Getting Started With Desire2Learn

• Quick Reference Guide - this guide provides quick steps for using specific tools in D2L (PDF)

• Course Home Page Editing Guide (PDF)

NSU Desire2Learn How To's

• Content
  • Adding Audio Files to D2L
• Course Migration
  • Migrating your course content
• Calendar
  • Linking to a Document from the Calendar
• Dropbox
  • Preparing Documents to Post
  • Posting Documents
  • Download Dropbox Assignments
  • Leaving Feedback and Grading Assignments
• Gradebook
  • Exporting the D2L Gradebook
  • Sample Gradebook Scheme
  • Viewing the Gradebook by Sections
  • Displaying Point and Letter Grades
  • Printing the Gradebook
• Login and Password
  • Login Instructions
  • Resetting Password
• Quizzes
  • Resetting a Quiz
  • Grade Quiz Options
• Respondus
  • Respondus Quiz Creation Software
  • Respondus Lockdown Browser
• Sections
  • Creating Sections and Enrolling Users
• WebDav
  • Using WebDav
• Widgets
  • Linking to Syllabus from Getting Started Widget
     

Desire2Learn Design Web Sites

• Desire2Learn Wiki
• Feeling at Home in Your Homepage
• Re-usable Widgets and Javascript for Teachers
• Build and RSS Feed

Desire2Learn Resources

• SD BOR Project Web Site (your NSU email logon is required)

• D2L Community Web Site (self-registration necessary to access materials)

 D2L User Guides - guides provided by D2L (PDF)

• Chat Tool

• Classlist

• Course Content

• Discussions

• Dropbox

• Editing course tools

• Course email

• Files

• Gradebook

• Homepages & Navigation bars

• HTML Editor

• Locker

• News items

• Quizzes

• Release Conditions

• Schedule

Desire2Learn Student Resources

• Technical requirements
• Student Desire2Learn (D2L) Tutorial
• Respondus Lockdown Browser - Note LockDown will be installed on all NSU computers. If you are at home you may need to read and follow the directions.