by Tyler Kron-Piatek | Sep 29, 2023 | Adjuncts, Faculty, Online Learning, Students, Technology in Teaching & Learning
In D2L, there are two tools to give students more time to complete Quizzes: Special Access and Accommodations. Special Access should be used for specific activities and one-time situations, such as personal emergencies. For example, let...
by Tyler Kron-Piatek | Sep 28, 2023 | Adjuncts, Faculty, Students, Uncategorized
Special access allows you to give a one-time extension to a specific student on certain Quizzes or Dropboxes. This is useful if, for example, a student had a personal event and missed a deadline for a Dropbox. Or if they had a game and missed a Quiz. Instead of...
by Tyler Kron-Piatek | Sep 26, 2023 | Adjuncts, Faculty, Online Learning, Students, Technology in Teaching & Learning
With midterms coming up, it may be useful to review these features of D2L Quizzes and Dropboxes. D2L Quizzes provides a robust tool to grade quizzes easier and quicker. Some features can help prevent cheating to a degree, like basic question...
by Tyler Kron-Piatek | Sep 19, 2023 | Adjuncts, Faculty, Staff
Here are a few tutorials for Microsoft Outlook: Update your Signature This tutorial goes through quickly updating email signatures. The focus is on updating it for Canisius University, but can be used if there are other changes needed. Update the Outlook Dictionary In...
by Tyler Kron-Piatek | Sep 8, 2023 | Adjuncts, Faculty, Online Learning, Students, Technology in Teaching & Learning
D2L will be turning off the Chat Tool feature on December 31st, 2023. For more information, see D2L’s post about discontinuing the Chat Tool. If you used this feature and wish to continue using similar services, check out the alternatives below: Microsoft Teams...
