D2L Version10.3
• What’s New
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On May 30, 2014 MnSCU will upgrade D2L from version 10.1 to version 10.3
This is an overview of the changes that users will experience after the upgrade.
Note: This includes new features introduced in versions 10.2 and 10.3
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Overall Changes
• Command buttons float on screen: scroll up or down and command buttons remain visible and clickable
• HTML editor displays buttons for settings instead of appearing as a blank box until after user clicks in it
• Quicklinks menu list of tools with callouts to items
• Friendly notice when your session has been inactive for a period of time-and it takes you back to right where you were even if you have to log back in
• Document Viewer does auto-resize to fit screen (Content and Dropbox)
• My Courses —the collapse expand state is retained

Floating command buttons - Quiz
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Floating command buttons - Content

HTML Editor
Displays buttons before user clicks in the HTML editor text box.
Click to see more buttons/settings
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Quicklinks —Comprehensive Menu

Session Timeout Notice
Hit a key or log back in and you are taken back to the screen you were on, rather than to the home page.
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Content Changes – Navigation
• Expandable/collapsible Content map displays on left
• Quick navigation to any module or topic
• Can drag and drop files from desktop onto Content map
• Tablets: swipe left to expand, swipe right to collapse (iPad or
Android)
• Content will remember and retain the collapsed or expanded state of modules
• Expand or Collapse single module
• Expand All or Collapse All options
• Students can collapse completed modules
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Content – collapsed Table of Contents
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Content – expanded Table of Contents

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Content Changes – Creating Items
• Content Overview is more intuitive
• Create any activity from Content
(consistent process for any activity)
• Note: reduced feature list for some tools (full list of options still available from tool —example—Dropbox)
• After creation of new item, instructor is automatically returned to Content (rather than to the Tool where the item was created, dropbox, quiz, etc.)
• Quicklinks creation is comprehensive and intuitive
• Drag and drop files from desktop to Content map

Content Overview more Intuitive
• New instructions for Overview
• Clear description of purpose of Overview
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Content – Create New Item
• Can create:
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• Checklist
Discussion
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• Dropbox
Quiz
Survey
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Notes:
Some items will show fewer options than when creating from within the tool itself (dropbox, for example).
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After creating item, user stays within Content tool.

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Quicklinks —Comprehensive Menu

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Drag and drop files onto Content map

Content Changes – Editing Items
• Can change content file in one simple step: simply select a different file
(no need to delete current file and start over)
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• Edit properties in place
• Edit HTML in place

Content —Change File
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Content Edit Properties in Place
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Content-Edit HTML in Place
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Content Changes – Tracking Activity
• Student visits to Content topic that goes to an external link will be tracked
• Placeholder displays in D2L content to maintain location in navigation
• Files that cannot be opened in Document Viewer
(unsupported file types) will display a Download option in the placeholder
• Completion Summary is visible from Content topic view

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Content —External Link placeholder

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Content —Unsupported File type placeholder
• Placeholder for unsupported file types that cannot be displayed in Document viewer
• Option to download the file
• Navigation to move to next Content item or previous Content item

Content – Completion Summary
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Instructor can access student completion summaries for learning activities directly from Content

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Content – Completion Summary Info
Filter options and Completion and Grades information

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Completion Summary Profile Card Options

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Content Changes – Notifications
• Teacher can enable notification alerts for Content that has been edited
• Students see Content notifications alert on minibar
• Students click minibar alert link to go to Content item
• Students can also subscribe to receive Content notifications via email

Content Notifications
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Student View Content Notifications
• Students will see alert in the minibar
• Clicking the alert text will take student to the Content item
• Students can also set an email notification for Content changes
• Minibar alerts will appear even if student has not set a notification

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Content Changes – Print HTML docs
• Can print HTML documents

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Copy Course Components
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• Detailed Log tracks steps of copy components process
• Errors are clearly indicated
Copy Error message displays
Click Yellow Icon to access the log
Details are shown in the log

Copy Course Components - Log
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Discussions Navigation and Display
• Reading view only (no more Grid view)
• Collapse/Expand by Forum
• Hide All Topics option
• View by Thread, hover over user to send email or pager message

Discussions Forum – Topic view
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Discussions Tool Navigation and Display
• Counters for: Unread, Replies, Views
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Last Post date and time beside user name and image
Click user’s image to send Email, Pager message, or to view the
User Progress

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Discussions - Must Post First Changes
• This restriction can now be applied at the Forum level as well as Topic level
• New role permission to allow a role to override the restriction (such as Teaching
Assistant, etc.)

