Instructional Tutorials

Locate these courses (and more) from the Discover tab found on the D2L Homepage. 

  • Course Maker Starter Kit: Learn to use the Course Maker templates. 
  • D2L Creating Accessible Course Sites: Advanced course on creating accessible D2L content.
  • D2L New Instructor Orientation: Introduction to D2L for new instructors.
  • D2L New Student Orientation: Introduction to D2L for incoming students. 
  • D2L Quiz Question Conversion Tool: Take quiz questions from MS Word or Google Docs and convert to a .CSV file for importing into your question library.  
  • D2L Respondus Lockdown Browser Training: Mandatory course for instructors wanting to use Lockdown Browser.
  • Turnitin: Check your work: Allows students to run a Turnitin check on their papers for plagiarism before submitting them. 
  • VoiceThread Assignment Builder Tutorial: Learn to build VoiceThread Assignments.  

1. Enroll: Self-Enroll in a Discover Course

To access most Discover courses, you must self-enroll. 

Note: Some Discover courses are automatically assigned, e.g., D2L New Instructor Orientation and D2L New Student Orientation.

  1. Log into D2L at https://d2l.arizona.edu/.
  2. Click the Discover link located at the top left side of the screen.Discover link circled on D2L my homepage

     

  3.   The Discover page contains all the courses that are available for self-enrollment. 
     

    Screenshot of a sample Discover Page



    There are two ways to find a course if you don't see it listed in the course tiles.
     

    1. Select the Browse All Content option at the top of the Discover widget.

       

      screenshot of the top of the courses area with view all circled in red
    2. You can use the search box to search for the course by any word in the title of the course.
       screenshot of the Discover page with the search box highlighted in red

      Either option will take you to a list of courses from which you can select your choice.

       

      screenshot of the list of results for a search for courses with orientation in the title

  4. When you find the course in which you wish to enroll, select it.

  5. This will take you to the course enrollment page. Click the Enroll in Course button to self-enroll for the course.image of a course enrollment page with the Enroll in Course button circled in red

  6. When the enrollment is complete, you can click the Open Course button to go directly to the course.

  7. To quickly find a Discover course you are already enrolled in, select the Discover Courses tab in the My Courses widget on your D2L home page.  

    screenshot of My Courses widget with the Discover Courses tab circled in red

     

  8. Select the course to open it.
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2. Unenroll: Unenroll from a Discover Course

When you no longer need access to a Discover course, you can unenroll yourself.

Note: You are not able to unenroll yourself from courses automatically assigned, e.g., D2L New Instructor Orientation or D2L New Student Orientation. To unenroll from these courses, please contact D2L Consulting.

  1. Log into D2L at https://d2l.arizona.edu/.
  2. Click the Discover link located at the top left side of the screen.
     Discover link circled on D2L my homepage
  3. Select Browse All Content. screenshot of the top of the courses area with view all circled in red 
  4. Select the Sort: option at the top of the list and select Already Enrolled from the menu list.screenshot of select the sort options then an arrow pointing to the already enrolled choice in the drop down menu
  5. Select the course to open its description/enrollment page. When the page opens, select the three horizontal dots icon next to the Open Course button and choose Unenroll from the menu options.screenshot of selecting the three dots option then an arrow pointing to Unenroll in the drop down menu

     

  6. You are now successfully unenrolled from the course.
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