Establishing Community Groups in the Learning Environment

Rhonda Gregory

About the Presenter

Director of Instructional Technology• 2 years as LMS Administrator• Responsible for training & support of 200+ full &

part time faculty• Oversee support & orientation for 1600+

traditional undergrad, grad, and adult degree-completion students

Online Instructor• 3 years of graduate & undergraduate

teaching experience in technology, education, and literature

• Teach 5-7 courses per year• MA in Teaching, Greenville College• BS in Business Administration, DeVry

Background

• Hosted by D2L• XML nightly data load populates the LE

courses & enrollments• SIS is official authority for institutional

enrollments• Communities are courses in the LE only

Self Registration

• Users enroll themselves into communities• Some communities require approval

before users are fully enrolled; other have instant access

• Only LE existing users may self-enroll in a community

• ‘Self Registration’ renamed ‘Community Registration’ in language pack

Process Overview

• Edit Language Pack (if desired)• Rename Self Registration to Community Registration

Language Pack

Course Management in D2LAdmin Tools

Open CourseEdit CourseCommunity Registration

Change these settings as desired.

Change these settings as desired. Pay attention to the default enrollment role type.

Registration List Management

Suggestion: Train the admin or instructor responsible for the group how to do this.

After filtering the list for unapproved users, Select the user,Click your action at the top: email, approve, reject, delete.

Editing the Language PackAdmin ToolsLanguage ManagementSearch & Replace

Thanks for coming!

Suggestions or other ideas?Tips you use in your own classes?Feedback on the ideas presented?

Rhonda GregoryDirector of Instructional Technology

rhonda.gregory@greenville.edu