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  1. Manage Calendar Tasks

    Tasks can help to keep course events distinct from your personal tasks.  Use Tasks to break up a big assignment into sub-tasks to stay on top of all your due dates. Tasks is located on the right side of your D2L course or home page in the Calendar...
  2. Add a YouTube Video to an Assignment Submission or Post

    You can add a YouTube video anywhere you find the [Insert Stuff] icon in a WYSIWYG/HTML editor. Inside the WYSIWYG/HTML  editor (Assignment Submission, Discussion Post, Composing an Email, etc.), click on the [ Insert Stuff]  icon in the tool...
  3.  Progress Overview

    Access the Class Progress Tool Show Video Walkthrough Access the Personal Menu by clicking on your name in the top right corner. Click Progress . Click on an item in the list below the Summary to see you...
  4. Unable to Take a Quiz, Test or Exam

    Contact the Service Desk Contact the Service Desk to document the problem and get an Incident number to relay to your instructor. The technician will document the issue and provide you with an incident number. Please have the following ...
  5. Unable to Open Assignment

    If you can see the assignment , but it is not clickable, check the range of availability listed below the assignment against your course schedule or syllabus. If you believe this to be an error, contact your instructor. Contact the Instructor...
  6. Cannot Reply to Thread in Discussions

    If you do not see the Start a New Thread button or the Reply to Thread button after clicking on an existing thread, the discussion topic may be locked.                                         See Unable to See Start a New Thread Button . S...
  7. Increase Readability Using Your Account Settings

    You can increase the readability of D2L pages and tools by modifying your Account Settings . Changing your account settings allows you to customize many of your viewing options within  D2L . Click on [Your name] in the Minibar . Choo...
  8. Placement Tests

    Proper course placement during the first year is critical to fostering student success in college. Placement tests help to ensure that students enroll in courses that best match their academic skills and prior learning experiences. See Placement ...
  9. Rubrics

    An instructor may attach a Rubric to an Assignment, Discussion, Exam or Grade item. Rubrics are used to assess your achievement in activities in a course, based on predefined achievement levels and assessment criteria. They help ensure that activiti...
  10. View Your Attendance Data

    Instructors may create and use an attendance register in D2L. If your instructor has made the attendance register visible to students, you can access the register by doing the following: From the navbar, click on Course Activities and select At...