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  • Semester Start
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    • Access and Log in to D2L
    •  Activate a Course
    • Add Barnes and Noble College Link to Your Course
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    • Brightspace Pulse
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    • If You Need Access to Another Faculty Member's Class
    •  New to Online?
    •  Reconcile Your D2L and iStar Rosters
    • Restore an Archived Course
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  • Semester End
    • End of Semester Guide
    •  Export Course Content
    •  Export Grades
    •  Extended Course Access for a Student
    •  Print a Copy of the Exam with Answers
    •  Print Grades
    • Submit Grades in iStar
  • Accessibility
    • Ally
      • Ally Accessibility Check
      • Ally Frequently Asked Questions for Faculty
      • File Conversion Tool
      • How Ally Works in D2L
    • EquatIO
      • Converting inaccessible mathematical expressions using EquatIO
      • Install EquatIO for accessibility and more
      • Use EquatIO for accessibility and more
    • Accessibility at Lone Star College
    • Create an Accessible PDF from a Microsoft Word Document
    • Interpreting and Transcribing Services
    • Linking to Publisher or other Third-party Online Materials - Accessibility Considerations
  • Assignments
    • Add an Attachment to an Assignment
    • Annotate Learner Submissions
    • Anonymous Marking in Assignment Submissions
    • Assignment Categories
    • Associate a Grading Activity with a Grade Item
    • Associate Assignment Folders with Learning Objectives
    • Copy an Assignment
    • Create Assignments
    • Create a Group Assignment
    • Delete Assignments
    • Edit an Assignment
    • Edit an Assignment Category
    • Edit Multiple Assignments Using Bulk Edit
    • Evaluate Assignment Submissions
    •  Extend Access for a Student to an Assignment
    •  Grant Students Special Access on an Assignment
    • Previewing Assignments
    • Previewing Assignment Folders and Submissions
    • Reorder Assignments
    • Restore a Deleted Assignment
    • Restore Deleted Assignment Submissions
    • Restrict Assignment Submission Options
    • Set Availability and Due Dates for an Assignment
    • Set Release Conditions for an Assignment
    • Use Turnitin with Assignments
    • Use Quick Eval for Assessment
    • Use Video Note
    • Reuse Video Notes
  • Attendance
    • Attendance for In-Person Meetings
    •  Create an Attendance Register
    • Create an Attendance Scheme
    • Edit an Attendance Register; Delete a Session
    • Edit an Attendance Scheme
    • Enter Attendance
    • View Attendance Data
    • View Attendance & Grades for Withdrawn (Unenrolled) Users
    • View Attendance Schemes
  • Collaboration
    • Awards
      •  Add an Award to Your Course
      •  Add Release Conditions to an Award
      • Copy an Award from Another Course
      •  Manually Issue an Award
      • Revoke an Award
      • View Awards for a Class
    • Groups
      • Create Groups
      • Enroll Students in Groups
      • View and Enter Grades by Groups and Sections
    • Webex
      •  Add a Webex Meeting to Your Course
      • Easy WebEx Personal Room
      •  Using Webex for Collaboration
      • Record Webex Meetings
      • Set Up Appointment Booking in Webex
      • Use Webex on Your iPad
    •  Add a User to a Course
    •  Create Student Inactivity Alerts
    • Join the Brightspace Community & Access the PIE (Product Ideas Exchange)
    • PIE Items to Upvote
    • Use Chat
    • Use Classlist
    • Use the Announcements Tool
    • Use the Instant Message Tool to Send & Receive Messages
  • Content
    •  Add a File to a Module
    •  Add Topics to a Content Module
    • Add a YouTube Video to Your Course
    • Change and Replace Files
    • Copy Course Components (Simple)
    •  Copy Course Components (Advanced)
    •  Create a File Using the Content Tool
    • Create a Link
    • Create a PDF from a Word Document
    • Create a Quicklink
    •  Create Modules and Submodules in Content
