When teaching online with Desire2Learn (D2L), students often benefit from going through tasks in a predetermined order. This online training video demonstrates how to use release conditions, which can delay releasing some course components until other elements of the course have been completed successfully, allowing instructors to direct students through the most productive path.
- [Narrator] When you're teaching with D2L,…especially online, sometimes you need fairly…fine-grained control to ensure…that students are completing one specific action…before beginning another.…That's where release conditions come in.…A release condition is basically a condition…that users must meet before certain content…will be released to them.…For example, if you want to make sure students submit…an activity to a dropbox…before posting their thoughts about the activity…to the discussion board.…Since almost any element of D2L…can have a release condition,…we're just going to pick something to demonstrate.…
Let's say a quiz.…I'll pull up one of the quizzes…that we've been working on before.…Now, release conditions are usually found…in the Restrictions tab.…And there they are,…right here under Additional Release Conditions.…We haven't made any release conditions yet,…so we're going to select Create and Attach.…I'll expand this for you a little bit,…so you'll be able to see all…of the release condition options,…because, as you'll see right now,…
Author
Alan Ackmann
Updated
8/8/2017Released
9/1/2016- Communicating with students
- Developing course competencies and learning objectives
- Setting up a classroom, include a digital dropbox and discussion board
- Adding assignments, quizzes, and exams
- Providing feedback
- Setting up a gradebook
- Customizing Desire2Learn
- Managing discussion boards
- Using Desire2Learn as a student
Skill Level Beginner
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 25s
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Mobile first display2m 10s
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1. D2L and Communicating with Students
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Use the course calendar tool3m 55s
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Activate your course1m 45s
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2. D2L and Classroom Management
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Set up a digital dropbox3m 49s
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3. D2L and Assessing Student Work
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Add questions to D2L quizzes5m 36s
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Set up an assignment rubric5m 47s
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4. Customizing D2L
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Schedule course components3m 15s
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5. Using D2L in an Online Context
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YouSeeU online rooms5m 58s
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D2L mobile applications2m 4s
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6. The Student's Guide to D2L
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Set up course notifications2m 17s
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View media content2m 14s
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Take quizzes and assessments3m 45s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 13s
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Video: Set up component release conditions