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Content uses a Table of Contents (TOC) structure. Students navigate a tiered list of modules and topics. Content is the structure of your course and when organized properly allows students to quickly locate course materials. Content also provides the tools needed to create the activities and materials that represent the structure of your course. Modules are created by headings which are used to organize topics within. A variety of files and activities can be linked within a module:

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  D2L embedded activities: quizzes, assignment folders, discussion forums

• HTML templates

• External website links

• Publisher material

• Videos and images

Contents

Table of Contents

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Understanding the Organization of Content

Step 1: From the Course Home page, select Content.

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When users access a course's Content tool for the first time, they will see the Course Overview. Course Overview is one of the four Content functional areas, along with Bookmarks, Upcoming Events, and Table of Contents

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. Upon subsequent entries into the course, the functional area active at the previous logout will be displayed.

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Course Overview

The Course Overview provides an area where information about the course can be displayed.

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The text/document will then show up in the D2L viewer window.

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Bookmarks

Bookmarks is a saved shortcut that is directed to Content items, or frequently viewed files, for easy access throughout the semester.

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This becomes a shortcut to the document, which is added to the Bookmarks list.

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Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events lists course material due dates, start dates, end dates, and other course events for the next seven days. It lists any event in your course calendar, not just those related to Content.

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents enables you to create your course materials and assignments and organize how and when to provide students access to these. You can add as many Modules as you like to the Table of Contents

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. Each module may contain as many Topics (activities like quizzes, discussions, documents, hyperlinks, etc.) as you like.

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Creating a New Module

Step 1: In the Add a module area, type the name of the new

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module, and hit Enter.

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Step 2: The new module will be added to the Table of Contents.

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Adding Topics to Modules

You will want to add activities like discussions, quizzes, videos, and others to your modules. There are

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a number of ways to do this

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. The first uses the Add Existing Activities button.

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The discussion has been added to the module.

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Creating New Activities

Another way to add activities to your modules is to create new ones on the fly

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. After the activity is created, it will automatically be added to the module.

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When you return to the Table of Contents, the quiz will appear within the module in the Topic area.

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Add Topics by Dragging and Dropping

You can drag and drop files such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or any other type of file
to create a new topic on the fly.

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