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  1. Use Discover Tool

    Discover is a tool which allows users to self-enroll in Community Groups in D2L. Students can freely enroll or unenroll themselves from most Community Groups in the Discover tool without needing to be added or approved by the Group Manager of ...
  2. Change Your Preferred Name in iStar and D2L

    When a preferred name is updated in iStar , a message is sent to D2L that overwrites the First Name and/or Last Name in the D2L user information. Your preferred name will display in Classlist , Discussions  and Groups .  The Student Emai...
  3. Submitting or Leaving a Quiz Early

    When attempting a Quiz  in D2L, you can leave your  Quiz Attempt either by Submitting the quiz, which will end the quiz and submit your attempt to your Instructor, or you can attempt to leave the quiz early. If you leave a quiz early, you will...
  4.  Manual Upload or Download from YuJa

    Upload Video to YuJa Show Video Walkthrough From your D2L Course, click [Course Activities] -> [YuJa Video Platform] . Click on Manage Media .   Click Upload  in the menu. ...
  5.  Manage Your YuJa Videos

    Show Video Walkthrough Naming Videos For best practices, have meaningful naming conventions for your videos, include 6 digit dates. (Example: 06-13-22 for June 13th, 2022) Mouse over your video, then click...
  6.  Record with YuJa Browser Capture Studio

    Show Video Walkthrough From your D2L Course, click [Course Activities] -> [YuJa Video Platform] . From the YuJa homepage, Click on Create Recording at the top of the page.  On the Creat...
  7.  Record With YuJa Software Capture [Desktop]

     YuJa is the official video platform supported by Lone Star College and integrationed into D2L. Windows Installation Video Apple Installation Video     From your D2L Course, click [Course Activitie...
  8. Proctoring Options for Online Quizzes

    Proctoring Online Quizzes Proctoring a quiz validates its integrity by providing varying levels of supervision for students taking the quiz. Lone Star College offers multiple options for proctoring quizzes. Contact your instructor for specific proc...
  9. Good Start Checklist

    Use this checklist to prepare for your online courses for the semester. Before classes begin: Locate your official college email You will have a student email account while at Lone Star College. All official co...
  10.  Use EquatIO for accessibility and more

    EquatIO allows the creation of digital equations and formulas. It also offers other STEM and graphing tools. EquatIO can be used within the D2L Editor, on your desktop (Windows or Mac), in Google Chrome and EquatIO MathSpace website. EquatIO formu...