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D2L Version10.3

• What’s New

On May 30, 2014 MnSCU will upgrade D2L from version 10.1 to version 10.3

This is an overview of the changes that users will experience after the upgrade.

Note: This includes new features introduced in versions 10.2 and 10.3

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Overall Changes

• Command buttons float on screen: scroll up or down and

command buttons remain visible and clickable

• HTML editor displays buttons for settings instead of

appearing as a blank box until after user clicks in it

• Quicklinks menu list of tools with callouts to items

• Friendly notice when your session has been inactive for a

period of time-and it takes you back to right where you were

even if you have to log back in

• Document Viewer does auto-resize to fit screen (Content

and Dropbox)

• My Courses—the collapse expand state is retained

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Floating command buttons - Quiz

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Floating command buttons - Content

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HTML Editor Displays buttons before user clicks in the HTML editor text box.

Click to see more

buttons/settings

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Quicklinks—Comprehensive Menu

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Session Timeout Notice

Hit a key or log back in and you are taken back to the screen you

were on, rather than to the home page.

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Content Changes – Navigation

• Expandable/collapsible Content map displays on left

• Quick navigation to any module or topic

• Can drag and drop files from desktop onto Content map

• Tablets: swipe left to expand, swipe right to collapse (iPad or

Android)

• Content will remember and retain the collapsed or

expanded state of modules

• Expand or Collapse single module

• Expand All or Collapse All options

• Students can collapse completed modules

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Content – collapsed Table of Contents

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Content – expanded Table of Contents

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Content Changes – Creating Items

• Content Overview is more intuitive

• Create any activity from Content (consistent process for any activity) • Note: reduced feature list for some tools (full list of options still

available from tool—example—Dropbox)

• After creation of new item, instructor is automatically returned to Content (rather than to the Tool where the item was created, dropbox, quiz, etc.)

• Quicklinks creation is comprehensive and intuitive

• Drag and drop files from desktop to Content map

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Content Overview more Intuitive

• New instructions for Overview

• Clear description of purpose of Overview

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Content – Create New Item

• Can create: • Checklist

• Discussion

• Dropbox

• Quiz

• Survey

• Notes: 1. Some items will show fewer

options than when creating from within the tool itself (dropbox, for example).

2. After creating item, user stays within Content tool.

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Quicklinks—Comprehensive Menu

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Drag and drop files onto Content map

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Content Changes – Editing Items

• Can change content file in one simple step:

simply select a different file

(no need to delete current file and start over)

• Edit properties in place

• Edit HTML in place

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Content—Change File

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Content Edit Properties in Place

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Content-Edit HTML in Place

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Content Changes – Tracking Activity

• Student visits to Content topic that goes to an external link

will be tracked

• Placeholder displays in D2L content to maintain location in

navigation

• Files that cannot be opened in Document Viewer

(unsupported file types) will display a Download option in

the placeholder

• Completion Summary is visible from Content topic view

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Content—External Link placeholder

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Content—Unsupported File type placeholder

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• Placeholder for unsupported file types that cannot be displayed in Document viewer

• Option to download the file

• Navigation to move to next Content item or previous Content item

Content – Completion Summary

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Instructor can access

student completion

summaries for

learning activities

directly from Content

Content – Completion Summary Info

Filter options and Completion and Grades information

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Completion Summary Profile Card Options

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Content Changes – Notifications

• Teacher can enable notification alerts for Content that has

been edited

• Students see Content notifications alert on minibar

• Students click minibar alert link to go to Content item

• Students can also subscribe to receive Content notifications via

email

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Content Notifications

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Student View Content Notifications

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• Students will see alert in the minibar

• Clicking the alert text will take student to the Content item

• Students can also set an email notification for Content changes

• Minibar alerts will appear even if student has not set a notification

Content Changes – Print HTML docs

• Can print HTML documents

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Copy Course Components

• Detailed Log tracks steps of copy components process

• Errors are clearly indicated

• Copy Error message displays

• Click Yellow Icon to access the log

• Details are shown in the log

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Copy Course Components - Log

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Discussions Navigation and Display

• Reading view only (no more Grid view)

• Collapse/Expand by Forum

• Hide All Topics option

• View by Thread, hover over user to send email or pager

message

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Discussions Forum – Topic view

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Discussions Tool Navigation and Display

• Counters for: Unread, Replies, Views

• Last Post date and time beside user name and image

• Click user’s image to send Email, Pager message, or to view the

User Progress

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Discussions - Must Post First Changes

• This restriction can now be applied at the Forum level as well as Topic level

• New role permission to allow a role to override the restriction (such as Teaching Assistant, etc.)

