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Welcome to the D2L Faculty Help page. Here you will find information about some of the tools and features available through D2L. The help files are available in both HTML and PDF form. You may find the PDF files easier to print. Some tools also contain video tutorials and FAQs.  Use the legend below to access the file type you wish to view.

D2L Tools

Articles · Assessments · Blogs · Calendar · Chat · Checklist · Classlist
Competencies · Content · Course Home  · Discussions · Dropbox · Edit Course
Email · FAQ · Grades · Groups · Links · Login · Manage Files
My Home · My Preferences · News · Pager · Rubrics · User Roles

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Articles
New for Spring 2008!

Assessments
Post quizzes or tests in the Assessments tool so that students may submit them and view feedback online.  Most questions will be graded by D2L and the results will go directly to the gradebook.  You may time the quiz, specify the number of submissions students are allowed or even randomize questions. 

Blogs

New for Spring 2008!

Calendar
Use the calendar to post important course related events, such as assignment due dates, exams, or virtual classroom meetings.  You can even link directly to electronic assignments or quizzes.  Create events one at a time or upload all events for the semester.

Chat
The chat tool is an online, interactive tool that students and instructors can use to text chat online through D2L.

Checklist
Create checklists to highlight important aspects or necessary components of your course or particular assignments.  Students check off items as they are completed.

Classlist
The classlist stores information about faculty and students enrolled in each course. Use the classlist to view online status for students and send emails to your class. You will also use the classlist to set up Groups within your course.

Competencies

New for Spring 2008!

Content
The Content tool is the main place you will go to get course content.

Course Home
Instructors can modify the course home any way they choose. The widgets, navigation bars, and course colors may be different for each course based on each instructor’s own design.

Discussions
The Discussions tool is a communication tool that can be used to enhance a course site. This feature is similar to a chat, but is designed for asynchronous use, users are not present at the same time to converse online.

Dropbox
The Dropbox replaces the digital dropbox and the assignment feature in Blackboard. Students submit assignments by uploading files to folders in the Dropbox. Instructors view submitted files, provide grades and feedback all from within the Dropbox.

Edit Course
The Edit Course link is found on the bottom right side of the Navigation Bars. You will use this link to make administrative changes to your course.

Email
Send email through D2L and avoid the hassle of creating and maintaining distribution lists.  Email goes directly to the user's ETSU email account.

FAQ
The FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) tool is a great place to list answers to commonly asked course questions. Questions will be grouped into categories to help organize the FAQ.

Grades
Use the D2L Grades tool to track user grades and display detailed class statistics. You can import, export, and edit single or multiple grades, while giving users the option to view their personal grades and class statistics.

Groups
Use the Groups tool to separate your students into groups within D2L. Students can then have virtual group meetings through their own discussion forum.

Links
List all of your external links in one place using the Links tool.

Login
Not sure where to login?  Click here for information.

Manage Files
The Manage Files tool is the file management system for your course. It is recommended that you organize your files into folders, create a folder for each module of content, and store all your files and folders in the Manage Files area. From this area, you can organize and upload files associated with your course offering.

My Home
The My Home page contains links to various tools that help you navigate the D2L system. The links are arranged inside “widgets” that cannot be moved or changed. You may return to the My Home page my clicking My Home in the navigation bar or by clicking the ETSU logo at the top of the page.

My Preferences
The Preferences tool allows you to change your font settings, paging preferences, discussion room layout, email preferences, and password.

News
News allows you to post messages to your students so that they will see it when they first enter your course page. These messages can be released or removed based on a date and time.

Pager
Faculty and students can use the pager tool to send instant messages to one another. Pager communication is synchronous, which will allow real-time communication. Users will also receive a notification when a page is received while offline.

Rubrics
New for Spring 2008!

User Roles
View the different roles in D2L and access levels for each.