Import ePortfolio package

Import an ePortfolio package

You can only import Desire2Learn ePortfolio packages into your portfolio. If you have other items you want to add to your portfolio, use the Artifacts tool to add them individually.

1. From the Import/Export page, select Import ePortfolio Content.
2. Upload your import file.
3. Click Next.
4. On the Preview page for the import package, enter any New Tags that you want all imported items to have.
5. Click Import All Items.

Quiz Question Importer Tool

Our colleague in Madison, Rich Path, has developed a tool to import quiz questions into D2L.

Here's a link to the downloadable program and documentation:

https://academictech.doit.wisc.edu/help/learnuw-quiz-importer

Thank you, Rich!

Importing Grades and CSV Files

CSV files may be imported into the Grades section of D2L. Problems associated with this process are often related to the column headers for grading items included in the csv file. File headings for grade items should include the phrase "Points Grade." The following is an example of a header for a Final Exam grade item:

Final Exam Points Grade

To access a sample csv file that includes this and other formatting information:

• Go to the Grades section of the D2L course site
• In the Grades Area, click on Enter Grades
• Click on the Import Grades icon
• Click on the link Grades_Sample_Import_File.csv

D2L 9.2.1 SP3 – October 2011

OpenOffice and D2L Grade Import

An instructor can enter grades in another application and import them into the D2L Grades area using a CSV or TXT file. They can also create new grade items through an import file by adding a column to the file.


The import file must follow a standard format.  Please see the D2L Grades area to find and use the "Grades sample import file" as a reference point.


NOTE: CSV files created and/or save in OpenOffice will have quotation marks around the fields, which will cause errors in D2L during the upload. For successful uploads, instructors must edit out the quotation marks in the text editor.

Limits on Path Length Affect Many Tools

Limits on Path Length Affect Many Tools

NOTE: Regardless of the local user's platform (Mac or PC) or operating system, Desire2Learn runs on a Microsoft Windows platform at the server level. Therefore, the following information applies to all users.

There is a new character limit for path names, due to a change imposed by Microsoft Windows at the server level. Folder names are now limited to 50 characters and file names are limited to 128 characters.

As a result of this limitation, actions that would lead to a path length longer than about 200 characters will either fail with no error message (file creation) or result in a 500 error (subfolder creation).

These failures may be seen when character limits are exceeded in the following situations:

• creating course content,
• copying course components,
• importing a course,
• saving dropbox files or feedback,
• saving locker files, or
• creating ePortfolio content.

For this reason, users are encouraged to use shorter file and folder names, particularly when nesting folders.

When troubleshooting 500 errors and failures related to file creation or copying, please consider whether path length restrictions might be the cause.

Note: The vendor has created a feature request to display an informative message when an operation fails because of path length. However, there is no estimate for when this warning message might be deployed in D2L.

Clickers - importing data into D2L (UWM)

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http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/LTC/TurningPoint/ImportingtoD2L.pdf


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