Desire2Learn for Higher Education Cookbook

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Getting Your Course Ready for a New Semester
• Introduction
• Copying course materials from a previous semester
• Importing a publisher's course cartridge
• Changing many due dates from one screen
• Double-checking everything from the student view
• Configuring your web browser

• Chapter 2: Personalizing Your Course
• Introduction
• Using your profile to add personality
• Customizing navbar links
• Creating navigation groups
• Customizing your homepage with background images
• Using system variables to create customized content

• Chapter 3: Getting Materials into Your Course
• Introduction
• Outlining a new course using Course Builder
• Reorganizing an existing course with Course Builder
• Getting the existing Microsoft Word documents into your course
• Working with PowerPoint presentations
• Updating course files without deleting the original topics
• Uploading folders to batch create course content
• Adding content from the Learning Object Repository
• Using Google Docs to allow multiple download formats

• Chapter 4: Working with Multimedia
• Introduction
• Finding Creative Commons licensed images
• Embedding web videos
• Working with YouTube playlists
• Recording how-to videos with Jing
• Recording and editing videos with YouTube
• Creating audio files with Audacity

• Chapter 5: Diving into HTML Code
• Introduction
• Displaying external web content with frames
• Using CSS to style content
• Using Desire2Learn's accessible templates
• Creating mobile-friendly content

• Chapter 6: Managing Assessments
• Introduction
• Streamlining the quiz creation process using quiz templates
• Copying quiz questions to the question library
• Giving students extra time on assessments
• Deleting a student's quiz attempt
• Using question feedback to help students learn
• Using submission views and release conditions to create a learning experience
• Submitting a quiz on behalf of a student
• Minimizing cheating by randomizing questions and options
• Correcting quiz questions

• Chapter 7: Collaboration and Participation
• Introduction
• Creating project/study groups
• Posting content for specific groups
• Creating a technical question forum
• Setting up a review session with Google Hangouts
• Facilitating collaborative note taking with Google Docs
• Monitoring specific discussion topics using notifications
• Monitoring participation
• Setting up Intelligent Agents
• Using the BCC field to keep the e-mail private

• Chapter 8: Working with the Grades Tool
• Introduction
• Dropping the lowest item in a gradebook category
• Displaying an on-going total or mid-term report
• Hiding grade items from students
• Setting up your grades view to minimize scrolling
• Creating a new letter grade scheme
• Calculating and releasing final grades
• Previewing grades from a student's perspective
• Viewing grades for students who have withdrawn from a course
• Exporting a backup copy of your grades

• Index