Desire2Lean: How get in to D2L and your course.

Ursuline CollegeSpring 2014

Mozilla Firefox is the recommended browser for

accessing Desire2Learn for both PC and Macs

You can download at this address if you do not have it.

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

StartGo to the Ursuline website

www.ursuline.edu Go to the bottom of the websiteClick on "Desire2Learn"

D2L PortalYou are now at the D2L portal. Use your Ursuline ID and PW. Make sure you run the System Check first.

Please click here for a system check before you begin -IMPORTANT

If you did not click on the System Check, PLEASE help save yourself lost time and energy by going back and checking to ensure you computer system is current and up-to-date so D2L will work properly.

D2L Home pageIf your Ursuline ID & PW do not work

contact helpdesk@ursuline.eduIf it worked you are now at your

Ursuline's homepage for D2L

Note: the "Select a Course"

This is where you select your courses

Select your coursesOnce you click on "Select a Course'A drop-down box like you see to the left will appear

Here is a list of your courses. You will notice a 'pushpin' that is colored and others that are grayed-out.

By clicking on a pushpin you color it; thereby moving it always to the top after you closed it. By clicking again you 'uncolor" it..

Clicking on the course moves you to your actual course.

Clicking on "Content" gets you into the course

You are now ready to browse the course. You can use the Table of Contents or the Navigation bar across the top.

Access Help Videos

There are also help videos to get you started with the other features of Desire2Learn. You can find them under Help Topics then Video Basics on the gray navigation bar.