Adjunct Faculty Saturday Professional Development Session: D2L Basic Information 

This webinar is part of the D2L Brightspace Basics Bootcamp Micro-Credential for Adjunct Instructors at South Suburban College.  Webinar sessions are offered on Saturdays, but also offered during the working week.   Adjunct Instructors are welcome to attend these sessions at a time and date convenient to them.     

About the D2L Brightspace Basics Bootcamp Micro-Credential for Adjunct Instructors 

Complete these three webinars presented by the Teaching and Learning Center before the end of the term to receive the certificate of completion and compensation: 

• D2L Basics Introduction 

• D2L Gradebook and Assignments 

• Using Practice Quizzes in D2L to Prepare Students for Higher Stakes Assignments 

This Saturday session covers:  D2L Basic Introduction 

Join the Teaching and Learning Center for this online webinar as we get instructors started using D2L.  We’ll demonstrate D2L navigation, how to add and organize content into modules, how to create assignments, basic gradebook functionality, and ways to communicate with your students.  

In this webinar, we’ll cover the following: 

• Where to locate your Syllabus – using Simple Syllabus 

• Creating weekly modules and posting a variety of content into those modules (powerpoints, pdf’s, videos, etc.). 

• Creating assignments (discussion forum, written assignment, online practice quiz) and passing the score to the D2L gradebook. 

• Basic grading functionality and submitting attendance, midterm and final grades to the student information system.  

• Various ways to communicate with your students (announcement, emails, students who missed assignments, etc.). 

• Introducing the D2L Pulse App and easy notifications to students (sort of like text messaging to mobile phones).

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