Edit, dismiss, and restore news item

It is now possible for instructors and students to dismiss a news items in the News widget and restore a dismissed news item.  


In order to dismiss an item in the News widget, simply click on the Dismiss icon (grey "x") 

In order to restore a dismissed news item, go to the News page and select the News icon .  

There are three possible actions here (edit, delete, and restore).  Click on the Restore icon (the blue 

circle with a white arrow in the middle) beside the news item you want to restore.  

In order to edit a News item, select the Edit icon  (the pencil) for the news item you want to edit. 

1. Edit your news posting. 
2. Select the "This is a major edit. Restore this item for any users who have dismissed it" check box to inform users of major changes and updates to postings they might have dismissed, ensuring those headlines reappear with current information.
3. (Optional) You can also make the edited news posting reappear at the top of the News widget by changing its Start Date to the current date and time. 
4. You should not select the major edit check box for changes to news item end dates, release conditions, and post formatting.
5. Click Update.

Resizing the D2L HTML editor window

It is possible to change the size of the window where I type in D2L!


1.  Click on the lower right-hand corner of the HTML editor window, then 
2.  drag it to make the window larger or smaller, as you wish. 


Here's a quick (silent) video that illustrates how to do it: http://screencast.com/t/CyFAublxZALC

Pasting from Word

In the D2L HTML editor, from either the Basic or Advanced tab, if you use Internet Explorer, the keyboard command Ctrl+V will allow you to paste from Word. 


However, in Internet Explorer 7 and 8, the "Paste from Word" functionality (the icon looks like a clipboard with a blue "W") does not work. A pop-up window will appear, but there is no way to paste into the pop-up text box. 


Please click this link for a screen shot: http://screencast.com/t/MDEwMDRhYTQ

Edit Content

Editing a module and/or topic

• From the D2L Course Home page, click on [Content] on the main navigation bar.
• Identify the Module or Topic you wish to edit. Click [Edit...] (yellow “pencil” icon) located to the right of the title.
• From the [Properties] tab, you may (a) edit the Title, or (b) move the Module or Topic beneath a different Parent Module.
• From the [Restrictions] tab, you may choose to (a) hide the module / topic, or (b) set the item’s availability by date and time.  

Note: hidden topics will *remain* hidden, regardless of availability date/time, until you “unhide” them.

• When you have finished editing, click on [Save].

D2L 9.2.1 SP3 – October 2011

Why aren't my changes showing up!?!?!

If you're making changes to a file in D2L using the HTML editor, but you're not seeing the changes reflected in the file after saving the file, you might need to change a browser setting in Firefox.

The setting is called: browser.cache.check_doc_frequency in Firefox

The default setting is 0, which corresponds to "Check for a new version of a page once per session (a session starts when the first application window opens and ends when the last application window closes)."

We recommend you change the setting to 1, which corresponds to "Check for a new version every time a page is loaded."

To change this:

• type about:config in the address line,
• agree that you'll be careful, then
• scroll down the list of variables to browser.cache.check_doc_frequency, and
• change it to 1.

Many thanks to Dan Semi at UW-River Falls and Brook Soltvedt at the Wisconsin Learn@UW utility for this question and solution!

Edit properties of multiple items - various tools

Okay! I missed this entirely when the latest release came out! Many thanks to Mary in Stevens Point for pointing it out to me -- so I can share it with you!

So now you can edit multiple items in all these tools, besides the Grades tool that I posted about yesterday:

• Content
• Dropbox
• Grades
• Links
• Surveys

Here are the properties in each of these tools that are bulk-editable:



CONTENT:
• Title
• Short Title
• Hide
• Hide Enumeration












GRADES:
• Name
• Short Name
• Maximum Points
• Weight
• Bonus
• Can Exceed
• Grade Scheme
• Category







DROPBOX:
• Folder Name
• Dropbox Category
• Date availability




























LINKS:
• Name
• URL
• Description
• Category





















SURVEYS:
• Name
• Category
• Status