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  1. Ellis C. Chatbot on VTAC

    The Ellis C. AI Chatbot helps facilitate communication by answering common questions and guiding users to the right resources. If you have a simple question or need direction on a specific issue, the chatbot can help. It's been trained on all ar...
  2. Designing Your Course with Course Builder

    The best use of Course Builder is to create the structure of a course before you have added content. By designing the course in advance, you maximize your chances of creating a complete and cohesive course. Once your structure is built, you can ...
  3. Delete a Quiz or Exam

    Delete a Single Quiz Click on Course Activities  > Quizzes  in the Navbar . From the Manage Quizzes page, click the [Dropdown menu] for your quiz and choose [Delete] . When prompted, confirm the deletion by clicking [Delet...
  4.  Create Student Inactivity Alerts

    Intelligent agents may be created in D2L to alert instructors of student inactivity in the course. Show Video Demo     View Full Webinar Updating the "From" and "Reply-To" Fields in Settings ...
  5. Getting Started with SoftChalk

    SoftChalk Cloud is a program that allows faculty to easily create professional-looking, interactive lessons to upload into their online classes. SoftChalk Cloud content resides online in a SoftChalk Cloud account rather being uploaded into D2...
  6.  Getting Started with HTML Templates

    HTML templates are pre-made page layouts that can be enhanced with individual page elements to create visually appealing, responsive, and interactive custom course materials without having to write any HTML code. Adding HTML Templates to...
  7.  Set Up a Weighted Gradebook

    A weighted gradebook calculates grade items as a percentage of a final grade worth 100%. The maximum points you assign to individual grade items can be any value, but their contribution towards the category they belong to and the final gra...
  8.  Grade a Discussion

    To grade a discussion with a rubric, see Grade a Discussion with a Rubric . Grade All Posts in a Topic NOTE: You must first associate a grade item with the discussion topic or you will not see Assess Topic in the op...
  9.  Set Up or Delete Attendance Registers

    Create attendance registers to track attendance for your course-based activities, such as a mandatory weekly chat session or optional discussion seminar. Show Video Walkthrough Click Course Activities on the...
  10. Create a Community Group

    A Community Group (CG) is a collaborative space where multiple users can work together on course-related content, much like a sandbox but designed for group engagement. Unlike sandboxes, which are for individual use, CGs allow ...