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  1.  Simple Syllabus Training

    Lone Star College has adopted Simple Syllabus. It is currently available to all faculty and required  for all courses. Effortless Syllabus Creation : Build clear, consistent, and accessible syllabi in minutes with an intuit...
  2. Add an Attachment to an Assignment

    Instructors often have supporting documents or other files that students need to complete an assignment. These files can be worksheets to be completed, essay prompts, image files, or any other file necessary to complete the assignment. These files...
  3. Delete a Grade Column

    In D2L, a Grade column is called a Grade Item . In your D2L course, navigate to [Grades] → [Manage Grades] . Find the grade item you wish to delete and look at the Association column to verify that it is not associated with an activity (quiz,...
  4.  Setting Up a Rubric

    A rubric is a grading tool than contains criteria where students will be graded by particular levels of achievement. Show Video Walkthrough Create a Rubric In the Navbar , click [Course Management] and ...
  5.  Import Zipped Content

    NOTE:  Content imported into a course shell will, with one exception, NOT overwrite or delete existing content. For example, if content from a course is copied into a shell multiple times, the content will be dupl...
  6. Multimedia Services

    Lone Star College offers professional multimedia services at many of its main campuses to enhance your online instruction.  Each campus is different; some require you to handle the equipment yourself while others require a staff member.  Please c...
  7. D2L Student Training

    Students who are taking any fully online or hybrid courses are required to complete the D2L Student Training . They must finish the cumulative quiz with a score of 80% or higher before they can access their online or hybrid courses. Stude...
  8.  Use the Question Library

    The Question Library is the place to store and archive questions that you can share and reuse for quizzes and surveys within a course. You can create multiple sections (folders) within the Question Library to organize your questions by type ...
  9.  Access Your LSC Emails through the Microsoft 365 Widget

    NOTE : Please visit the Microsoft 365 FAQs page for more info. The Microsoft 365 Widget provides instructors with convenient access to their Employee Email  through Microsoft 365 from within D2L Brightspace. By acces...
  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...