Faculty Frequently Asked Questions

Courses are available to the instructor of record 60 days prior to the start of the given semester.

 

Students will have access to the course two business days (excluding holidays) prior to the start of the given semester.

Yes!  Simply request an individual course sandbox in D2L for your class(es) to allow you to begin working on your course design in D2L in preparation for use in your live course shell.

 

Limit one per instructor per course.^*

 

^*If you wish to start fresh in your existing sandbox, a course reset can be requested.  For unique variations, please submit a new sandbox creation request for review.

To copy a content from one course shell to another, both of which you have access to, please use the following steps:

1. On the Navbar for the course you would like content copied into, click on Edit Course

2. Under Site Resources, click on Import / Export / Copy Components

3. Make sure 'Copy Components from another Org Unit' is selected and the box next to ‘Include protected and resources’ is checked

4. Click on Search for offering underneath Course to Copy

5. Enter the name of the course you would to take content from as it appears in D2L in search bar and click Search

6. Check the box next to that course and click Add Selected

7. Click on Copy All Components

For a visual reference, please review this quick video.

 

If you have permission to copy from another’s shell that you do not have access to or wish to only copy certain components (excluding Announcements and Assignments), please reach out to the Distance Education Support Desk for assistance.

D2L provides the ability to integrate with a variety of external learning tools easily and securely.  If you are trying to integrate with a tool not currently provided within our LMS, please contact the Support Desk for assistance.

When inside of a course shell, click on your name or your profile picture and select View as Student from the dropdown menu.

Yes!  Simply submit a Course Access Management request and ask for them to be added in your course as a Course Copy Reviewer.  With this role they will be able to review content and copy into their own course shells in a FERPA-compliant view that protects’ students’ PII.

To add a student to your course they will need to register for your course either through AP OneStop or the Office of the Registrar.

 

To add another instructor to your course for co-teaching purposes, please contact your department admin to ensure that they are listed as instructor of record in Banner.

 

For all other enrollment requests, you can submit a course access management request to the Distance Education Support Desk.

To view the last known date and time your course was accessed by a student, you will want to check the Class Progress page.  This page can found on the Course Administration page by clicking Edit Course on the Navbar for your course in D2L.

 

On the Class Progress page you will be able to see all of the following for your student(s):

• the Content completion rate
• course login activity
• grade activity for graded assessments

For more information on using the Class Progress tool, please watch this video.  If you see any discrepancies, please contact the Distance Education Support Desk.

If a student is reporting issues logging into D2L, please have them try logging in through elearn.apsu.edu using the same Single Sign-On (SSO) credentials they would use when logging into AP OneStop.  Please advise the student(s) they should not include '@my.apsu.edu' in their username when logging into D2L directly.

 

If they are still unable to log into D2L, they will need to reach out to GOVSTECH Help Desk, as there may be an issue with their single sign-on (SSO) credentials.

Notifications will appear on your minibar when you log into D2L.  In order to get additional notifications from D2L email, we recommend you download the Brightspace Pulse App.

 

Please keep in mind that email in D2L is a separate system from your regular Outlook email at APSU, which means emails can’t be sent into or out of D2L.

The Distance Education Department offers a suite of instructional tools to enhance the online learning experience.  Listed below are the tools supported by our Department linked to the available resources:

• Honorlock Online Proctoring
• SmarterMeasure Assessment
• Turnitin
• Tutor.com Online Tutoring
• YuJa Media Management
• Zoom Web Conferencing

If you have any further questions regarding a specific tool, please reach out the Distance Education Support Desk.  If you are using an instructional tool not listed on our website as provided by Distance Education, please contact that tool's support services directly.

Students will have access to your course shell for 7 days after the scheduled end of the semester by default.

 

Only students who have received a ‘Incomplete’ as their grade of record will be eligible to access your course in D2L with your permission once the course has closed in D2L.  You can request to extend their access by submitting a course access management request to the Distance Education Support Desk.

D2L provides the option to export a copy of your course to be stored on your computer or flash drive in a variety of formats.  To do this, please use the following steps:

1. On the Navbar for the course you would like content exported from, click on Edit Course

2. Under Site Resources, click on Import / Export / Copy Components

3. Check the box for the Export associated with your desired file type and click on Start

4. Select either all or the specific components you would like to save from your course and click Continue

5. Check the box next to “Include course files in the export”

6. Click Export to begin downloading

For a visual reference, please review this quick video.