    • Customize Content Using Replace Strings
    •  Delete All Content from a Course
    • Embed Videos from Academic Video Online to D2L
    • File Conversion Tool
    • Fix Broken Links
    • How to Share Course Materials with Others
    • HTML Editor Basics
    • HTML Editor - Accessibility Checker
    •  Import Zipped Content
    • My Courses Widget
    • Remove Third-Party Integration Content and the Associated Grade Items
    • Set Release Conditions for Content Modules and Topics
    • Visibility and Completion Options in Content Modules
    • View Content Reports
    • Delete a Module or Topic
  • Course Management and Administration
    • Sandboxes & Community Groups
      • Add People to a Community Group
      •  Create a Community Group
      • Create a Sandbox
      •  How to Share Course Materials with Others
      • Use a Test Student Account to View Your Course Content
    •  Add a User to a Course
    • Bypass Release Conditions for Observers and Scribes
    • D2L Course Calendar Basics
    •  Customize Your Course Image
    • Insights Portal - Engagement Dashboard
    • D2L Recommended Practices for Release Conditions
    • D2L Roles
    • D2L Supported Browsers
    • Edit Dates Using Manage Dates
    • Export Attendance Data
    • How to Share Course Materials with Others
    • LSC Copyright Policy
    • Manage Calendar Events
    •  Merge Course Rosters
    • Manage Your Course Files
    •  Offset Course Dates using the Manage Dates Tool
    • Release Condition Types
    • Release Conditions
    •  Set Up or Delete Attendance Registers
    • Use the Course Selector
    • View a Course as a Student
    • Add Observers or Advisors to a Course (For Section Builders)
    •  Use Classlist
    • Export your D2L Calendar to another Calendar Application
    • Exclude Select Courses From Notifications
  • Course Planning and Design
    • Quality Matters
      • Quality Matters FAQ
      • Access the Quality Matters Rubric
      • Create an Account on the Quality Matters Website
      • Enroll in a Quality Matters Training Session
      • APPQMR & myWorkshops
    • Assessing Your Students
    • Course Design Checklist & Syllabus Template
    •  Course Tours
    • Designing Your Course with Course Builder
    • Engage Students
    •  Help Students Complete Work Using Checklists
    • Online Assessments
    • Proctorless Exams within D2L
  • Discussions
    • Apply Discussion Forum and Topic Restrictions
    • Calculation Methods for Assessing Individual Discussion Posts
    •  Create Discussion Forums and Topics
    • Create Private Discussions for Student Journaling
    •  Configure a Discussion Topic for Assessment
    • Copy a Discussion Forum, Topic, Thread, or Post
    • Delete Discussion Forums, Topics, Threads, and Posts
    •  Grade a Discussion
    • Move Discussion Threads and Replies
    • Receive Discussion Post Alerts By Subscribing to a Discussion
    • Restore a Deleted Discussion Topic
    • Set Release Conditions for a Discussion Forum or Topic
    • Use Quick Eval for Assessment
  • Email
    • Change Preview Pane Settings in D2L Email
    • Forward Email to LoneStar.edu Account
    • Read Email in D2L
    • Send Email in D2L
    •  Send Email to Both Students' D2L and my.lonestar.edu Email Addresses
    • Track Receipt of Sent Email
    • Unable to Access Email Because of Quiz in Progress.
  • ePortfolio
    • Create an ePortfolio Presentation
    • Create Sharing Groups for ePortfolio
    • Evaluate ePortfolio Items in Assignments
    • Push a Presentation to Students Using ePortfolio
    • Share Presentations Using ePortfolio
    • Upload Items to ePortfolio
  • Grades
    • Create and Edit Gradebook
      •  Create a Gradebook with the Grades Setup Wizard
      • Difference between a Weighted and Points Gradebooks
      • Create a Gradebook Category
      • Create a Grade Item
      • Create a Bonus Grade Item
      • Drop the Lowest Grade
      • Create a Selectbox Grade Column
      •  Set Up a Weighted Gradebook
      • Set Up a Formula Grading System
      • Bulk Edit and Reorder Items in Grades, Assignments, Quiz and Survey Tools
      • Delete a Grade Column
