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Trying to balance the ed with the tech

January 7, 2011
by Clint
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Add comments to a D2L content page using Disqus

I am working with an Instructor on a project in Desire2Learn in which she wants to give students the ability to comment and respond to any piece of content in the course, similar to a blog commenting system. D2L does … Continue reading

March 3, 2009
by Clint
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Personalize D2L content using variables

Online Course Peer Review at Lake Superior College just posted a nice D2L tip on how to personalize content in a D2L course. By inserting {firstname} into any HTML spot in your courses (news, content, release conditions, etc), D2L automatically places … Continue reading

February 9, 2009
by Clint
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Create an interactive wall of images with TiltViewer

TiltViewer is a free, customizable 3D Flash image viewing application you can add to your site to create a lovely, interactive wall of photos. In just a few minutes I put together a demonstration page to show off the effect. … Continue reading

November 17, 2008
by Clint
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Embed a YouTube video in Desire2Learn

Well, I put this video together and demonstrated this technique at a video workshop for our faculty last week, only to have it fail miserably in Internet Explorer 7. Of course. Go figure. I have embedded dozens of YouTube videos … Continue reading