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Discussions tool: Create and Manage

• Forums and Topics have

context menus:

• View Topic or Forum

• Edit Topic or Forum

• View Topic or Forum

statistics

• Subscribe to Topic or Forum

• Delete Topic or Forum

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Discussion Statistics

Tracks number of:

• Threads started

• Replies posted

• Posts read

• Posts unapproved

• Post ratings

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Discussions – Access from Content

• Teacher can edit most discussion topic properties and

options from Content tool

• Students can participate in discussions directly from

Content tool

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Discussions – Alerts on Minibar

• Minibar Discussion alert links directly to

discussion topic

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Discussions - Restore Forums and Topics

• Discussion topics or

forums that were

deleted can be

restored, including

posts and statistics

from the forum or topic

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Discussion – Restore Posts

• If a single discussion

post is deleted, it can

be restored, if the role

has the appropriate

permission and

settings

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Discussion features deprecated

• Grid view is no longer available

• Shared forums are no longer available

• Existing shared forums are migrated to the level at which they were

created

• Shared forum feature can be mimicked by creating it at the desired

level and then linking to it from a navbar link, widget, or global

news item

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Quiz tool made more intuitive • Most commonly used features are arranged from left to

right in the Quiz tabs

• Tabs from left to right: • Properties (changes)

• Restrictions (no changes)

• Assessment (new tab)

• Objectives (no changes)

• Submission Views (new feature)

• Reports Setup (no changes) Note: Attempts tab no longer exists

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Quiz Settings: Properties tab

Properties tab now contains:

• Quiz Name

• Category name

• Quiz Questions • Add/Edit Questions

• Edit Values

• Description/Introduction

• Page Header/Footer

• Optional Advanced Properties

Moved to Assessment tab:

Grade Item, Auto Export to Grades, Attempts Allowed, Overall Grade Calculation

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Quiz Properties tab

• Quiz Questions are now

at the Properties tab

• Add/Edit Questions

Note: Grade Item,

Auto Export to Grades,

Attempts Allowed,

Overall Grade Calculation

have all been moved to

Assessments tab (new tab

in Quiz tool)

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Quiz Settings: Assessment tab

New tab that includes settings that were previously under

Properties tab and Attempts tab.

• from Properties tab:

• Grade Item

• Auto Export to Grades

• Student View Preview

• Rubrics

• Automatic Grade (upon completion)

• From Attempts tab:

• Attempts allowed

• Overall Grade Calculation

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Quiz Settings: Attempts tab—removed

• Attempts settings are now available under the

Assessment tab

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Quiz Settings: Submission Views tab

• Additional feature on this tab

• Adding a submission view includes a setting to allow all

students the same duration of time to view the quiz

submission after completing the quiz.

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Limited Duration Availability

of Quiz Submission View • Set in number of minutes

• Intended to give each student equal time to view the quiz

submission

• Must be set with start date and time that matches the start

date and time of the quiz

• The availability of the submission view begins immediately

upon submission of the quiz

• Does not work as intended if the submission view is set to

start when the quiz is no longer available

Limited Duration Submission View

Quiz Tool Improvements

• Matching question type has drop-down menu for students

to select a number (cannot simply type a number in)

• Quiz Score recalculation and saving no longer requires

multiple scrolling up and down on screen

• Submission View setting for duration of view (24 hours

after taking quiz) ensures all students have access for a

consistent period of time

• Changes to organization of settings on Quiz tabs

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Dropbox new features

• Evaluate (add score and feedback) for students without

dropbox submissions directly from Dropbox tool

• Evaluate external submissions directly from Dropbox tool

• Evaluate Submissions options to publish immediately or

save feedback as draft for later publishing

• Upload feedback in bulk

• Restore deleted dropbox folders

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Dropbox External or No Submission

• Enter feedback for students who did not submit to

dropbox, or who submitted a file outside of D2L

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Dropbox – Publish Submission Feedback

• When evaluating dropbox submissions, options to publish immediately for student to view, or save the feedback as a draft and publish it later

• Why: to provide feedback to students at the same time, rather than as each submission is graded

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Dropbox – Upload feedback in bulk

• Download dropbox

submissions to a zip file

• Open individual files and

annotate

• Save files to a zip file and

upload the file using “Add

Feedback Files” button

• Go to Dropbox and Publish

• Students can open and

view their feedback file

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Dropbox – Restore deleted dropbox folder

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1. From Dropbox folder list, go to Event Log

2. Locate folder name: Click Restore

3. This restores the folder, all the file submissions and the feedback

Note: It is only possible to restore an entire folder and its contents

This feature will not allow restoration of individual files that have been

deleted from a dropbox folder that has not been deleted

Equation Editor

• Not Java dependent

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Grades - Milestone Grade

• Must be using Weighted Grade System

1. Create New Grade Item

2. Choose Calculated Type

3. Name the Calculated grade item

4. Select the grade items to include in the calculation

5. Select Milestone calculation type

6. Save

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Milestone Grade Setup

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D2L Version 10.3 • Coming to you on May 31, 2014

• 10.3 Overview videos coming soon

• Testing in QA available

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