D2L How To Guide:

Listed below is a brief description of the D2L How-to Guides with links to helpful information that includes printable versions of each of the tools. Videos coming soon.

Choose which role is right for the people in your course	Roles in D2L (e.g., Instructor, Student, TA, Guest) determine which tools that people in your course can access, so it is important to be able to enroll users correctly. Learn how to decide which role is best here.
Reuse your course	If you have already built a course or have parts of a course in D2L that you would like to reuse, this page will guide you through the process.
Allow online student submissions	Students can turn in their assignments 24 hours a day using D2L. Online assignment submissions also mean the use of less paper and better tracking and organization.
Change your site's appearance	Certain aspects of your course site's appearance can be altered. Learn how to change things like color, the background of your Navigation Bar at the top of the screen, as well as how to add images and media to your course's content.
Coordinate group work online	Coordinating group work online is a good way to combat free riders in group situations. Each person in a group is responsible for submitting his or her own work on a project.
Encourage academic integrity	There are ways to promote academic integrity in your online course.  Learn a few of them here.
Enforce a sequence in your course	Conditional release is used to define the order in which a student accesses course materials. "Release" means "visible or accessible to students." The most commonly used release conditons are date and time. Yet D2L allows intstructors to define other types of conditions for release of material to students. These defined orders are sometimes referred to as "learning paths."
Ensure your browser works with D2L	In order to make full use of D2L's features, your browser (e.g., Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari) should be configured properly.
Facilitate online student introductions	In an online environment, it can be difficult to build the sense of community. Introductions can help to mitigate the impersonal nature of an online course.
Go paperless	Students can turn in their assignments 24 hours a day using D2L. Online assignment submissions also mean the use of less paper and better tracking and organization. You can also post readings and assignments in the form of PDFs for your students to access 24 hours a day. Learn how to have a "Green" course here.
Learn student expectations for the course	At the beginning of an online course, it can be beneficial to open a dialogue with your students about what they would like to get out of your class. Learn how to do this here.
Maximize compatibility for Macs	D2L works a little differently for Mac users.  Review this page to get tips on how to maximize your system's compatibility.
Post Material on D2L	D2L allows you to share documents and files (e.g., syllabi, readings, etc.) with your students.  Learn how the basics of this process here.
Transfer grades to Webroster	Webroster is the UA's grade submission program. D2L's gradebook can be pulled into Webroster at the end of the semseter so that instructors do not have to manually enter grades.
Use video	Content tool allows you to post and organize relevant learning materials for your students. Content material can range from basic text to multimedia files.