This month brings two improvements to the functionality of the Activity Feed tool. Instructors can pin more than one post to the top of their Activity Feed. Previously, only one post could be pinned at a time. This allow instructors to highlight more than one important post at a time to ensure that students do […]
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August 10.8.4 – Activity Feed – Long posts include a ‘more’ link
Written posts that exceed 4 lines of text are now truncated and include a ‘more’ link that displays the full post. This prevents a single long message from cluttering the Activity Feed, and allows users to more easily scan for desired materials and information.
Why Can’t I Type in the Activity Feed or Quiz Creation Boxes?
Both the Activity Feed and the Quiz Creation tool require that your browse allow third-party cookies. If you have set your browser to block these cookies, you will be unable to type into the text boxes in either of these tools. To change your settings to allow third-party cookies, follow the directions below. For Chrome […]
What is the character limit for a D2L Activity Feed post?
The character limit for a D2L Activity Feed post is 3065 characters.
Do students receive a notification when a post or comment is created in the D2L Activity Feed?
When a post is created in the Activity Feed, or a comment is added to an Activity Feed post, students will by default receive a notification only in the minibar of D2L. That notification or alert appears as an orange dot over the Update alerts icon (the bell) in the minibar: To view a more detailed explanation […]
What is D2L Activity Feed and where did D2L News Go?
What is Activity Feed? Activity Feed is a new widget that provides instructors with a quick an easy way to engage with students. You’ll notice that it borrows features from familiar social media platforms. It also provides instructors with an easy way to share class announcements, files, links to existing activities like quizzes. What makes this […]