Desire2Learn (D2L) Tutorials
Getting Started
News
Content
Discussions
Dropbox
Quizzes
Grades
Getting Started
Find your UWM D2L course sites
Getting started with a new D2L site
Copy course content from an older D2L site
Make your D2L course site visible to students
Add a participant to your D2L course site
Send D2L email
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News
Create a News Item
Edit, Dismiss, Restore a News Item
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Content
Upload files
Add Quicklink
Hide content
Edit content
Rearrange content
Student view of content
Link to eReserve
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Discussions
Create Discussions
Post/Reply to Discussions
Sort Discussion postings
Search Discussions
Print Discussions
Delete Discussion posting
Undelete Discussion posting
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Dropbox
Create Dropbox
Download Dropbox files
Leave Dropbox feedback
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Quizzes
Create basic D2L quiz
Set quiz time restrictions
Set quiz attempt restrictions
Create multiple-choice question
Create true-false question
Create fill-in-the-blanks question
Create long-answer question
Preview your D2L quiz
Set quiz availability
Set special access restrictions
Grade your D2L quiz
Show quiz results
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Grades
Choose gradebook settings
Create a weighted gradebook
Create a points-based gradebook
Record grades
Student view of gradebook
Export grades to Excel
Export grades to PAWS
Troubleshooting eGrading
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ARCHIVE
Some basic administrative tasks to remember
Copying course materials from one site to another
Adding co-instructors and TAs (students are added automatically)
Adding content to your D2L course site
The first step in producing course content: Creating a module
The second step in producing course content: Upload a new file to add a topic to your module
Another way to produce course content: Create a Quicklink to add a topic to your module
Once you've created modules and topics: Hiding or releasing course content
Once you've created modules and topics: Other options for managing course content
Creating simple online discussion forums in D2L
Setting up discussion forums and topics
Modifying forum and topic names, descriptions, and availability
Creating a D2L dropbox for students to upload their assignments
Changing dropbox settings, downloading dropbox files and providing student feedback
Making announcements and sending email to your class using D2L
Putting an announcement on your D2L site
Sending email from the D2L Classlist
Setting up your gradebook in D2L
Acknowledgements: Jeri Weiser of UW-Eau Claire produced a significant proportion of these materials, as indicated in the individual items. Permission to use them is gratefully acknowledged. Copyright © 1995-2009 UW-Eau Claire and the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System