D2L Made Easy

Here are step-by-step instructions to help you get started with D2L. 

Getting Started:

Find your UWM D2L course sites

First steps for a new D2L course site

Copy course content from an older D2L site

Make your D2L course site visible to students

Add a participant to your D2L course site

Send D2L email

Welcome and News: 

General overview

Create a news item

Edit, dismiss, and restore a news item

Subscribe to news
Save draft vs. post 

Content:

Upload files

Add quicklink

Hide content

Edit content

Rearrange content

Student view of content

Link to eReserve

Discussions:

Create discussions

Post / Reply to discussions

Sort discussion postings

Search discussions

Print discussions

Delete discussion posting

Undelete discussion posting

Dropbox:

Create dropbox

Download dropbox files

Leave dropbox feedback

Quizzes:

Create basic D2L quiz

Set quiz time restrictions

Set quiz attempt restrictions

Create multiple-choice question

Create true-false question

Create fill-in-the-blanks question

Create long-answer question

Preview your D2L quiz

Set quiz availability

Set special access restrictions

Grade your D2L quiz

Show quiz results

Grades:

Choose gradebook settings

Create a weighted gradebook

Create a points-based gradebook

Record grades

Student view of gradebook

Export grades to Excel

Transfer grades to PAWS (eGrading)
Troubleshooting eGrading


D2L 9.4.1 - January 2012