Making D2L course accessible to students: Course Offering Information
categories: course offering
Q:
I want to make my course accessible to my students>
A:
GO “Edit Course”
Your q/s our a/s: how to link my e-reserve materials to D2L content
categories: ereserve
Q:
How to link my e-reserve materials to D2L content
A:
Go to your D2L course and click Materials | Content
Add a module to Table of Contents called “readings”
ereserve module
Select the module “Readings” scroll over “new” and select “add from manage files”
double-click on the “”E-reserves” folder
Check the box in front of the file from that folder, which you want displayed in your “readings” module and click “Done.”
repeat the process.
MnSCU System Office: D2L QA will be unavailable on Wednesday, September 11, 2013
categories: announcement, announcement
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MnSCU System Office:
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D2L QA (https://stcloudstateqa.ims.mnscu.edu/) will be unavailable on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 for a full refresh.
Any work that has been performed in QA since the last refresh (June 18, 2013) will be overwritten by the course data and files that exist in D2L Production as of September 11.
Status will be posted at http://status.mnscu.edu/desire2learn/
For more information please contact d2l@stcloudstate.edu.
your q/s, our a/s: for my classes, I would like the open computers to have installed software
categories: technology
Q:
For my classes, I would like the open computers to have installed software
A:
Use the following form on the Huskynet web pages to request the installation:
http://huskynet.stcloudstate.edu/software/labrequests/softwarerequest.asp
MnSCU System Office: D2L Reserved Downtimes for 2014
categories: announcement, announcement
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MnSCU System Office:
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2014. The schedule is available on the MnSCU IMS website at http://mnscuims.mnscu.edu/scheduleddowntime.html
These are the reserved downtimes for D2L software updates, and for maintenance to the hardware and software that support the D2L system. Note that these times are simply reserved, and are only used if necessary. Please consider these potential periods of unavailability when planning your usage of the D2L system.
When a reserved time needs to be used, an email announcement is sent to campuses prior to the downtime. The message is sent to D2L Campus Site Administrators and D2L Campus Trainers. Campus Site Admins at each campus are responsible for notifying users at their schools. Downtimes are also posted at the D2L Status Web Page at http://status.mnscu.edu/desire2learn/
By reserving these times, and notifying users in advance, we hope to minimize the impact of the times when D2L is unavailable due to maintenance and upgrades. On occasion, we need to extend a downtime, or take an unscheduled downtime when a critical update is needed. As much as possible, we work within the framework of the reserved downtime schedule.
WEEKLY RESERVED D2L DOWNTIMES – D2L Hardware and Server Software Maintenance
All Tuesdays 5 AM-7 AM (reserved—used only when necessary)
All Sundays 5 AM-9 AM (reserved—used only when necessary)
MONTHLY RESERVED D2L DOWNTIMES – D2L Software Updates
Typically first Friday of the month with the exception of MnSCU or D2L Canada holiday weekends.
Calendar Year 2014:
Jan 3-4, 2014 (10 PM Fri-10 AM Sat)
Feb 7-8, 2014 (10 PM Fri-10 AM Sat)
Mar 7-8, 2014 (10 PM Fri-10 AM Sat)
Apr 4-5, 2014 (10 PM Fri-10 AM Sat)
May 2-3, 2014 (10 PM Fri-10 AM Sat)
May 30-31, 2014† (10 PM Fri-10 PM Sat) (24 hours)
July 11-12, 2014 (10 PM Fri-10 AM Sat)
Aug 8-9, 2014 (10 PM Fri-10 AM Sat)
Sept 5-6, 2014 (10 PM Fri-10 AM Sat)
Oct 3-4, 2014 (10 PM Fri-10 AM Sat)
Nov 7-8, 2014 (10 PM Fri-10 AM Sat)
Dec 5-6, 2014 (10 PM Fri-10 AM Sat)
Jan 2-3, 2015 † (10 PM Fri-10 PM Sat) (24 hours)
† The reserved downtime for a major software upgrade may need to be extended beyond the designated 24 hours. When a major D2L software upgrade is released in early spring, we typically upgrade after spring semester. We reserve additional dates between fall and spring semester (Dec, Jan) to provide options for later software releases.
| Qustion: Why won’t the calendar view stay maximized in D2L? |  |
Answer: https://d2l.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1393
Per MnSCU System Office
More questions and issues?
please contact d2l@stcloudstate.edu
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your q/s, our a/s: how to request a semesterless/development D2L course
categories: Desire2Learn (D2L)
Q:
Please create a semesterless course for me
A:
Requesting semesterless or development D2L course requires the same dbase as regular request:
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2013/05/09/d2l-course-request/
The process splits here:
your q/s, our a/s: viewing my D2L content does not look right
categories: Uncategorized
Q:
When I try to view content (lecture slides from day 1 and 2), the viewer shows blank white pages with the text and no figures in it.
A:
The new D2L content window has an option in the lower right corner of the screen: “View as Page.” It needs to be switched from “View as Text.”
SWITCH TO “VIEW AS PAGE”
your q/s, our a/s: export date from a D2L survey
categories: Desire2Learn (D2L), survey
Q:
How may I download the data collected by a survey done in D2L (I want to use the data on excel).
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Go and open Surveys under Assessment in the D2L Nav Bar.
Open the Survey, which needs its data to be exported.
Create a new report
don’t forget to check the box in front of “Teacher” after you scroll down
after creating a new report, go back to surveys, open your survey, scroll down and choose report
The CSV file will be the one, which can be opened in Excel
your q/s our a/s: when to use D2L self-assessment and when D2L survey
categories: self-assessment, survey
Q: The students had to write 3 learning goals in D2L self-assessment that they had for the semester, so they typed those in, and then clicked “send” or “complete” or whatever, and their response just went into the ether? There has to be a way to retrieve the information. Any ideas?
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The info is gone. It doesn’t get collected anywhere, that’s not the nature of the tool. You wanted a survey.
Self-Assessment is used rather to temporarily collect information for the student her/him-self and review; if the instructor needs to get hold of that info, the instructor must consider survey
Example for a good use of self-assessment:
Self Assessment
math70-feedbacktest – Preview
Question 1
After you set up the following equation so that it could be solved by using the Quadratic Formula, in this case with polynomial terms on the left-hand side, what are the values of a, b, and c?
5x – 3x2 = 7
Check my answerQuestion 2
After you set up the following equation so that it could be solved by using the Quadratic Formula, in this case with polynomial terms on the left-hand side, what are the values of a, b, and c?
-4x + 2x2 + 11 = -5