Content

D2L 8.3 Help for Students

 

Content Tool

 

Content allows you to view course materials that your instructor has posted. These materials can range from a simple text file to complex multimedia files. The Content area is organized using Module headings. Under each heading are Topics, or links to course materials.

 

To access the Content tool from your Course Home page, click the Content link on the course navigation bar located near the top of the screen.

 

Viewing Course Content

If your instructor has chosen to upload Content to your D2L course, you can access it by clicking the available topic links.

After clicking on a Content link, the topic will be displayed and you will see a toolbar at the top of the screen with the following tool icons:

Content Toolbar

 

 

 

  1. Show/hide the sidebar
  2. Undock – opens topic in a new window
  3. Bookmark this topic
  4. Print this topic
  5. Go to previous topic
  6. Go to next topic

Printing Content

You can print a single topic or multiple topics by clicking Print located near the top of the Table of Contents screen.  

Print Dialog Box

  1. Select the items you would like to print by checking the box to the left of each.
  2. Click the View printable version of selected items in a new window icon located at either the top or the bottom of the list of modules and topics.
  3. A new screen will open with a view of the selected files that can easily be printed. If you have selected files that were created using an application such as MS PowerPoint or MS Word, you will see the following:

Note: Files of this type need to be printed from the application they were created in. Click the link below to open the file and print.

URL: Week One Lecture.ppt

 

Trouble Viewing Content

 

If you have a PC and use Internet Explorer, you may have problems accessing a Word document in a D2L course.  This is caused by the pop-up blocker.  Please follow these steps to access the document: 

  1. Click on the Content link in the navigation bar at the top.
  2. On the Table of Contents page, click on the name of the file you wish to view.
  3. If the pop-up blocker is activated, a yellow band will appear at the top of the D2L page that says, “To help protect your security, Internet Explorer blocked this site from downloading files to your computer. Click here for options…”  There may also be a brief audio sound.
  4. Click the yellow bar and then click on the “Download File” option.
  5. You will be returned to the Course Home.
  6. Click on the Content link once again from the navigation bar.
  7. Click on the name of the file you wish to view.
  8. A popup will appear asking you to Open or Save this file. If you select Open, the document will open in the D2L course.  If you select Save, you can download the file to your computer.

NOTE: If you use the Firefox browser, you will not have this problem.

Powerpoint Files

If you are trying to open a PowerPoint file, but don’t have PowerPoint on your computer, it will not open. You can download a free “PowerPoint Viewer” from the following website

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=048DC840-14E1-467D-8DCA-19D2A8FD7485&displaylang=en

 

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