The Content Tool
Content allows you to view relevant materials your instructor has posted. These materials can range from a simple text file to complex multimedia files.
To access the Content tool from your Course Home page, click the Content link on the course navigation bar located near the top of the screen.
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Viewing Course Content
If your instructor has chosen to upload Content to your D2L course, you can access it by clicking the available links:
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Printing/Downloading Content
You can download or view a printable version of a single topic or multiple topics by clicking Print/Download located near the top of the Table of Contents screen.
To download topics:
- Select the items you would like to download by checking the box to the left of each.
- Click the Download
icon located at either the top or the bottom of the list of modules and topics.
- D2L will compile the topics to be downloaded. Once this has been completed, click the link in the new window that appears to download the zipped folder.
To view a printable version of topics:
- Select the items you would like to view by checking the box to the left of each.
- Click the Printable Version
icon located at either the top or the bottom of the list of modules and topics.
- A new screen will open with a view of the selected files that can easily be printed. If you have selected files that were created using an application such as MS PowerPoint or MS Word, you will see the following:
Note: Files of this type need to be printed from the application they were created in. Click the link below to open the file and print.
URL: Week One Lecture.ppt
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Trouble Viewing Content
If you are a Windows user and cannot access a Word Document or Powerpoint, please follow these steps:
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From the navigation bar, click the Content link.
- The course content will load under the navigation bar.
- Select the appropriate file you wish to view. A yellow box that says " To help protect your security, Internet Explorer blocked this site from downloading files to your computer." should appear above the navigation bar.
- Right Click the yellow box and select "Download File"
- D2L will reload the Course Home.
- Select the Content link once again from the navigation bar.
- Select the appropriate file you wish to view. A popup will appear asking you to open or save this file. You can either view directly from the course site by selecting open, or download the file to your computer by selecting save.
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