Most distance learning courses at the University of Central Oklahoma are offered using Desire 2 Learn, or D2L, a course management system. Many traditional classroom courses also use this course management system. This section offers numerous tutorials on the various functions and tools of D2L.
To log into D2L you will need to log in through UCONNECT. Click here for specific instructions.
The Preferences link in the My Settings widget on your My Home page lets you determine whether you will appear as online when you are logged into D2L, the time zone and region you live in, and other personal preference settings. Click here to learn how to set your personal preferences.
In D2L the email tool functions like a web-based email provider inside the learning environment. You may set your individual preferences from the user account settings for email behavior. You are able to read email messages, compose and send a message, manage your email box, or update email settings. Access the step-by-step guide here.
The pager is an online messaging tool for sending text messages to classmates and other members of your Learning Environment. A page is quicker and less formal than an email. Use the pager to quickly see which of your classmates are online, get an answer from a friend, or to send a reminder or notice.
Access the Pager tool
Click the Pager link or 
icon on your course navigation bar.
Sending and receiving pages
The pager is an online messaging tool for sending and receiving text messages to classmates and other members of your Learning Environment.
Sending pages
icon to send a message to all selected users orReceiving pages
Depending on how the pager tool is set up at your organization, you may receive incoming pager notifications:
icon on the navbar which will change how it displays when you have a page waitingRead an incoming page by clicking the Pager link or 
icon on your course navigation bar.
Add a contact
Add Friend icon on the Pager tool Friends window.
icon to r emove all selected users from your Friends list .Remove a contact
Viewing pager logs
You can access the HTML Editor through the Discussion area, the Dropbox area, the Chat area, the Email area, and the "My Locker" area of the D2L system. The HTML editor contains two options: Basic and Advanced. The content area is very much like a word processor. As you type in the text it will appear on the screen. You can also format your text.
In the Basic option, you can make your text, bold, italic, and underline your text. You can change the way your text is aligned, with the right, left, and centered, full justified options. You can add bullets, or a numbered list. If you would like to include a URL link within your document, use the link tool. Enter the URL to access and then enter text for the link text. If you would like to add a graphic, click the image tool. Once you click on the browse tool, click on "my computer" and then locate the image you like to upload. You can enter alterative text. You can also enter a boarder size, and a specific width and height for the image. You can also add YouTube vides using the "Insert Stuff" button. A spell checker is also included. Just click the Spell Check tool and the spell checker will go through and check the document for you. If you would like to insert a table into your document, click the table tool and select the number of rows and columns you would like to include in your table. You can change the number of rows and columns at a later time.
The advanced options include all of the basic options as well as options to paste from Microsoft Word, increased font options, subscripts and superscripts, strike through, horizontal lines, and paragraph adjustments. You may also attach files. To preview your content, click the paper and magnifying glass icon in the lower left hand corner. You can then post, send, or submit your content.
The Chat tool is a real-time, text-based collaboration tool. You can use the Chat tool to brainstorm ideas, hold a question and answer period, have a debate or discussion, or organize a remote study group. As opposed to other collaboration tools, such as Discussions, Chat conversations occur in real-time. You can set up course specific chat rooms or chat rooms that involve individuals from all over the organization. There are two types of chat:
General (or Course) chats : General chats are public chats visible to everyone enrolled in the org unit where they are created. General chats allow you to incorporate chat discussions into the teaching of a course since they are automatically open to all users enrolled in the course. You can only access General chats from the appropriate course.
Personal chats : Personal chats are private and visible only to users who you have added to the chat's participants list. Personal chats are ideal for keeping in touch with friends and colleagues or for clubs and other groups whose members do not share a single org unit. You can access Personal chats from anywhere in Learning Environment.
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Access the Chat tool
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Using chat
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Refresh your chat window
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See who else is chatting
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Change your chat alias You can change your alias, or chat name, if you want to appear as a different name, such as a nickname, to other chat participants.
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Change the display order of chat messages You can set preferences to have messages in a chat display from new to old, or old to new, or show only new messages.
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Note You can change back to see all messages, which restores all messages for that session, even if they were not visible while New Messages were checked.
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Refresh icon at the top of the chat. This icon is visible when you have new messages checked in your chat settings.
Chat Settings in one of two locations:
Chat Settings on the top tool bar.
Chat Settings along the top of the chat window.
Chat Settings in one of two locations:
Chat Settings on the top tool bar.
Chat Settings along the top of the chat window.