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  1. Exempt Grades

    A professor may choose to mark a grade as exempt rather than assign a zero or a grade. An exempt grade will not be counted in your final grade. If your professor has marked a grade item as "Exempt," you will see the following on your Grades screen:...
  2. Semester Course Load

    Students can enroll in up to 18 credit hours without approval for the 16-week terms, Fall and Spring semesters.   Recommended Load Take only up to as many credit hours as there are weeks in the session, For example: During an 8 week session - ...
  3. Six Drop Rule and Withdrawing from Classes

    Starting with Fall 2007 the six-drop rule applies to your entire college career. A student that has accumulated six (6) drops may not be permitted to accumulate another drop. The student will receive the grade earned in the course. See Six Course ...
  4. Rate Discussion Posts

    An instructor may use a feature in a discussion topic allowing students to rate their peers' posts. There are three different rating scales. 5 Star Rating Number of stars are averaged; everyone can see the average rating. Click on the discu...
  5. Using a Mac with LockDown Browser

    NOTE: These instructions are for the Chrome browser on the Mac. Enable Pop-ups The browser needs to be configured to allow pop-ups from “d2l.lonestar.edu”. It is advised to manually input our website instead of allowing from pop-ups. G...
  6. HTML Editor Basics

    There are multiple parts to the HTML editor. The upper toolbar of the HTML/WYSIWYG editor is very similar to the toolbar in most document editors, such as MS Word. If you do not see this full toolbar, click the [...]  icon on the far right of the ...
  7. Cannot Reply to Discussion Topic Questions

    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. Contact your instructor. See also Participating in Discussions . Troubleshooting Try the ...
  8.  How to do the 360 Room Check

    Respondus Monitor and other proctoring solutions require that you video your room before you may proceed to taking your test. Here is an example of the correct way to do the video. Make sure that you pan the room slowly. You must do 2 views a...
  9. Delete an Assignment Submission

    A student cannot delete a file once submitted. Contact your instructor if you need to resubmit a file and are unable. The instructor will need to delete the original file.
  10. A Grade Shows as Dropped in the Gradebook

    Instructors have the option of dropping a number of grades in a specific category. If you see the word "Dropped!" in place of a grade in your Grades list, do not worry. This means that your instructor is dropping one or more grades in that category....