Title: D2L Content
Course: Career Communication

D2L Content

Content

Accessing Content

The Content area in your D2L course is where you will access course materials, such as the syllabus, assignment directions, presentations, handouts, etc. Click on Content in the course navigation bar to navigate to the content section.

Main Content Page

Once you enter Content, you will have access to all the Modules and Topics in the course.

Table of Contents – gives you a list of all the modules in the course. Click a module title to display the list of topics in the module.

Topic list – When you click a module title in the Table of Content, the list of topics in the module are displayed to the right of the Table of Contents. A topic can be a link to a lecture, video, discussion, quiz, assignment dropbox, etc. It is important you open and review all topics in a module.

Bookmarks – gives you a list of all the topics you have bookmarked so you can quickly navigate back to a specific topic.

Course progress bar – lets you know how many topics are in the course and how many you have completed. Note: D2L marks a topic as completed when you open the topic, even if you haven't read and/or finished the topic.

Module Page

When you click a module title in the Table of Contents, the module will open to the right of the Table of Contents.

Topics – are a list of all activities in the module. Note: some course activities may not be listed in a module. Make sure to review your course syllabus and schedule to make sure you know what activities need to be completed along with their due dates.

Download – allows you to download all the files in a module as one zipped file.

Binder – will send the module files to the Binder app. This will allows you to view the module files from anywhere on your iPad or Android tablet.

Topic Page

Once you click a topic link, the topic page will open.

Breadcrumbs – are located at the top of the topic page and shows you how you got to the topic. You can click the breadcrumb links to return to the previous page or Table of Contents.

Bookmark – will bookmark the topic so you can quickly return to is. Your list of bookmarks is on the main Content page.

Open in a New Window – will open the topic in a new window that can be resized. When you are finish with the new window content, close the new window to return to where you were at in D2L.

Expand Side Panel – gives you access to the Content Table of Contents so you can quickly navigate to another topic or module.

Navigation arrows – lets you move backward (left pointing arrow) and forward (right pointing arrow) through the topics in content.