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  1. Associate Assignment Folders with Learning Objectives

    By associating an assignment folder with a learning objective, you can tie the assignment to a competency you want students to master. This association can be a basic association or an association with a rubric-based assessment. Associate an assign...
  2. 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...
  3. Randomize Quiz Questions

    There are two ways to randomize quiz questions. Use the directions below based on how you want to randomize your questions: If you want to deliver a randomized subset of a question pool, follow the instructions for Randomizing a Subset of Questi...
  4. Grade a Discussion With or Without a Rubric

    See Connect a Rubric to a Discussion Topic , for information on how to connect a rubric to your discussion. Go to [Collaboration]  -> [Discussions]. Click the dropdown arrow next to the topic to access the context menu, and click on...
  5. Enroll Students in Groups

    Enrolling students in groups Students are enrolled in Groups based on the enrollment options selected on the New Category page. See directions for how to use New Category to create groups in the article Create Groups . You will use the Enro...
  6. Use a Test Student Account to View Your Course Content

    The impersonate function allows you to “log in” as a specific user. For example, it would be beneficial to impersonate a test student when confirming your newly designed course functions as intended.  NOTE: Instructors may only i...
  7. Archive or Restore a Course

    NOTE: All archived courses will be kept for no more than 7 years before they are purged. See the D2L Course Purge article for more details on the purging process The Archive and Restore Courses form can be used to restore or archive cou...
  8. Track Receipt of Sent Email

    D2L enables you to determine whether an email you sent to another D2L user has been read. This works for both individual and group emails. To do this, you must turn on the tracking feature.  Turn on the Tracking Feature Go to Collaboration ...
  9. Manage Your Course Files

    The Manage Files tool is a file management system for your course. You can use this tool to organize and upload files associated with your course offering. We recommend that you organize your files into folders, creating a folder for each modu...
  10. Use Webex on Your iPad

    You can install the Webex Meetings app and participate in Webex meetings directly on your iPad. You will have the same options for participating in meetings as you do on a desktop or laptop. Install and Log In to Webex Meetings In the app store, ...