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Discussions tool: Create and Manage
• Forums and Topics have context menus:
• View Topic or Forum
• Edit Topic or Forum
• View Topic or Forum statistics
• Subscribe to Topic or Forum
• Delete Topic or Forum

Discussion Statistics
Tracks number of:
• Threads started
• Replies posted
• Posts read
• Posts unapproved
• Post ratings
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Discussions – Access from Content
• Teacher can edit most discussion topic properties and options from Content tool
• Students can participate in discussions directly from
Content tool

Discussions – Alerts on Minibar
• Minibar Discussion alert links directly to discussion topic
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Discussions – View Rubric from Content
Students can see Rubric for Discussions in Content before they post to a discussion

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Discussions - Restore Forums and Topics
• Discussion topics or forums that were deleted can be restored, including posts and statistics from the forum or topic

Discussion – Restore Posts
• If a single discussion post is deleted, it can be restored, if the role has the appropriate permission
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Discussion features deprecated
• Grid view is no longer available
• Shared forums are no longer available
• Existing shared forums are migrated to the level at which they were created
• Shared forum feature can be mimicked by creating it at the desired level and then linking to it from a navbar link, widget, or global news item

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Quiz tool made more intuitive
• Most commonly used features are arranged from left to right in the Quiz tabs
• Tabs from left to right:
• Properties (changes)
• Restrictions (no changes)
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• Assessment (new tab)
Objectives (no changes)
Submission Views (new feature)
Reports Setup (no changes)
Note: Attempts tab no longer exists

Quiz Settings: Properties tab
Properties tab now contains:
• Quiz Name
• Category name
• Quiz Questions
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• Add/Edit Questions
Edit Values
• Description/Introduction
• Page Header/Footer
• Optional Advanced Properties
Moved to Assessment tab :
Grade Item, Auto Export to Grades, Attempts Allowed,
Overall Grade Calculation
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Quiz Properties tab
• Quiz Questions are now at the Properties tab
• Add/Edit Questions
Note: Grade Item,
Auto Export to Grades,
Attempts Allowed,
Overall Grade Calculation have all been moved to
Assessments tab (new tab in Quiz tool)

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Quiz Settings: Assessment tab
New tab that includes settings that were previously under
Properties tab and Attempts tab.
• from Properties tab:
• Grade Item
• Auto Export to Grades
• Student View Preview
• Rubrics
• Automatic Grade (upon completion)
• From Attempts tab:
• Attempts allowed
• Overall Grade Calculation

Quiz Settings: Attempts tab —removed
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• Attempts settings are now available under the
Assessment tab

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Quiz Settings: Submission Views tab
• Additional feature on this tab
• Adding a submission view includes a setting to allow all students the same duration of time to view the quiz submission after completing the quiz.

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Quiz Tool Improvements
• Matching question type has drop-down menu for students to select a number (cannot simply type a number in)
• Quiz Score recalculation and saving no longer requires multiple scrolling up and down on screen
• Submission View setting for duration of view (24 hours after taking quiz) ensures all students have access for a consistent period of time
• Changes to organization of settings on Quiz tabs

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Dropbox new features
• Evaluate (add score and feedback) for students without dropbox submissions directly from Dropbox tool
• Evaluate external submissions directly from Dropbox tool
• Evaluate Submissions options to publish immediately or save feedback as draft for later publishing
• Upload feedback in bulk
• Restore deleted dropbox folders

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Dropbox External or No Submission
• Enter feedback for students who did not submit to dropbox, or who submitted a file outside of D2L

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Dropbox – Publish Submission Feedback
• When evaluating dropbox submissions, options to publish immediately for student to view, or save the feedback as a draft and publish it later
• Why: to provide feedback to students at the same time, rather than as each submission is graded

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Dropbox – Upload feedback in bulk
• Download dropbox submissions to a zip file
• Open individual files and annotate
• Save files to a zip file and upload the file using “Add
Feedback Files” button
• Go to Dropbox and Publish
• Students can open and view their feedback file

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Dropbox – Restore deleted dropbox folder
1. From Dropbox folder list, go to Event Log
2. Locate folder name: Click Restore
3. This restores the folder, all the file submissions and the feedback
Note: It is only possible to restore an entire folder and its contents
This feature will not allow restoration of individual files that have been deleted from a dropbox folder that has not been deleted

Equation Editor
• Not Java dependent
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Grades - Milestone Grade
• Must be using Weighted Grade System
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Create New Grade Item
Choose Calculated Type
Name the Calculated grade item
Select the grade items to include in the calculation
Select Milestone calculation type
Save
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Milestone Grade Setup
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D2L Version 10.3
• Many features to benefit students and teachers
• More intuitive
• More versatile for displaying/collapsing/expanding
• Coming to you on May 31, 2014
• 10.3 Overview videos to be provided late April
(teacher and student)
• Testing in QA to be announced in mid to late April
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Questions?
• Contact MnSCU D2L SSA training team
• Kim Vossen kimberly.vossen@so.mnscu.edu
• Karen Wenz karen.wenz@so.mnscu.edu
• For training materials and D2L reference information, visit
MnSCU IMS Sharepoint site at https://connect.mnscu.edu
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