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  1. Calculation Methods for Assessing Individual Discussion Posts

    You can evaluate the individual posts of a student and have D2L calculate the topic score for each student, or you can directly assign the student a single score for each topic. If you choose to assess individual posts, you can specify how the syste...
  2. Print a Copy of an Exam with Answers

    The quickest and best way to print an exam with answers is to use Respondus 4.0 , a test generation application supported by LSC-Online. See Install or Update Respondus 4.0 & StudyMate Author for installation information.  NOTE: ...
  3. View Attendance & Grades for Withdrawn (Unenrolled) Users

    It is possible to locate attendance or grade information on students that have been unenrolled from a class. View Attendance Click on [Collaboration ] and choose Classlist . Click on the [Enrollment Statistics] button at the top of the cla...
  4. StudyMate Campus Guides

    StudyMate Campus makes it easy for teachers and students to create flash cards, self-assessments, and learning games for D2L. It  allows instructors and students to create (and share) an unlimited number of StudyMate projects. StudyMate Campus R...
  5. Add Toolwire Games to Your D2L Course

    To Enable Toolwire in your D2L Course Send an email to VTAC@lonestar.edu . Include a list of the courses, complete with section numbers and terms, in which you wish to use Toolwire. Adding Toolwire Games to Your D2L Course Click Content on...
  6. Quiz Grades Not Publishing to Gradebook

    When changes are made to the Assessment tab of a quiz after student submissions are made, those changes will not apply to the existing submissions. The result is that the grades for the existing submissions will not be automatically published to the...
  7. Publish Quizzes Manually if They Do Not Appear in the Gradebook

    If your quizzes do not automatically publish to the gradebook, it is likely because the Evaluation & Feedback panel for the quiz is not configured correctly. Configuring a Quiz to Publish Grades In the Navbar , select [Course Activities] , an...
  8. View Attendance Data

    Click on Course Activities on the navbar and select Attendance. Click on a register listed under "Register Name." (If there is no register listed, none has been created.) When the attendance data appears: Export All  Data: presents a ...
  9. Using the Virtual Teaching Assistance Center (VTAC)

    The Virtual Teaching Assistance Center (VTAC) is an online knowledge base located at vtac.lonestar.edu .  This should be the first place you go for help – it will most likely have the information you need.  If you can’t find what you are looking fo...
  10. Frequently Asked Questions

    The following are some frequently asked questions from faculty who are new to teaching online.  If you do not find your question listed below, try searching for a topic using the search box in the upper right corner of this site. Q.  Where should ...