Pronouns are now available in the Classlist
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You and your students can now add their pronouns to the Classlist. You will also be able to see their pronouns in their Student Card.
To add your pronouns, click on your icon (it likely has a picture of you) in the upper-right. Then choose Account Settings. The first thing you should see is a section titled “Pronouns”. You must first check the box to “Allow others to see my pronouns”. You can then choose the “Use different pronouns” and type in your pronouns.
Now, when you go to the classlist, you and your students will see your pronouns appear after your name in the Last Name, First Name column. If your students enter their pronouns, you will be able to see them as well.
You can also see a student’s pronouns when you hover over their image when grading a dropbox item, viewing a dicussion, or viewing their progress.
Check out this video to see how to set your preferred pronouns and places where the students’ (and your) pronouns will appear to the rest of the class.
Grade Exemptions
There may be times when you need to exempt a student or students from an assignment, within the grade book. This means that assignment is not calculated as part of their grade.
The general process:
- Go to a grade item that you want to give an exemption on
- Find the student you want to give the exemption to and select the checkbox
- Select “Exempt” in the upper-left menu
- Save and close
D2L will automatically update the grade to a very noticeable grey box with the word “Exempt” and the student will also see “Exempt” on the grade as well. If it is set up properly, the final calculated grade will auto-update as well. It works in reverse, too. if you unexempt a student from a grade, D2L will remember that student’s grade and re-calculate everything.
If you prefer a text and image tutorial, click here. A video tutorial can be viewed here.
New Quiz Editor Screen
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The Quiz Editor Screen is being updated to be more in line with the Dropbox Editor Screen. View the D2L Article here on it. And here is the COLI tutorial giving a quick overview. This will potentially make making quizzes easier and faster since you don’t have to go through so many pages to change the settings. For now, this will be set to Opt-in. Note, however, that this new screen will become the default at some point in the future.
Quickly Copy Dropboxes
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If you have ever forgotten to copy a dropbox from a previous course or wanted to use a dropbox from a current course, now you can without having to manually redo it or use the Course Import/Export/Copy tool. Simply click on the dropdown arrow to the right of the dropbox you want to copy and choose “Copy to other courses”. Then find the course you want to copy to and follow the on-screen prompts.
Here is a quick video showing how to copy a dropbox from one course to another.
Rubric Status Now Prominently Displayed
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In the next update, rubrics will now have their status displayed prominently, making it easier to understand if you are using a published rubric or an archived rubric.
D2L Text Editor Bigger Buttons
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The D2L Text Editor will not have larger buttons. This will make it easier to see the options available to you and also make it less likely to accidentally click on the wrong option.
Updates to D2L Dropbox Error Messaging
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Have you ever had a student email you in a panic saying that D2L won’t let them upload to the Dropbox? D2L is now providing an improved error message which may help alleviate this issue. Now, whenever a student uploads a file with an invalid file name, they will get the above message.
For more D2L Tutorials, click here.
