If a D2L course is inactive, and a student is subscribed to News notifications, will they receive a notification when a News item is posted?

If a D2L course is inactive, and a student is subscribed to News notifications, they will not receive a notification when a News item is posted. More information about notifications is found in the D2L Notifications guide, and a guide to setting your D2L course to active is found here.

May 10.8.1 – D2L Manage Dates Improvements

The May 2018 D2L 10.8.1 update will bring added functionality for managing dates via the Offset Dates tool in the Calendar.  Specific changes include: Offset other activity dates – In addition to offsetting start, end, and due dates, instructors have the option to offset other dates associated with activities. Affected dates are: discussion topic and […]

May 10.8.1 – D2L Gradebook Locked Header and Column Names

The May 2018 D2L 10.8.1 update introduces the locked Name column and header row in the following pages within Grades, so that instructors can scroll through user grades without losing the context for which and whose grades they are looking at: Standard View Spreadsheet View Grade Category Grade Individual Item Final Grades The existing solution […]

May 10.8.1 – D2L Rubrics Interface Update

This release introduces a new interface for instructors and learners to preview rubric definitions. Rubrics are used to evaluate an activity or item based on a predefined set of criteria. They help ensure that activities and items are evaluated fairly and consistently. The new interface includes the following changes: Rubric definition previews open in a […]

Additional May 4, 2018 Digication Updates

Digication is excited to announce a number of updates to existing features in New Digication that will be released this Friday, May 4th. Although these updates will include changes to the user interface which we normally announce two weeks in advance, Digication felt based on the feedback they have received from schools using New Digication […]

April 10.8.0 – Adding feedback in bulk via Grades

This feature enables instructors to add generic feedback on learners’ grades in bulk. Instructors can use replacement strings to personalize their feedback. Instructors can also sort the Feedback column in the Gradebook and quickly determine which learners require feedback. From grades, select the grade item you want to provide feedback for and choose Grade All from the dropdown to […]