of Presenter T T T T T op T en T imesaving T ips for D2L Faculty National Distance Ed Week Marcy Dickson

1. Stack ‘em, Stack ‘em, Stack ‘em Stack multiple sections of same course into single shell – Can create separate syllabi and discussions – Majority of material is shared How? D2L Admin before semester begins

Edit all Content – Title, Short Title, Hide and Hide Enumeration Edit all Dropbox – Name, Category, and Date Availability Edit all Quizzes – Name, Category, Active, and # of Attempts Edit all Grades – Name, Short Name, Points, Bonus, Can Exceed, Grade Scheme, Category 2. Edit All Superpowers

3. HTML for Easy Edits How? Go to Content > Add Topic > Create New File (HTML) Why? Lets you edit instantly in D2L

4. Display in Calendar Available to use for release dates of – Content – Dropbox – Discussion – Quizzes Instantly makes and updates most calendar events for you!

5. Link to Grades Link the following: – Dropbox Items – Discussion Topics – Quizzes Enables convenient and automatic grading while perusing assignments

6. Add Multiple Topics Add dozens of documents quickly and easily How? – Zip files, load into Manage Files, and unzip – Check topics in Manage files and Create topics – Select module, rename topics and click Add

7. Export/Import Calendar Saves having to redo manually added events each semester How? – Export old calendar to CSV – Change dates and remove quotes from column headers – Save as CSV – Import to new course

8. from Classlist all – Select some or one – Check student(s) – Select

9. Copy Components Copy entire courses or parts of courses How? – Click Edit Course – – Select course to copy – Check parts to copy – Next, Next, Next…

10. Supplementary Tools Tools to boost efficiency in D2L:  Firefox – increases speed of maneuvering in D2L, decreases bugs  Respondus 3.5 – import quizzes and questions from many publisher’s test banks or from text and MS Word documents  WebDrive – instantly open, edit and save documents on D2L from your computer without needing to download and upload

Top 10 Timesaving Tips 1.Stack courses 2.Edit All 3.HTML 4.Display in Calendar 5.Link to Grades 6.Add Multiple Topics 7.Export Calendar 8.Classlist ing 9.Copy Components 10. Supplementary Tools

Peek into the Future A Learning Object Repository (LOR) is online library of course items (e.g., documents, quizzes, lectures, games, podcasts, videos, etc.), which instructors can share across the state!