Title: D2L Navigation
Course: Career Communication

D2L Navigation

My Home & Course Home Page Overview

My Home

The My Home page has a Mini NavBar across the top of the page. This NavBar is displayed on all pages in D2L and gives you a link back to your My Home page, a dropdown menu to move between courses, and access to email, updates, subscriptions and your user profile and settings.

Course Homepage

The Course Homepage has the same Mini NavBar across the top of the page as My Home. It also has a Course NavBar which gives users access to course tools. These course tools may change depending on the tools being used in the course and your role (student or instructor) in D2L.

Mini NavBar and D2L NavBars

On all pages in Desire2Learn (D2L), there is a Mini NavBar at the top of the page. The "My Home" and Course pages also have a NavBar specific to the My Home or Course pages.

My Home NavBars

Course NavBars

Links on My Home NavBar

On the My Home page, you will see the following links in the NavBars:

My Home will return you to the page you first see when you login to D2L, the My Home page.

Select a course is a quick way to access one of your courses. Just click the course title in the list. If you click the push pin to the right of the course name, you can pin the course to the top of the list.

Message Alerts gives you access to your D2L email and will list any new emails you have. If there is a red dot on the Message Alerts icon, this means you have new email. Make sure to check your emails regularly for important messages from your instructor(s).

Update Alerts show new and updated news posts, upcoming end and due dates, new and updated grades.

Subscription Alerts show new discussion posts and specific discussion threads you subscribed to.

Your Name will give you access to see and edit your Profile and Account Settings. You will also be able to see your Progress and Log Out of D2L.

Links on Course NavBar

The Course NavBar is located under the Lamar Community College logo and gives you access to all the tools used in your course. If you have multiple courses, the tool links may change depending on the tools used in each courses and if you are a student or instructor in the course.

Course Home takes you back to the homepage of the course.

Content give you access to the course content including the syllabus, schedule, instructor notes, etc.

Discussions is a communication tools used for students to discuss course content with other students and the instructor. Note: This tool may or may not be used in your course. Make sure to check the syllabus and schedule to see if it is used and for important discussion topic due dates.

Dropbox is where you would submit your assignments. Note: This tool may or may not be used in your course. Make sure to check the syllabus and schedule to see if it is used and for important dropbox assignment due dates.

Assessments is a list of links related to Grades and tools being used to determine your grade. Note: Some of these tools may not be used in your course. Make sure to check the syllabus and schedule to see if a tool is being used and for important due dates.

Communication is a list of tool links you can use to communicate with your fellow student and instructor in the course. Note: Some of these tools may not be used in your course. Make sure to check the syllabus and schedule to see if a tool is being used.

Classlist lets you see a list of the students and instructor in the course. You can also email other students and the instructor from the classlist.

Other Tools is a list of additional tool links used in the course. Note: Some of these tools may not be used in your course. Make sure to check the syllabus and schedule to see if a tool is being used.