New Semester Checklist for D2L Courses
1. Your courses will be automatically loaded your D2L Account.
If you are not seeing your course, you can use the course selector (located at the top of your D2L homepage) to search for the course:
- If you need to merge your course sections, please see:
2. Update or add items in the following areas as necessary.
- Assignments
- Quizzes
- Discussion Forums and Topics
- Content (You can use the Broken Link Finder under Course Admin to locate broken links within your course.)
- Calendar
- If you need to copy content from a different course, please see:
- Update due dates and availability if you copied course materials from a previous semester. Please see the following link to manage dates:
3. Customize your contact information and relevant course information.
- Using the ‘Instructor Profile’ widget in D2L Brightspace
- It’s also a good idea to remind your students to access their campus email account, as this will be the primary method used by the college for student communication. They can do this by clicking on the Access E-mail and Office 365 Tool widget on the D2L Homepage:
4. Set up or update the grade book.
5. Verify the course start and end dates are correct.
6. Post a welcome announcement and getting started message on your course homepage and
Send a welcome email to your students
Include information about the course syllabus, required materials, technical requirements, and the date the course will become available in D2L.
7. Inform your students of The CTL Student Resources Website.
Here, students can find online and in-person help with academic technology.