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

Edit properties of multiple Quizzes

Did you know you can now edit some Quiz properties for multiple quizzes from a single D2L screen? Pretty cool!

Here's how:

1. On the Manage Quizzes page, select the quizzes you want to edit.




2. Click [Quiz Edit Quizzes] at the top of the list (tiny yellow pencils).



3. On the next page, you can change Quiz names, Categories, Active/Inactive status, and the number of attempts allowed.


4. Click Save.

Grade Item Statistics: Student View

Question:

Is there a way to toggle off the statistics from the students' view in the Grades area? Some of faculty are concerned about students being able to see statistical graph of how the class is doing.

Answer: Yes! Here's how....

To hide or display class statistics for a particular grade item:

1. Click Grades, then Manage Grades

2. Click on the name of the grade item you wish to change

3. Click on "Show Display Options"

4. Choose whether or not to display statistics for that grade item.

5. Save.

Making the course "Active"

At UW-Milwaukee, prior to each semester, we create D2L sites for all the courses we believe *might* use D2L ... but the instructor is the ultimate decision-maker about whether to actually make D2L part of the class.

By default, then, a new UWM D2L site is "Inactive" so it will not be visible to students unless the instructor chooses to use it.

Many instructors leave their sites "inactive" until they have their content, discussions, quizzes, etc. ready for students to see.

When you are ready to make your site visible to students, here's what you do:

• Click on [Edit Course] on the main navigation bar, then
  
• click on [Course Offering Information]
  
• check the box beside "Is Active?"
  
• [Save]

Reminder: At UWM, the "Start" and "End" dates have no effect on whether students can see your course site.

D2L 9.2.1 SP3 – September 2011

Quiz Timing Options

We get a lot of questions about the choices available on timing and submission of quizzes. Here's a quick reference, with cautions.

Note:

We all know and remember that "Auto Submit" isn't really an automatic submission, and that answers the student hasn't saved by the end of the time limit + grace period will not be recorded.

What may be surprising is that the student is awarded ZERO POINTS if they submit their quiz late with the "Use Late Limit" option selected.

D2L 9.2.1 SP3 – September 2011