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Student eCourseware Essentials
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General
Shorten Your Wait!
Your courses in eCourseware will no longer take 24-48 hours to be available! Yep, you read that right! You asked and we listened. You will have access to courses shortly after registration (or being assigned to a course) during the semester’s enrollment period.
eCourseware (Desire2Learn) Tools
Brightspace Pulse
Brightspace Pulse is a mobile app that helps students stay connected with their courses in eCourseware (D2L Learning Environment). It provides one easy view of course calendars, readings, assignments, evaluations, grades, and announcements. The app can also help students make decisions about how to handle workloads. Brightspace Pulse tells students when to submit assignments and when to prepare for tests.
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ePortfolio
The ePortfolio tool is an 'electronic portfolio' linked right inside of D2L. This tool enables you to store, organize, and reflect on items that represent your learning experience. Items in your collection can include documents, graphics, audio files, videos, and presentations.
Build a collection of digital artifacts to share with others to get feedback and comments on your work. As a finished product, you can use ePortfolio to demonstrate your achievements to a potential employer.
Discussions
The Discussions tool is a collaboration area to post, read and reply to threads on different topics. You can share thoughts about course materials, ask questions, share files, or work on assignments and homework.
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Quizzes
Use the Quizzes tool to take a quiz, review your quiz results, and see class statistics for a quiz.
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Dropbox
The Dropbox tool enables you to submit assignments and eliminate having to mail, fax, or email your work to instructors. Simply upload your submission to the appropriate dropbox folder and submit.
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Grades
Use the Grades tool to check your grades on assignments and tests. You can see your individual grades and comments, as well as class averages and feedback.
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Blog
The Blog tool is a way to share information on topics that interest you. Use this page to post and respond to questions, engage in discussions, and share opinions and comments with other users.
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The Email tool allows you to send email from within the eCourseware learning environment. You can also organize received mail using folders and store email addresses using the Address Book.
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Wiggio
Using Wiggio, you can hold group discussions, assign tasks to group members, poll members, and share calendars and schedules. Additionally, you can upload group files and communicate via conference calls, video conferences, chat rooms, texts, emails, and voice mail.
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Content
Use the Content tool to access course materials, complete required activities, and monitor progress on topics contained within course modules.
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