The Content tool provides students access to your course content. Content is organized into Modules, the larger containers like weeks or chapters, Topics, the pages within Modules that contain information. Topics can be D2L web pages, Word documents, spreadsheets, PDFs, or even PowerPoint files. You can also add links to external websites, videos and other media like YouTube, etc. Students can use our assistive technology tools to access content in different ways, for example downloading ebook files, or hearing content read out loud . You can find information on all of our D2L accessibility features at Assistive Technology for D2L.
Creating Content
- Creating Modules and Sub-Modules
- Creating Topics
- Setting a Default Path (to Manage Files) for a Module (PDF)
- Enabling and Using HTML Templates
- Saving Topic Files to Manage Files (PDF)
- Replacing or Re-linking Topic Documents (PDF)
- Embedding a Video into a Content Page (PDF)
- Embedding an H5P Object into a Content Page (PDF)
- Inserting an Image into a Content Page (using the HTML Editor) (PDF)
- Adding Links to Library Resources (or to any online resources outside of D2L) (PDF)
- Insert a Quicklink (link to another D2L tool) into the HTML Editor (for Content, News, etc.) (PDF)
Managing Content
- Deleting Modules and Topics
- Hiding Modules and Topics from Students
- Adding Start/End/Due Dates to Content (PDF)
- Renaming Modules and Topics (PDF)
- Moving Topics to Other Modules (PDF)
- Downloading Content Files (PDF)
- Printing Content (PDF)
- Bulk Edit in Content (PDF)
- Module Action Menu (the down arrow next to a Module title) (PDF)
- Topic Action Menu (the down arrow next to a Topic title) (PDF)
- Exempting Students from Content (PDF)