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Brightspace Pulse
Brightspace Pulse is a mobile app that helps students keep track of important updates such as news, deadlines, and grades in one place. Pulse enables students to spend less time organizing and more time learning. Pulse is available on iPhone, i...
 Create Student Inactivity Alerts
Intelligent agents may be created in D2L to alert instructors of student inactivity in the course. Show Video Walkthrough Updating the "From" and "Reply-To" Fields in Settings To change the "From" and &q...
 Extend Course Access for a Student
Follow the steps below to request extended student access to a course in D2L for a student with an incomplete. NOTE: This will only affect your D2L classroom, not the student's academic record in iStar. Show Video Walkthrough Log ...
 Reconcile Your D2L and iStar Rosters
At times the D2L Classlist does not reflect the roster in MyLoneStar. To correct the D2L Classlist: Show Video Walkthrough Sign in to D2L. Click the VTAC Support  link in the navbar.  In the Self-Service  column under ...
Retrieve Withdrawn Student Course Activity Data
Retrieving Grades and Attendance for Dropped Students To find the grades or attendance for a student who has withdrawn or been dropped from a course, please see View Attendance & Grades for Withdrawn (Unenrolled) Users . NOTE:   If a ...
 Set Up Email and Text Notifications in D2L
You must set up a contact method on the Notifications page in order to receive instant notifications.  Show Video Walkthrough Access the Notifications Tool Click Notifications from your personal menu on the minibar. Change Your ...
Student Orientation for Online Courses
Students who are taking any fully online or hybrid courses are required to complete the Student Orientation for Online Courses. They must finish the cumulative quiz with a score of 80% or better before they can access their online or hybrid courses....
Use Intelligent Agents for Early Alerts
Intelligent Agents are tools that can be used to track certain student behaviors. You can use these agents to identify students who are not actively participating in the course, who have missed important assignments, or whose scores on quizzes or as...
 View Class Progress
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 ...
View Student Photos-Faculty View
Student photos are loaded into iStar and are available for faculty to view from the Class Rosters or the Student Services Center. View the Class Roster MyLonestar > Faculty Center > My Schedule > Class Roster From the Class Roster, clic...
View Student Photos - Advisor or Student Services View
Student Photos Student photos are loaded into i Star and are available for view once a student obtains a student ID. The student’s photo can be viewed individually in the student record or through the ‘Advisor Center’ in My Advis...
Verifying the Midpoint Roll (MDR)
Faculty member instructions for verifying Midpoint Roll in iStar. ...
Work To Do Widget
Work To Do Widget The Work To Do widget provides students a summary of assigned learning activities from all their courses that are overdue or have an upcoming due date.  The Work To Do widget displays the following learning activities: A...