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  1. Instructional Leadership Management

    Last Updated: 07/17/2025 in VTAC Self-Service Forms
    The Instructional Leadership Management Form is used by the Vice President of Instruction (VPI) to assign responsibility for academic departments and their associated courses across their campus and centers. Specifically, this form designates ...

  2.  New to Online?

    Last Updated: 07/14/2025 in Faculty Support & Services
    See also Using the Virtual Teaching Assistance Center (VTAC) Useful Online Faculty Support Resources: Online Teaching Certification Online Faculty Handbook Semester Start Checklist Meet Your Online...

  3. Edit Quiz - Availability Dates & Conditions

    Last Updated: 07/09/2025 in Quizzes Manage Quizzes
    The first section of the right panel is the Availability Dates & Conditions section. Expand it by clicking on [Availability Dates & Conditions] . The Availability Dates & Conditions section of the right panel consists of five subsection...

  4.  Create an Attendance Register

    Last Updated: 07/09/2025 in Attendance
    The attendance register is commonly used for classes that meet in a physical classroom, but it can also be used for recording attendance at required field trips or clinical events. Maintaining accurate records in D2L helps meet institutional require...

  5.  Grant Students Special Access on an Assignment

    Last Updated: 07/09/2025 in Assignments
    Use this feature to grant one or more students access to your assignments outside of the date restrictions set for the rest of the class. Show Video Walkthrough Adding Special Access for Students On the Edit Folder screen, click the ...

  6.  Send Emails To Students in D2L

    Last Updated: 06/30/2025 in Email
    Post-December 2024, emailing your students via the D2L Email Tool will be functionally identical to how you emailed your students from before. There will be no changes to the navigation when sending a mass email through the Compose-New-Messag...

  7. Using Zoom with D2L

    Last Updated: 06/18/2025 in Third-party Integrations
    The direct link to LSC Zoom: https://lonestar-edu.zoom.us/ You can add a virtual meeting to your course using the Zoom integration in D2L. You can do this through the Collaboration drop-down menu. Or you can simply add a link to your Z...

  8. VTAC Self-Service Forms

    Last Updated: 06/17/2025
    The following articles contain instructions for each of our VTAC Self-Service Forms .  NOTE: If you need further assistance, please contact us at VTAC@lonestar.edu . Articles Add a User to a Course This process ...

  9.  Create a Gradebook with the Grades Setup Wizard

    Last Updated: 06/12/2025 in Grades Create and Edit Gradebook
    If a gradebook has not already been set up or imported for your course, you should see the Grades Setup Wizard displayed when you enter the Grades tool. If a different area of the Grades tool displays by default, click the Setup Wizard tab to ...

  10. Microsoft 365 - FAQs

    Last Updated: 06/12/2025 in Email
    When was the D2L email system retired? The D2L email system was officially retired on December 18, 2024 . Faculty and students now use the Microsoft 365 widget for email communication within D2L. Why was the D2L email syst...