By Jessica Skaggs
This semester marks the first opportunity for students and faculty to use the college’s new learning management system, Desire2Learn (D2L).
“We are really excited about D2L and the new features it includes,” Distance Learning Director Ed Lovitt said. “We think students and staff will really benefit from it.”
One of the benefits includes a Google widget located on the right side of the D2L homepage. Once students link their student e-mail to the widget, they’ll be able to access their e-mail messages with ease.
Another benefit built-in to the site is the ability to track the users’ progress for each class. Once a class has been selected, students can have access to a calendar, content of the course, discussion posts, dropbox, quizzes, categorized grades, the user progress feature and a class list.
An additional advantage with D2L is the ability to register a mobile device to receive class notifications via SMS. Students can register their phone number on the site and choose what notifications they want to receive, including grade updates, quiz reminders, and any news items sent out by the professor.
Although there are similarities to ANGEL, the several enhancements within D2L encourage more communication between professors and classmates.
For more information and guidance with D2L, check out the student video tutorials located at the top right of the D2L homepage.
Contact Jessica Skaggs, managing editor, at jskaggs4@jccc.edu.