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Clarifications & Updates to student access dates for courses in D2L
As of May 10, 2022
Information compiled by:
Kathleen Coate, Instructional Designer/Technologist
Kris King, D2L Administrator
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Definitions:
D2L Start & End dates refer to the time frame when students can access the course page in D2L. This is not always the same as the official “start and end” of the class as listed in eServices.
Clarification of D2L “Start Dates” for courses
Note: This clarification is to ensure consistency among divisions – it may be a change for the way some courses were available in the past, but not a change for others.
D2L Start Dates are listed below:
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Completely Online, Mostly Online, or Blended/Hybrid courses: The D2L “Start Date” will be the Monday of the first week of the term, (or Tuesday if the Monday is a holiday).
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For example, a Fall Blended/Hybrid course with the first on-campus meeting as Wednesday, 8/24 will be available to students in D2L starting on Monday, 8/22.
What impact do these D2L start dates have on students?
What impact do these D2L start dates have on instructors?
Do instructors have the ability to change the “Start Date” of their D2L course dates to accommodate their needs?
Update to D2L “End Dates” for courses
Note: This update comes from a newly-available process through our D2L Administrator. The change does not affect the official “end date” of the course in eServices.
Starting in Fall 2022, the D2L End Date for courses will automatically be extended by 7 days.
See examples below:
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For example, a Fall On-Campus course that has the Final exam date of Thursday, 12/15 will be available to students in D2L until Thursday, 12/22.
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Completely Online, Mostly Online, or Hybrid courses: The D2L “End Date” will be an additional 7 days after the final day of the term (for example, 7 days after the Friday of Finals week).
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For example, a Fall Blended/Hybrid course with the final exam date of Thursday, 12/15 will be available to students in D2L until Friday, 12/23.
Why is this “End Date” update happening?
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The Minnesota State technology team is now offering this ability to colleges who hope to provide less barriers for students who need to access their courses in D2L outside of the course’s default D2L “End” date.
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Several colleges already extend the End Dates through their own campus D2L Administrators, and are now using this new centralized ability to provide this extension.
What impact will this update have on students?
What impact will this update have on instructors?
Will Instructors still have the ability to change the “End Date” of D2L course dates to accommodate their needs?
Does this change impact the course dates that students see in eServices, or the Normandale course schedule?
How did this change get decided upon?
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This change has been vetted through the Normandale Technology Committee, and voted upon by the Normandale Campus Academic Technology Team, with input from faculty, administrators, and student services staff.
Questions?