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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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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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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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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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Hide Content topics, modules, and downloads
You can hide topics, modules, and downloads from your learners in the Classic Content Experience. Note: For more information about the differences between the Classic Content Experience and the New Content Experience (Lessons), refer to Content experiences. Hide content topics and modules in the Classic Content Experience…
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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:…
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Add and organize learning materials in the Classic Content experience
You can create modules, sub-modules, and topics for your course in the Classic Content experience. You can then add and organize your learning materials within this structure as part of Content. Video: Create course content Create a new module and sub-module You must create a new module before you can add topics. You can…
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Notify users about updated course content
You can notify learners when updating or changing an HTML topic in Content. They receive an Update alert notification in their minibar; clicking the alert brings them to the updated topic. Notify users of changed content in the New Content Experience You can notify learners when content is changed or updated using the New…