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National Distance Ed Week Top Ten Timesaving Tips for D2L Faculty [email protected] Name Marcy of Presenter 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? Email D2L Admin before semester begins [email protected] 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 [email protected] 3. HTML for Easy Edits • How? Go to Content > Add Topic > Create New File (HTML) • Why? Lets you edit instantly in D2L [email protected] 4. Display in Calendar • Available to use for release dates of – Content – Dropbox – Discussion – Quizzes • Instantly makes and updates most calendar events for you! [email protected] 5. Link to Grades • Link the following: – Dropbox Items – Discussion Topics – Quizzes • Enables convenient and automatic grading while perusing assignments [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 8. Email from Classlist • Email all – Select • Email some or one – Check student(s) – Select [email protected] 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… [email protected] 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 [email protected] Top 10 Timesaving Tips 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Stack courses Edit All HTML Display in Calendar Link to Grades 6. Add Multiple Topics 7. Export Calendar 8. Classlist Emailing 9. Copy Components 10. Supplementary Tools [email protected] 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! [email protected]