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New HTML templates for use in online courses

This post was authored by Jenny Hill, Courseware Developer at Desire2Learn. Staring down a blank screen and a blinking cursor when tasked with designing a new online course can be…

Spotlight on Community Colleagues: Sustainability MOOC at Fanshawe College

The Desire2Learn Community turns the spotlight on one of the earliest institutions to adopt the D2L Learning Environment, Fanshawe College in London, Ontario. On May 11 (2013), Fanshawe will be…

Spotlight on Community Colleagues: MathMOOC at UW La Crosse

The need for remedial (developmental) education is well documented (NCES) – (Colorado DOHE) – (Complete College America) – (NCSL). Of the various remedial courses, mathematics is the subject that typically…

UNconference 2013 at Desire2Learn FUSION

Like a bad penny (what the heck does that mean, anyway?), the D2L UNconference is turning up again this year. After a year off for bad behavior (or was it…

Analytics in Education – What Problem are We Trying to Solve?

This is part 2 in the series of posts about Analytics in Education. Post #1 can be found here. Post #3 will be coming soon. This a guest post by Carrie…

Top Ten Reasons to Attend FUSION 2013

I know you’ve all been on the edge of your seats wondering about the Top 10 Reasons to Attend Desire2Learn FUSION 2013. Here’s one such list, put together by people…

Quick Vids

0May 9, 2013
Accessibility: Why it Matters, What it Means

May 9th is Global Accessibility Awareness Day. Janna Cameron, Senior Usability Specialist at Desire2Learn recorded a 13 minute video using Desire2Learn Capture. In this video Janna focuses on accessibility issues…
0May 8, 2013
D2L May 2013 Release – Webinar Recording

We have made available the video of the recent webinar featuring John Baker and Ken Chapman. In this video, they share information about the new features in the May 2013…
2April 29, 2013
Student Help Videos – Free to Clients

The following is a guest post by Pam Martin, Manager of Training at Desire2Learn, and Jordan Lapointe, Training Designer. Please give them your feedback using the poll below. Looking for…

Popular Stories

1May 1, 2013
Regional User Forum – Manitoba

Manitoba Desire2Learn Regional User Forum Agenda: 9:00 - What’s New at Desire2Learn and What’s Ahead; Barry Dahl, Sr. Community Manager and Saibal Chakraburtty, Sr. Product Planner, Desire2Learn (10:15 break) Welcome…
0April 18, 2013
Accessiblity Audit Rates Desire2Learn Favorably

Guest author: Janna Cameron, Sr. Usability Specialist at Desire2Learn. In 2005, there was a panel at Educause called “Accessibility of Course Management Systems: Can you read this if you’re blind?”…
5April 3, 2013
Regional User Forum – Minnesota

Friday, April 5 at Normandale Community College NCC – Partnership Center 9700 France Avenue South Bloomington, MN 55431 Sponsors: …
0March 13, 2013
Analytics in Education – a Primer

One of the hot topics in education is Analytics, also called “Big Data.” This is the first in a series of posts about Educational Analytics. In later posts, we’ll examine…
0March 4, 2013
Community Colleagues Spotlight – Mosaica Online

While attending the Georgia Desire2Learn Regional User Forum, I had the pleasure of meeting Wendee Kennedy and Ashley Pierce, online elementary school teachers at Mosaica Online (read more about Mosaica…
0February 25, 2013
Community Colleagues Spotlight – The VHS Collaborative

For the next featured post on Community Colleagues, we turn the spotlight on The VHS Collaborative. More specifically, we shine the light on the online Professional Development Opportunities for K-12 faculty…
1February 8, 2013
A Conversation about Desire2Learn Degree Compass

Desire2Learn recently announced the acquisition of Degree Compass(TM), a degree completion tool developed at Austin Peay State University (APSU). There was a great deal of news generated about the new…
4January 8, 2013
Adding a Twitter Feed to your Course Homepage

This guest post was authored by Andy Freed of Portland Community College. Andy posted some of this information in the Community Discussion Forums in answer to a question about how…
0December 18, 2012
Desire2Learn Binder is in the App Store

Desire2Learn Binder is a student-centered mobile app (iPad) that provides access to course content while on the go. As of December 17, 2012, it is available for download in the…

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