• Getting Started
  • General Information
  • Version 8.3 PDF Files
  • Online Forms
  • Semester Start
  • Semester End
  • Homepages
  • Checklist
• Course Content
• Assessment
• Communication
• Group Collaboration
• E-learning Design

General Information

Desire2Learn (D2L) is an instructional management system. It provides a collection of tools that are useful for classroom-based courses, hybrid-delivered courses, and online courses. Your students can access the course via a web browser from anywhere in the world.  You can make changes to your course using a web browser from anywhere in the world as well. 

• Content: online posting of documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe, pictures, sounds, movie clips, etc. in a secure, password-protected environment. There is also an online glossary tool and an online calendar tool. 
  
• Assessment tools:  online testing / quizzing, online surveys, electronic drop box,  grade book, tracking of progress
  
• Communication tools:  online discussions, interactive chat, pager, news, calendar
  
• Support for Group Collaboration:   group discussion areas, view gradebook by group, etc.
  
• Other:   student locker where students can  privately store their documents

Training Videos for D2L:

Contact the Instructional Technology Office
218-477-2135
sheldgl@mnstate.edu
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Technical Support:

• Instructional Technology Services:  (218) 477-2135 or  d2l@mnstate.edu
• MSUM's Student Technology Team: (218) 477-2125