      • Restore Deleted Grade Item
      •  Gradebook Schemes
      •  Create and Edit Grade Schemes
    • Enter Grades
      •  Enter Grades
      • Assign the Same Grade to Multiple Students
      •  Add a Curve Using Adjusted Grade
      • Mark a Grade as Exempt
      • Connect a Rubric to a Grade Column
    • Gradebook View
      • Gradebook Options for Student and Instructor Views
      • View and Enter Grades by Groups and Sections
      • View Attendance & Grades for Withdrawn (Unenrolled) Users
    • Publish Grades
      • Publish Quiz Grades
      • Quiz Grades Not Publishing to Gradebook
      •  Release Grade Average to Students
      • Use Adjusted Final Grade
      • What to Do When Students Can't See Their Grades
    • Export and Import Grades
      •  Print Grades
      •  Export Grades
      •  Import Grades from External Source
  • Instructional Software
    • Respondus 4.0
      • Format for Importing Multiple Choice Questions into Repondus Campuswide
      •  Print a Copy of the Final Exam with Answers
      • Publish a Quiz or Question Library from Respondus to D2L
      • Respondus 4.0 Guides & Videos
      •  Retrieve a Quiz from D2L
      • StudyMate Campus Guides
      • Turn Off Auto Numbering In Word
    • SoftChalk
      • Add a SoftChalk Cloud Lesson to Your D2L Course
      • SoftChalk License Information
    • Turnitin
      • Use Turnitin Feedback Studio (Online Grading) with an Assignment
      • Use Turnitin with Assignments
      • Use Translated Matching in Turnitin
    • YuJa
      •  Add YuJa Video to Content Modules
      • Add a YuJa Video as a Direct Link into D2L
      •  Create a YuJa Video Quiz
      • Create a YuJa Playback Quiz
      • Disable Fast Forwarding on a YuJa Video/Playback Quiz
      • How to Convert a Webex Recording Link into a YuJa Video Link
      •  Manage Your YuJa Videos
      • Manual Upload or Download from YuJa
      •  Record With YuJa Software Capture
      •  Record with YuJa Browser Capture Studio
      • Search in YuJa Using Filter by Location
      • YuJa Software Capture for Desktop [Alternate Installer]
      • YuJa Support Center
      • YuJa Tips
      • YuJa Quiz Grades Not Syncing To D2L Gradebook
      • YuJa for Mobile Devices
    • Add SmarterMeasure Assessment for EDUC 1300
    • Approved Instructional Technologies
    • Brainfuse - Online Student Tutoring
    • Software Resources for Faculty
  • Learning Object Repositories (LORs)
    • About the LOR: Shared Faculty Repository
    • Add or Edit Optional Metadata for LOR Objects
    • Delete an Object from the LOR
    • LOR: Change Versions of a Learning Object in Your Course
    • LOR: Unhide an Object in the Shared Faculty Repository
    • LOR: Update a Learning Object
    • Publish to the LOR
    • Retrieve Objects from a LOR for Your Class
  • Quizzes, Surveys, and Proctoring
    • Manage Quizzes
      • Apply Quiz Restrictions
      • Copy a Quiz
      •  Create a Quiz
      • Delete a Quiz or Exam
      • Manage Quiz Properties
      • Restore a Deleted Quiz
      • Set Optional Advanced Quiz Properties
      • Set Release Conditions for a Quiz
      • Introducing the New Quiz Creation Experience
    • Proctoring
      •  LockDown Browser & Monitor Dashboard - Preparation
      • LockDown Browser & Monitor Dashboard - Settings
      • Prepare Your Students for Respondus LockDown Browser and Monitor
      • Proctoring Options for Online Quizzes
      • Instructor Live Proctoring with LockDown Browser
      • Examity - Live Proctoring Solution
      • Submit a Testing Center Request
      •  Use Respondus Monitor with McGraw-Hill ALEKS
      •  Use Respondus Monitor with Pearson MyLab
    • Quiz Questions
      •  Add and Edit Quiz Questions
      • Create Bonus Quiz Questions
      • Create a Question Pool
      • Create a Section in the Question Library
      • Create Sections for Quiz Questions
      • Math Questions
      • Quiz Question Types
      • Randomize Quiz Questions
      •  Use the Question Library
      • The Graphical Editor & LaTeX
    • Quiz Grading
      • Correct Grading Errors on Quiz Questions
      • Manually Grade Quiz Questions
