Navigate D2L

D2L has been designed so that the page layout is similar across all courses.

The Minibar

Shows the Minibar.

From left to right, the Minibar contains:

  1. [Lone Star College logo]: Takes you to your D2L account homepage.
  2. [Select a Course]: Brings up a list of your courses and enables you to pin them to the top of the list. 
  3. [Subscriptions Alerts]: Notifies you about new posts in subscribed discussions.
  4. [Update Alerts]: Notifies you about new announcements, dates, new & updated grades
  5. [Your name] Contains the Personal Menu.

Personal Menu

Shows the personal menu items.

Select [Your name] to access the Personal menu. The Personal Menu contains:

  1. [Profile]: Update your profile picture, contact information, social networks, create a nickname, and more.
  2. [Notifications]: Update your contact methods, instant notification preferences, and more.
  3. [Account Settings]: Update your account settings, discussion settings, email settings, and more.
  4. [Progress]: View a detailed breakdown of your course progress.
  5. [English (United States)] Language Settings.
  6. [Logout] Logout of D2L.

 The Navbar

Shows the Navbar.

  • [Content]: The learning materials provided to you by your instructor. (Video )
  • [Grades]: View current grades. (Video )
  • [Course Activities]: Assessments currently available. (Video )
    • [Assignments]
    • [Attendance]
    • [Class Progress]
    • [Quizzes]
    • [Qwickly Attendance]
    • [YuJa Video Platform]
  • [Collaboration]: Tools that may be used in the course for communication. (Video )
    • [Awards]
    • [Classlist]
    • [Discussions]
    • [ePortfolio]
    • [Groups]
    • [IntelliWriter]
    • [Microsoft 365 Email]
    • [WebEx]
    • [Zoom Meetings]
  • [Support]: