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SJSU SLIS D2L Student Tutorials

Welcome to the tutorials page for learning how to use the D2L learning environment.

About the Tutorials

This area contains text and video tutorials taking you through the various parts of a course site in the D2L learning environment. For the video tutorials, you will need Flash installed on your computer.

Getting Started  
Overview of D2L
Provides a broad overview of the D2L environment, including your D2L homepage and the parts of a course site in D2L		 View Video
Note Regarding Course Access in D2L
Unlike ANGEL, you do not need to self-enroll for D2L courses. You will be automatically enrolled in the course and it should appear in the My Courses widget on your D2L My Home page once you're enrolled.

Check the greensheet index for information about when your courses should be available in D2L.
General D2L Tools  
Email
Allows you to communicate via email with other users in D2L as well as external users		 View Module
Notifications
Set up personal course notifications via email and mobile SMS		 View Module
Calendar
Create and view personal events as well as view and control the display of various types of events, including course events		 View Module
Pager
Allows you to communicate via online messages with other users in D2L		 Tutorial Coming
Using D2L Text Editor
Information about using the HTML text editor, which is used throughout D2L to create content		 View Tutorial
Areas of a Course  
My Settings: View my progress
This link in the My Settings widget allows you to view your progress in a course		 View Tutorial
News
Allows you to manage course news items, set up an RSS feed, and receive news item notifications		 View Module
Content
Allows access to materials and resources organized by your instructor for the course		 View Module
Discussions
Allows asynchronous collaboration and discussion between participants in the course		 View Module
Dropbox
Allows you to submit assignments for the course		 View Module
Classlist
Allows you to view a roster of participants in the course and provides easy email access to participants		 View Module
Grades
Allows you to access grades posted by your instructor for your work in the course		 View Module
Quizzes
Allows you to take online assessments for the course created by your instructor		 View Module
Online Rooms
Provides an interface for creating and accessing live meetings using the Elluminate conferencing tool, as well as accessing recordings of past meetings		 View Module

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