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Pager Video |  |
Pager FAQ |
- About the Pager Tool
- Accessing the Pager
- Send a Page
- Incoming Pages
- View a list of Pages
- Adding and removing contacts
- Help with the Pager
About the Pager Tool
The Pager allows D2L users to “page” each other by sending a short text message. The next time that the person being paged enters the course, the pager will flash and beep that a message is waiting. Please be aware that many instructors do not use the Pager tool so before paging them make sure to check to see what communication methods they use with students. They may only read emails and not answer pages.
The pager is an online messaging tool you can use to send text messages directly to other students who are currently logged into D2L.
Use the pager to:
- Quickly get a quick answer from someone currently online
- Let others know that you're online too
- Invite someone or a group of people into the Chat Room
- Notify someone of an email
The pager tool is faster than waiting for a response through email, but only if you are both online at the same time.
Accessing the Pager
From your Course Home page, click the Pager icon (
) in the navigation bar along the top of the screen.
The Pager management page displays:
A P besides a user name indicates that a page has been sent by that user. Click on it to view the message.
Send a page
1. To send a new page you can either go to the Classlist tool for your course and click on someone's name or from the main Pager dialog box, click the NEW PAGE button and fill in their D2L Username (NetID) in the "TO:" box.
2. Type your message in the Message field.
3. Click Send.
Incoming pages
When someone has paged you, a notifying sound signals you when you enter your Course Home page.
You will also see the word "page" (
) displayed in the green part of the pager icon.
Click the icon to view your new message.
View a list of pages
You can view a log of pages you have received by clicking the H icon beside someone's name:
Adding and removing contacts
To add a personal contact from the main Pager dialog:
Click 
The Add Contact page displays:
From here you can select to add the following types of contacts:
• Known Contact: Type in the username of the person you wish to add and click on the ADD button. Choosing this option enables you to add any students within your the D2L system. Students do not have to be in the same class.
• Classmate(s): select the circle beside the Add Classmate option. From the drop-down lost, select your course. Your classmates should appear underneath with boxes beside each name. Selecting the classmates you would like to add by checking off the boxes beside their name and click ADD.
To remove a contact click 
from the main Pager window:
The Remove Contact dialog displays.
Check the name you want to remove from your contact list and click remove.
The contact is then removed from the associated list.
Help with the pager
Click 
to view a page describing the pager functions, buttons, and links.