      • Publish Quiz Grades
      • Publish Quizzes Manually if They Do Not Appear in the Gradebook
      • Quiz Grades Not Publishing to Gradebook
      • Use Quick Eval for Assessment
    • Quiz Submission
      • Allow Retake of a Quiz
      • Create a Quiz Submission View
      •  Grant Students Special Access in a Quiz
      • Quiz Attempt Logs
      • Reset a Quiz Attempt
      • Restore a Deleted Quiz Attempt
      • Submit a Quiz Stuck "In Progress"
      • View the Quizzes Event Log
      • When a Student Has Taken a Quiz with No Questions
    • Quiz Preview and Statistics
      • Find the Reliability Coefficient for a Quiz
      • Preview Quizzes
      •  Print a Copy of the Final Exam with Answers
      • Quiz Statistics - Insights Portal
    • Respondus Lockdown Browser and Proctoring
      • If Students Cannot Access Quiz Through LockDown Browser
      • LockDown Browser Autolaunch
      • Respondus LockDown Browser & Monitor Dashboard - Settings
    • Surveys
      • Create a Survey
      • Survey Reports & Statistics
  • Rubrics
    •  Connect a Rubric to an Assignment
    • Connect a Rubric to a Discussion Topic
    • Connect a Rubric to a Grade Column
    • Copy a Rubric
    •  Setting Up a Rubric
    •  Edit and Manage Existing Rubrics
    •  Grade an Assignment with a Rubric
    • Grade a Discussion With or Without a Rubric
    • Use a Rubric with a Grade Column
  • Student Management
    • Brightspace Pulse
    •  Create Student Inactivity Alerts
    •  Extend Course Access for a Student
    •  Reconcile Your D2L and iStar Rosters
    • Retrieve Withdrawn Student Course Activity Data
    •  Set Up Email and Text Notifications in D2L
    • Student Orientation for Online Courses
    • Use Intelligent Agents for Early Alerts
    •  View Class Progress
    • View Student Photos-Faculty View
    • View Student Photos - Advisor or Student Services View
    • Verifying the Midpoint Roll (MDR)
    • Work To Do Widget
  • Third-party Integrations
    • Qwickly Attendance
      •  Set Up Qwickly Attendance
      •  Take Attendance with Qwickly
      •  View Qwickly Attendance Record Data
    • Request an LMS Integration
    • Approved Instructional Technologies
    • Add AchieveWorks Personality and Skills to Your D2L Course
    • Add Beyond Labz to Your D2L Course and Importing a Course Cartridge
    •  Add ALEKS for Higher Education to Your D2L Course
    • Add ALEKS Science/Chemistry (LTI 1.3) to Your D2L Course
    • Add CHEM 101 to Your D2L Course
    • Add Connect4Education Content to Your D2L Course
    • Add Goodheart-Willcox Content to Your D2L Course
    • Add H5P Content to Your D2L Course
    • Add Hawkes Learning Content to Your D2L Course
    • Add Hypothesis to Your D2L Course
    • Add InQuizitive to Your D2L Course
    • Add Knewton Alta Assignments to Your D2L Course
    • Add LabArchives to Your D2L Course
    • Add Labyrinth Learning Content to Your D2L Course
    • Add Labster to Your D2L Course
    • Add Lumen Content to Your D2L Course
    •  Add Macmillan Launchpad to Your D2L Course
    •  Add McGraw-Hill Connect to Your D2L Course
    •  Add McGraw-Hill SIMnet to Your D2L Course
    • Add Odigia Content to Your D2L Course
    • Add OER Commons Content to Your D2L Course
    • Add Oxford University Press Content to Your D2L Course
    •  Add Packback Content to Your D2L Course
    • Add Pearson (LTI 1.3) MyLab and Mastering, or Revel to Your D2L Course
    • Add Pearson Revel 1.1 (Old Version) to Your D2L Course
    • Add Picmonic to Your D2L Course
    •  Add Pivot Interactives to Your D2L Course
    • Add SAGE Vantage to Your D2L Course
    • Add Toolwire Games to Your D2L Course
    • Add Top Hat to Your D2L Course
    • Add uCertify Content to Your D2L Course
    • Add VHL Vista Higher Learning Material to Your D2L Course
    • Add WileyPlus (LTI 1.3) to Your D2L Course
    • Using Zoom with D2L
    • Embed Videos from Academic Video Online to D2L
    • ReadSpeaker
    •  Use Cengage Mindtap in Your D2L Course
    • Use Films On Demand in D2L
    • Add F.A.Davis to Your D2L Course
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