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About Content
Use the Content tool to post and organize course content so that users can use information about course expectations, syllabus, lecture notes, and important dates. Course materials you post in Content can include documents, images, media files, CaptureCast presentations, URL links, and existing course activities. You can…
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Add and organize learning materials in the New Content Experience (Lessons)
Use the New Content Experience (Lessons) to create, add, and arrange learning materials for your course. Video: New Content experience (Lessons) Create a new unit in the New Content Experience (Lessons) The first step in adding and organizing learning materials is to create a new unit in your course. To create a new unit…
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Change content display settings
You can customize your content by changing your content display settings. To change content display settings in the Classic content experience From your course navbar, click Content. Figure: The Content button in the Course Home. On the Content menu, click Settings. Figure: The Settings button. Customize the following…
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ReadSpeaker integrations for Lessons
The Lessons tool supports the following ReadSpeaker integrations: * The ReadSpeaker HTML content integration solution automatically enables ReadSpeaker online text-to-speech technology for HTML content in the Lessons tool. Any learner can hear their HTML course content spoken aloud or download it as an MP3 using their…
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What types of files can I use for course content?
You can upload various documents, images, and video file types to use for course content. Learners can view the files inline. To display documents inline, the Document Conversion Service converts documents uploaded to the Content tool into PDFs. The documents are converted during upload instead of during learner access,…
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Fix broken links in Content
Links in Content may be broken if users receive a "Not Authorized" error message when attempting to access a resource/tool by clicking on the quicklink. Note: If a user clicks a quicklink to a course activity that is outside the availability dates (not yet available or no longer available), the following error message…
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Use templates in Content
Use templates in your course to improve the visual quality of your content and encourage learner engagement. Add templates in the New Content Experience Navigate to Content. Select Create New > Page. Figure: Click Page to create a new page. On the New Page page, click Select Template. Click an available template or select…
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Add availability and due dates in Content
Start and end dates specify when learners can access a topic or module. If you set a start, end, or due date for a topic or module, it appears on the Upcoming Events page and the Agenda view in the Calendar tool. Setting an end date later than the due date for a topic enables learners to access and complete the topic from…
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Improve navigation in multi-page content topics
To provide seamless navigation in multi-page content topics, course designers can add a D2L JavaScript solution to HTML content topics containing links to multiple HTML pages. When a learner navigates to a multi-page content topic with this JavaScript, the links to the HTML pages are hidden in the multi-page content topic…
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Add a Release Condition to Content
Add a release condition in the New Content Experience Navigate to Content. In the module where you want to add release conditions, do one of the following: * Click Options (...) > Edit. Expand the Availability Dates & Conditions section, click the Add Release Condition drop-down. Select Create New or Add Existing. Figure:…