| Qustion: Can I embed video into D2L discussion posts (ie. a youtube video)? |
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Answer:
When trying to embed video into a D2L discussion, it breaks with a 500 error.
upon examination of the embed code, the protocol is missing from the source.
example:
<iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/xtNhf0eA120?rel=0″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe> Note the src=”//www…..
SOLUTION: In order to successfully embed a video you’ll need to alter that bit of code to be http://www….. or https://www….
Reported this to the MnSCU D2L team, as the embed preview works.
| Qustion:
Can you please share directions on how to import D2L items from a course last year into this fall’s D2L course. |
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Login into your recent D2L course (the one you would to roll over content TO)
Click Edit Course
Click on Import/Export/Copy Components
Leave default Copy radiobutton selected and press Start
Scroll down to “Copy the selected course components from”
and scroll down the list of available D2L courses from your past (Select Offering)
From the selected course, taught in the past, choose the components, which you like to copy to your recent course. You can select all or only specific components. scroll down and click Continue when done
complete the process by following directions on the screen
What’s new for students in D2L v. 10.1?
https://d2l.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1369
Please let us know (ims@stcloudstate.edu) if you need a D2L orientation session for your classes and/or request through our Technology Instruction form:
What’s new for students in D2L v. 10.1?
Please consider the following outline:
Content:
Dropbox:
Discussions:
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Collapsible topics
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Blended Learning Course Design: A Boot Camp for Instructors
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Madison, WI
July 29 – 30, 2013
This intensive two-day workshop offers one-to-one instruction and consultation from top innovators in blended learning. It’s a hands-on, working workshop. You bring a syllabus, exams, other course materials, and a computer. You leave with an action plan for a blended course that will keep you on the cutting edge of pedagogy.
Through this process, you will:
– Take one of your existing face-to-face courses and convert it into a blended format
– Feel comfortable and confident with the technology so that IT becomes an aid rather than a barrier to communicating with your students
– Learn the most pedagogically effective ways to blend instructional technology, course content, and course activities to promote interaction of students with each other, the instructor, and the content
You will finish with an understanding of how to balance what happens before class, what happens in class, and what happens after class. You will learn how to organize your own Learning Management System (LMS), and you will be exposed to the very best technology tools to support student learning.
Topics explored during this event include course design principles, pedagogical considerations, technology how-to’s, and student engagement strategies.
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Question:I have a question about expiration policy of D2L courses, and how to save the courses.
Do you archive the courses before they disappear on D2L? And is it possible to restore them after on demand? |
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Answer:
D2L administrators and the D2L listserv announces the purge of D2L courses usually early August, before the start of the academic year. D2L administrators do NOT back up D2L courses, since this requires a lot of space, so faculty are responsible for their backup.
IMS faculty (http://lrts.stcloudstate.edu/library/general/ims/default.asp) have been offering regular information and sessions on D2L backup.
Here is a link to a handout with snapshots how to back up your D2L course
http://web.stcloudstate.edu/informedia/d2l/backup_d2l_course_components.docx
If more assistance needed, pls look up for scheduled sessions:
https://secure.mnsu.edu/mnscupd/login/default.asp?campusid=0073
to schedule F2F or virtual session with IMS faculty, please contact us: ims@stcloudstate.edu
D2L version 10.1 will be rolled out at the end of this month. D2L will be unavailable from 10:00 PM on Friday, May 31, 2013 until 10:00 PM on Saturday, June 1, 2013.