With the May 25th upgrade inching even closer, there’s no doubt that questions may be sneaking into your mind! In this post, I will address some of the common questions and misconceptions surrounding the upgrade. We are here to support you and make this change as exciting and worry-free as possible. 1. Course content and other data will not be lost. ... Read More »

One of the great new features in v10 of Desire2Learn is the minibar!  The  new minibar provides consistent access to courses, alerts and personal settings – no matter where you are in OU D2L. The first new navigation option is the course selector drop-down. The course selector drop-down provides access to all of your courses via a search feature. The best ... Read More »

“Confessions of a Converted Lecturer” by Eric Mazur (video above), ever heard of it?  Professor Grier has, and it changed his classroom. Dr. Grier was frustrated with lectures and open-ended class discussions. He wasn’t happy with these traditional methods so when his wife told him about Eric Mazur, he was ready to listen. A few basic instructional changes made a ... Read More »

We are excited to announce the availability of Desire2Learn Binder as a free iPad application that allows users to offline some D2L course content to their iPad, and enables users to have full control over the organization and annotation of these course documents. Let’s take a quick look at a few of the things you can accomplish: Fetch Documents: You can retrieve ... Read More »