{"id":58555,"date":"2016-02-15T08:58:36","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T14:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/?p=58555"},"modified":"2016-02-15T09:19:25","modified_gmt":"2016-02-15T15:19:25","slug":"d2l-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/2016\/02\/15\/d2l-content\/","title":{"rendered":"D2L Content"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey everyone!<\/p>\n<p>Hope you&#8217;re all staying warm in this chilly February weather! Today I&#8217;m going to talk about the Content tab in D2L.<\/p>\n<p>The first thing that I want to point out is the measurement bar at the top of the screen. You will notice that this has a percentage on it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2016\/02\/Capture2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-58559 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2016\/02\/Capture2-300x71.jpg\" alt=\"Capture\" width=\"300\" height=\"71\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2016\/02\/Capture2-300x71.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2016\/02\/Capture2-500x118.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2016\/02\/Capture2.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2014\/02\/Capture.png\"><br \/>\n<\/a>This percentage will fill as you look at the content that has been posted to D2L by your professor. This way you can keep track of how much you have looked at and what you have yet to get through.<\/p>\n<p>Another way to keep track of this would be to look at the side bar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2016\/02\/table-of-contents.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-58560 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2016\/02\/table-of-contents-131x300.jpg\" alt=\"table of contents\" width=\"141\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2014\/02\/Capture2.png\"><br \/>\n<\/a>It displays how many unread content items that there are within the sections on the side bar. It allows you to quickly click through and see what you may or may not have missed.<\/p>\n<p>Each section could contain links to outside sources such as PDFs, word documents, or notes that your professor has provided such as homework or project assignments.\u00a0The \u2018<strong>Table of Contents<\/strong>\u2019 Section, when clicked (which means that it is highlighted blue); shows every document and link that is contained in all of the sections.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2016\/02\/start-here.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-58562 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2016\/02\/start-here-300x96.jpg\" alt=\"start here\" width=\"289\" height=\"92\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2016\/02\/start-here-300x96.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2016\/02\/start-here-500x159.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2016\/02\/start-here.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2014\/02\/Capture3.png\"><br \/>\n<\/a>The best part about this sidebar, is the shiny green check-mark that appears when you have clicked through every element contained in the section!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2014\/02\/Capture4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57420\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2014\/02\/Capture4.png\" alt=\"green check sidebar\" width=\"49\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a>Another important thing to note on the sidebar is the Upcoming Events Calender.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2016\/02\/upcoming-events.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-58568 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2016\/02\/upcoming-events.jpg\" alt=\"upcoming events\" width=\"243\" height=\"44\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2014\/02\/Capture5.png\"><br \/>\n<\/a>It keeps you up to date on things that are due Today, Tomorrow, and within the Next 7 Days. If you are like me, you hope that those sections stay pretty empty\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2016\/02\/calender.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-58569 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2016\/02\/calender-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"calender\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2016\/02\/calender-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2016\/02\/calender-404x300.jpg 404w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2016\/02\/calender.jpg 481w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2014\/02\/Capture6.png\"><br \/>\n<\/a>You can select the Course Schedule at the top of this section and see main events within the course and their due dates. This could include Dropbox items and Quizzes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2016\/02\/upcoming-events-courses.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-58570 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2016\/02\/upcoming-events-courses-300x148.jpg\" alt=\"upcoming events courses\" width=\"300\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2016\/02\/upcoming-events-courses-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2016\/02\/upcoming-events-courses-500x247.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2016\/02\/upcoming-events-courses.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2014\/02\/Capture7.png\"><br \/>\n<\/a>The last thing that I want to talk about today is that Bookmarks section.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2016\/02\/bookmarks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-58571 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2016\/02\/bookmarks.jpg\" alt=\"bookmarks\" width=\"246\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2014\/02\/Capture8.png\"><br \/>\n<\/a>This section is customizable for you, the student, because it is literally whatever you find important within your content. Say you have not yet gotten the chance to finish reading for your class.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2016\/02\/bookmark.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-58563 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2016\/02\/bookmark.jpg\" alt=\"bookmark\" width=\"100\" height=\"58\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/files\/2014\/02\/Capture9.png\"><br \/>\n<\/a>Just click the little bookmark icon in the upper right corner of the content you are viewing and this document is added to your Bookmarks list. This allows you to keep everything that you want to revisit together in one, easy-to-find, location.<\/p>\n<p>For more information or if you have any questions, <a href=\"http:\/\/d2l.uww.edu\/contact-d2l-support\">contact UW-W Desire2Learn Support<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for you time!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn about how to best utilize all of the features of the D2L Content tool to best help you stay organized and complete readings and assignments in a timely fashion! <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/2016\/02\/15\/d2l-content\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5209,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Students: D2L Content https:\/\/wp.me\/p2U0PY-fer","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3140,14804],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-for-students","category-weekly-bytes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2U0PY-fer","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 06:58:36","action":"Draft","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58555"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58580,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58555\/revisions\/58580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}