Tag: DE Workshop Series

Here’s a topic from the D2L’s Assignment Dropbox in all its Glory! workshop:  Seeing all students listed in the Submissions area, even if they haven’t submitted an assignment yet.

Are you wondering why you don’t see all your students in your submissions area for your Dropbox?  Well, that’s because the default is to only list the students who have actually submitted assignments!  But, there is a way to view a complete list of students – but there’s a trick to it, so let’s explore that now!

1. Go to the Dropbox tool in your course.
2. Click on the title of the Dropbox activity you want to view submissions for.
3. In the folder Submissions area, select Show everyone from the Submissions drop-down menu.
4. This is the trick:  Click on the magnifying glass next to the Search For box (above the Submissions drop-down menu).
5. Now you will be able to see a list of ALL your students in the Folder Submissions area!

Note that when you return to the Folder Submissions area, the Submissions drop-down menu will be set back again to its default view: Users with submissions.

Want to know more? Contact desupport@camosun.ca to book an appointment with an instructional designer!

Here’s a topic from the The Amazing D2L Gradebook workshop:  Keeping final grades updated so you don’t have to calculate them all at the end of the term.

Are you wondering why you don’t see the Final Calculated Grade appearing as you add grades for students? Does it look like this?

Wonder no more!

In order to see the Final Calculated Grade changing in the Enter Grades area as you add grades for students, you need to adjust a Setting. So, here’s how you do that!

• Go to the Grades tool in your course
• Go to Enter Grades
• Click on Settings (in the upper, right-hand corner)
• Click on the Calculations Options tab.
• Scroll down, and under Auto Update, select Automatically keep final grade updated. Note that this will keep the Final Calculated Grades column updated for you, but students will NOT see their final grades until you release them. Then click Save.
• Click Close to return to Enter Grades.
• You will now see that your Final Calculated Grade column is updated.  This column will now be updated every time you enter new grades.

  

Want to know more? Contact desupport@camosun.ca to book an appointment with an instructional designer!