Every course section that is taught at BHSU has a D2L course shell readily available
for Faculty. (If you have any issues finding a section on D2L, please contact Anne
Stevens.)
Communicate, Communicate, Communicate! Provide your students with detailed information about how the course will proceed.
- Login
- Create a News Item about the change
- Change Time Zone - Remember to change the Time Zone. D2L will automatically adjust assignment submission
due dates/times to the course’s time zone. D2L is by default set to ‘GMT:6:00 United
States - Chicago'
- Add Course Materials
- Activate the course - if you haven’t done so already.You should also email your students so they are aware that they need to login to D2L
now.
Through online teaching, using tools under each of the following tabs in D2L, you can accomplish the student learning outcomes.
D2L allows for faculty to share content materials with their students. It also allows
for live or recorded video lectures. Here are some helpful links:
- Synchronous Instruction Options:
- Asynchronous Instruction Options:
D2L allows for faculty to evaluate student progress and assess them. Here are some
helpful links for these D2L tools:
Class Progress - where you can see students login, grade overview and percentage of course completion
Dropbox- where students submit files for grading
Grades
Quizzes
D2L provides faculty with a variety of ways to communicate with their students. Below
are helpful links to those tools, along with other communication options outside of
D2L:
- Checklist – to provide a structured “to-do list” for your students
- Calendar
- Discussions
- News
- Zoom – also available in D2L classes (Communication à Zoom – BHSU)
- Classlist (Found under Resources Tab in D2L)
- Synchronous Communication Options:
- Phone
- Text message
- Microsoft Teams– Live Video & Chat
- Asynchronous Communication Options:
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- BHSU Email
- D2L News (announcement)
- D2L Email
- D2L Discussions – for questions and answers
- Record short Audio
- Record short Video
- Zoom – Recorded
- Microsoft Teams – Chat