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GETTING STARTED

Step 1: Requesting a Course

Request a course in Desire2Learn by sending an e-mail to Nancy Evans in ATS at evans@lincoln.edu. Always include the COURSE NAME, NUMER, and SECTION as well as the SEMESTER and YEAR you would your courses to be added. The first time you request a course it is called a Master Course (more on this below). Thereafter, you still must request a D2L course, even if you have a Master Course.

Step 2: Logging in

Log into Desire2Learn from this site's home page. Your username and password are the same as your Lincoln e-mail username and password. If you change your password in Lincoln e-mail, it will automatically change your password in D2L.

When you haved logged in, you will see your MyHome page and a link to MyCourses. On MyCourses you will also see your Master Courses and the Faculty Lounge where you can share ideas, ask questions, and find help and resources.

Step 3: Creating a Master Course as a Template

The Master Course (MC) is the template for your course and will always be available from year to year. You can now begin adding content to the MC. This is a time-consuming aspect of preparing to teach in D2L, but you only have to do it once. Thereafter, you can edit your MC whenever you like.

Please take a look at Faculty Support on this site for instructions and How-Tos. If you would like to work in a self-paced tutorial on using D2L tools, please contact Nancy Evans (x8148, evans@lincoln.edu) or Brenda Snider (x7355, snider@lincoln.edu).

Step 4: How the Registrar is Involved

When you request a course, the Registrar's Office is notified that it is a D2L course and your course will be coded as a D2L course in Colleague (WebAdvisor). You and your registered students will see it appear on your “MyCourses” page in D2L as a current semester course, i.e., Fall 2013. The Master Course can not be seen by students.

Step 5: Create a "Live" Course

You are now ready to make your current semester course "live" for your students. To do this you will move the content of your Master Course to your current semster course. For every MC you have, you will have a live course in the current semester.

Go to http://www.lincoln.edu/d2l/faculty/HowToMoveMasterCourse.pdf and follow the instructions to move all materials from your Master Course to your current semester D2L course. Your students only see the current semester course, not the Master Course.

During the semester you will want to edit, add material, or make changes to your current semester course. You can make changes to your live course and move the contents back to the Master Course at the end of the semester for future use. Your student information will not move to the Master Course.

Step 5: Getting Help

You will find resources to help you use D2L tools and expand your class on the Lincoln D2L website, http://www.lincoln.edu/d2l/. Included are short-short videos showing how to do simple functions in D2L, such as how to add content, how to re-order content, how to use e-mail.

Formal training is offered and you will receive registration information.

Use the Faculty Lounge in Desire2Learn to ask questions and share your ideas. It is automatically added to all faculty MyCourses page in D2L.

You can access Desire2Learn Community Discussions with questions, tips and answers.

Contact any Desire2Learn Support Team member here.