June 2020 Assignments – Create and edit experience The create and edit Assignments page has an updated look and feel. The classic tabbed view has been transformed into a new, fully immersive page layout. The primary panel on the left contains frequently used fields that are always displayed. These fields […]
How do I submit a quiz for a student who didn’t submit?
You may want to submit a quiz for a student who did not confirm their submission, or experienced an interruption during the taking of a quiz. The quiz tool saves every few seconds, so there should be little loss. To find the attempt you’ll have to take the following steps: […]
May 2020
May 2020 Announcements – Display author information This month’s release now will display author information (name and timestamp) on new and edited announcements. Calendar – Bulk delete items To create parity with other tools and improve workflow, the Calendar tool now offers a Delete interface. Previously, it was impossible to […]
How do I change a role in a course?
Changing a Role in a Course After enrolments occur, you may need to change the enrolment for a member of the course. For instance, the requester for the course may have set a co-teacher as a Course Developer, but really the faculty member should be enrolled as an Instructor. Or […]
What do the roles in Avenue to Learn do?
Avenue to Learn Role List For a comprehensive breakdown of the different roles within Avenue to Learn: TA 1 = equivalent to instructor but can only see their own sections TA 2 = equivalent to student TA 3 = a TA that is responsible for grading papers, quizzes TA 4 […]
How do I activate my course?
When you request a course shell for your course, you can develop it without students having access to the course. Instructors must activate the course for students to see the course. This process has to be completed for each offering, each semester. If your students claim that they cannot see […]
How do I import a CSV into the Question Library?
Note: this import procedure only works for CSV files. If you have a ZIP file or an exported file from a publisher, you will have to use Import/Export/Copy Components. To import a CSV with questions, follow these steps: 1. From within a course, select Assessments > Quizzes. 2. Click Question […]
April 2020
April 2020 Update Assignments – Assignments page column name This feature updates the New column name on the Assignments page to read as New Submissions. Brightspace Learning Environment – Improvements to Security using a WAF To improve cloud environment security, D2L is proactively blocking suspicious requests using a Web App […]
How do I add Microsoft Teams to my course?
Adding a Microsoft Teams widget to your Homepage As of Monday August 22, a new process will put you in control of when you configure your Microsoft Teams for teaching. This integration will synchronize your course enrolments between Avenue to Learn and Microsoft Teams on a nightly basis. Before you […]
How do I convert a paper quiz or a Word document quiz to an Avenue quiz?
Note: Only Questions in Word documents or other textfiles can be imported You can gain access to the Quiz Question Converter course – which contains a web based form to convert a test, quiz or exam that exists in a Word document or other text file, to an import file, […]