D2L 8.3 Help for Students
Locker Tool
The Locker is an electronic storage area for you to “store your stuff.” You can “upload” and “download” files from your home or dorm computer and use them in D2L or transfer them from one computer to another. Only the owner of the locker can view its contents unless the owner decides to mark something as “public”. If something is public, than anyone that is in a D2L Course Site that the owner is also in can see this file.
Use your locker to upload and store personal files. All files that are stored in the Locker are confidential and can only be accessed by you. This tool is especially useful if you work on multiple workstations (home/dorm, library, computer labs, or a friend’s computer) as you can store and access information in a central and stable location. If you wish, you can make certain files public for all users that are in any of your courses to see.
Different file types can be stored in the locker, including word-processing documents, spreadsheets, Zip files, and graphics. Each file type is represented by the graphic beside the file name.
Access the Locker
You can access your Locker by going to the My Home page (you are placed automatically on this page when you log in). Click the link to the Locker in the upper left-hand corner of the page. You can also access the Locker from inside of a course.
Add a file to your locker
- Click on the Locker link in the navigation bar.
- To add a new file to your locker, click Upload Files from the main My Locker page.
- Decide if you want to make what you are uploading public. You do not have to make anything public.
- You can add a description of the file you are uploading (optional).
- You may need to scroll down a little, but click Browse and locate the file you want to upload.
- If there is more than one file to upload then click Add and Browse for the second file.
- To finish, click Upload.
View an uploaded file
To view a file that you have uploaded, click on the file name.
Share locker files with other people
To make files in your locker public for EVERYONE in all your D2L course sites to see, go to your locker, select the file you wish to make public, select the Edit button. Check the box next to Make this file public to others and click Save.
A green checkmark in the Public column indicates whether a file is accessible to other users.
Once a File is made public, it is available to any user in any course that both of you are in. For example, if you share a file for your English class, but you are also taking a chemistry course then the file can be seen by members of both classes.
To access a shared file, go to the Classlist tool in the NavBar. Find the person’s name. To the far right of their name will be a locker icon. Click on the icon to see a list of all the files that person has made public.
Edit Locker Files
1. From the main My Locker page, click the Edit icon next to the file you want to edit.
2. You can now make the file public or edit the description.
Delete Locker Files
WARNING: This action is irreversible.
1. From the main My Locker page, click the Delete icon next to the file(s) you want to delete.
2. A confirmation message will pop up. Click Delete if you want to delete, or Cancel if you do not.
3. The file(s) you selected are deleted from your locker.
