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National Distance Ed Week: Top Ten Timesaving Tips for D2L Faculty by Marcy Dickson

Discover 10 expert tips to save time as a D2L faculty member, including stacking courses, editing all elements, utilizing HTML for easy edits, linking to grades, and more.

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National Distance Ed Week: Top Ten Timesaving Tips for D2L Faculty by Marcy Dickson

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  1. National Distance Ed Week TopTenTimesavingTips for D2L Faculty Marcy Dickson

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

  3. 2. Edit All Superpowers • 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

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

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

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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 8. Email from Classlist • Email all • Select • Email some or one • Check student(s) • Select

  10. 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…

  11. 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

  12. Top 10 Timesaving Tips • Stack courses • Edit All • HTML • Display in Calendar • Link to Grades Add Multiple Topics Export Calendar Classlist Emailing Copy Components Supplementary Tools

  13. 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!

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