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  1.  Help Students Complete Work Using Checklists

    Last Updated: 07/05/2022 in Course Planning and Design
    A checklist can contain important or required assignments, readings, or other items to complete. These items can guide students through each task they should complete for any given week, module, etc. Each checklist contains one or more categories, i...

  2. Retrieve Withdrawn Student Course Activity Data

    Last Updated: 10/09/2024 in Student Management
    There may be times you need to view Assignment Submissions , Quiz Attempts , Class Progress , and/or Course Activity Data for a student who has withdrawn or been dropped from a course. When this happens, you can use the Withdrawn Student Repor...

  3.  View Class Progress

    Last Updated: 10/03/2024 in Course Data Analytics
    The Class Progress tool allows you to see statistics and details for the current students in a course. You can see student data for each course tool, such as discussions or quizzes, and for content, logins, and grades.  NOTE: Logins a...

  4. Archive or Restore a Course

    Last Updated: 06/03/2025 in Semester Start
    The Archive and Restore Courses form can be used to restore or archive courses and sandboxes. The toggle switch allows you to simply toggle a course's state between archived   or available . NOTE: All archived courses will be kept for ...

  5. Bulk Edit and Reorder Items in Grades, Assignments, Quiz and Survey Tools

    Last Updated: 10/02/2023 in Grades Create and Edit Gradebook
    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...

  6. Quiz Grades Not Publishing to Gradebook

    Last Updated: 06/22/2022 in Grades Publish Grades
    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.  Create Student Inactivity Alerts

    Last Updated: 11/07/2024 in Student Management
    Intelligent agents may be created in D2L to alert instructors of student inactivity in the course. Show Video Walkthrough               View Full Webinar               Updating the "From" and "Reply-To"...

  8. Course Design Checklist & Syllabus Template

    Last Updated: 08/18/2023 in Course Planning and Design
    The Syllabus Template and the Online course development Checklist can be used to assist you in building a quality online course. Click on the link provided to download each resource. The Online Course Development Checklist is to aid you in creati...

  9.  What is a Lightboard?

    Last Updated: 06/11/2025 in Faculty Support & Services
    Online Services and some Lone Star College campuses have a lightboard available to help you create more engaging videos for your online courses.  Watch the demo video below to see a lightboard in action.     For more information about whi...

  10. Enroll Students in Groups

    Last Updated: 12/02/2024 in Collaboration 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...