Unit 2: Learning Activities
The Classlist will allow you to see everyone enrolled in your course. The Classlist also allows you to email & page your students as well as track their progress in your class.
The discussion tool allows you to increase student interaction in your course. The discussion tool also allows for the creation of groups which can be used for discussions or projects.
Although not suggested, a second way to email your students is by using the D2L Course mail system. The following tutorial will show you how to access and use the system.
Secondary communication tools are also available to communicate with your students, The following links offer information on these tools.
The locker allows for limited locker storage on the D2L server. THe Locker is most useful when assigning group projects. Now, rather then sending the project via email to one another the group can check it in and out of the locker.
Lobel, M., Neubauer, M., and Swedburg, R. (2005). Comparing how students collaborate to learn about the self and relationships in a real-time non-turn-taking online and turn-taking face-to-face environment. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 10(4), article 18. http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol10/issue4/lobel.html