use before applying them to ...
  2. Release Condition Types

    Condition Type Description Awards - Award Earned The user must have earned a specific award in order to fulfill the release condition Checklist - Completed checklist  The user must complete all items on the selected c...
  3. Bulk Edit and Reorder Items in Grades, Assignments, Quiz and Survey Tools

    In the Grades , Assignments , Quiz  and  Survey  tools you can use Bulk Edit to change settings. You can also reorder items. How to Bulk Edit You can access Bulk Edit option in the following menus: Grades → Manage Grades . Course Activ...
  4. Survey Reports & Statistics

    The Survey tool is useful for getting feedback about your course and your students. This information can be used to help improve your course and allows you to keep a record of students’ opinions or keep them anonymous. One way to summarize your surv...
  5. Apply Discussion Forum Restrictions

    Forums We recommend that you do not apply any of these restrictions at the forum level and instead limit your restrictions to discussion topics. Information on applying restrictions to Discussion Topics can be found on our Edit Discussion Topic - ...
  6. Copy a Discussion Forum, Topic, Thread, or Post

    Click [Collaboration] on the navbar  and choose [Discussions]. Click on [More Actions] button and choose [Copy] . Choose whether you want to copy a forum or topic. In the following example we will copy a Topic . Choose the for...
  7. Create and Edit Grade Schemes

    A grade scheme is a way of organizing students’ performances on grade items into levels of achievement. A grade scheme can include any number of achievement levels. Each achievement level has its own range of acceptable grades and a symbol, such as ...
  8. View Student Photos - Advisor or Student Services View

    Student Photos Student photos are loaded into i Star and are available for view once a student obtains a student ID. The student’s photo can be viewed individually in the student record or through the ‘Advisor Center’ in My Advisees (an advisor mu...
  9. Copy a Rubric

    Click Course Management on the navbar and choose Rubrics .   Click on the context menu of the rubric you want to copy and choose Copy . A rubric named "Copy of [Original Rubric]" will appear. Click on the copy to edit it. ...
  10. Using ReadSpeaker

    ReadSpeaker is a bimodal content presentation tool designed to enhance student learning by reading text from pages within D2L. This technology also offers students the ability to download an audio version of the document as an .mp3 file for use on...