BSU Student D2L Weblog

The official start date of BSU’s first summer session is June 1! Good luck with your summer classes. We hope you enjoy your online experience.

For more information about Summer Session 2009 at Bemidji State University, contact:

The Center for Extended Learning
Deputy 3rd Floor
Bemidji State University
1500 Birchmont Drive NE
Bemidji, MN 56601
1-218-755-2068
1-800-852-7422

Center for Extended Learning Staff Members

Robert Griggs: Associate Vice President for Extended Learning & Library

Peggy Boyer: Customer Service Specialist

Lynn Johnson: Associate Director, Center for Extended Learning

Angie Casper: Customer Service Specialist

If you are not able to see a class in D2L, there are a couple of things to check.

1. Make sure you are registered for the course. The D2L Classlist for each course is integrated with BSU’s student record system. This is an overnight process. So, if you register for a course one day, it should appear in your list of classes the next day.

2. Make sure your instructor is using D2L for the course. The only courses that are automatically given a D2L site are courses that are delivered totally online. However, any instructor who is teaching a web-enhanced or on-campus course can request a D2L site for his or her classes. Check with your instructor if you have any questions.

3. Make sure the course is active. All courses have a start and end date. You typically cannot access a D2L course site until the official first day of class. (i.e. Summer Session 1 starts on June 1, 2009). However, some instructors may open the course early to allow you to view your syllabus. Likewise, courses typically end the last day of finals. However, an instructor may extend the end date of a course to allow for assignment submissions, feedback on turned in assignments, etc.

If you have checked all of the above factors and still cannot see your D2L class, please contact your instructor.

On May 29 (Friday), D2L will be down (inaccessible) for 24 hours starting at 10 PM and continuing through May 30 (Saturday) at approximately 10 PM.

The purpose of the downtime is to upgrade D2L to version 8.4. According to Karen Wenz (Chancellor’s Office): “The upgrade to version 8.4 has a minimal impact on the user interface, so we do not anticipate training needs other than some brief documentation on the changes.”