uiuLearn Faculty Tutorials & Resources
This page contains tutorials to help faculty develop uiuLearn skills to create a variety of online course activities that can enhance students’ learning experience. You will also find information on UIU Library resources and educational technologies, such as McGraw Hill, Pearson, Panopto, Zoom, and Turnitin. If you don’t find what you are looking for, additional support and resources are available the end of the page.
Page Contents
uiuLearn Beginners
Logging in to uiuLearn
(updated 01/18/21) – Clickable PDF format. This tutorial covers:
- New 2019 single sign on procedures
- Basic browser recommendations
- Login procedure
- Bookmarking web pages
- Office 365 widget
uiuLearn 101: The Basics for Faculty
This video tutorial covers:
- Logging in to uiuLearn
- uiuLearn layout and basic navigation
- Attendance Tool
- Uploading a syllabus
Related uiuLearn 101 Basic Training:
- Install Microsoft Office 365 applications on your computer–it’s free!
- Navigating the Learning Environment (added 5/15/20): Video by D2L – Develop comfort navigating the common elements of the uiuLearn Brightspace learning environment.
- Navigating to Courses in uiuLearn (added 10/28/20)
D2L Brightspace uiuLearn YouTube Instructor Tutorials
(added 4/2/2020) Short, topic-focused video tutorials from the company that developed and maintains the learning management system platform that we call uiuLearn.
uiuLearn Tutorials and Resources
- General Tips: the uiuLearn Experience – (added 5/14/21) – This tutorial helps you optimize your uiuLearn experience and provides general tips for troubleshooting. Topics include:
- Updates
- JavaScript and Cookies
- Quick System Check
- Browser Recommendations
- Support
Academic Integrity
- Controlling Cheating in Online Courses: (added 6/18/2020) PDF from Pearson Education
Accessibility
- Grant a Special Access to a Student for Quizzes in uiuLearn: (added 3/4/21) D2L video – Shows how to grant more time or provide alternative due date for Quiz completion for students with special needs.
- Detailed Accessibility Checking Tutorial from Desire2Learn (video)
- Web Accessibility Checking in uiuLearn (video)
- uiuLearn Accessibility 101: Web Accessibility Overview, Creating Accessible Content in uiuLearn & How to Caption Videos in Panopto (video)
Announcements
- Video Notes: (updated 12/20/19) Clickable PDF format.
- Create an Announcement
Assignments
- New Assignment Experience: (added 11/20/20) Video by D2L. Covers the opt-in Assignment Experience released in June 2020.
- New Assignment Experience (added 11/20/20) PDF format. Covers the opt-in Assignment Experience released in June 2020.
- Create an Assignment: (added 5/18/20) Video by D2L. Create an assignment so learners can easily submit their work.
- Create an Assignment: PDF version.
- Create Grade Items for Assignments
- Associate Grade Items and Assignments
- Grade Submissions in Assignments: (added 5/15/20) Video by D2L. Grade assignment submissions from within the tool to quickly evaluate and leave feedback for learners.
Attendance
Browsers
- Clear Your Browser Cache (updated 2/4/21) – Clickable PDF format. This tutorial includes instructions for Chrome, Firefox, and Edge browsers.
CengageNOW
Checklists
- Checklists: (added 5/22/20) Video by D2L. Help learners deconstruct a large assignment into smaller tasks using a checklist. This tutorial shows how to create a checklist to help learners stay on track and complete an assignment.
- Create a Checklist
Classlist
- Classlist Tool: Video by D2L. This tutorial shows how to use the Classlist to email or send instant messages to learners. Reach out to learners directly to discuss their progress through course materials and assignments.
Class Progress
- Class Progress Tool: (added 5/22/20) Video by D2L. Customize Class Progress to make it easier to track and compare the performance of learners in your course. This tutorial shows how to customize Class Progress to display indicators relevant to your course.
- Class Progress Report: (added 5/22/20) Video by D2L – Customize the User Progress report to easily track users’ performance. This tutorial shows how to customize the User Progress report to meet your needs.
Communication Tools
- Chat
- Class Engagement – Using the Class Engagement Tool to Monitor Student Success (Video)
- Email Classlist
- Creating a Profile in uiuLearn (added 6/5/2020) – Video by D2L – This 2 minute tutorial shows you how to create your personal profile to build connections with the users in your course.
- Brightspace Pulse Phone App (updated 1/2020) – This tutorial covers:
- Pulse Installation
- Notification Settings
- Excluding Courses from Notifications
Content
- How to Delete Content or Start from Scratch (Video)
- Import Course Content/Copy Course
- Import Vendor Course Contents: (added 5/15/20) Video by D2L. Conveniently import course components from other systems provided by content vendors into your uiuLearn course.
- Release Conditions and Hiding Content in uiuLearn (Video)
- Text Editor: Insert Image
- Text Editor: Insert Quicklink
- Text Editor: Insert Stuff
Copyright
- Use of Copyrighted Materials in Online Teaching: (updated 3/30/20) Highlights Section 110 of the Copyright Act as revised and expanded by the TEACH Act of 2002.
Course Banner
Course Evaluations (Watermark EvaluationKIT)
- Course Evaluation Survey Tool Demonstration (Video)
- How to View Course Evaluation Survey Results (Video)
Discussions
- Associate Grade Items & Discussions
- Create a Discussion Forum and Topic
- Create Grade Items for Discussions
Engagement
- Class Engagement Data in uiuLearn (added 3/15/21) PDF step-by-step engagement high-level overview that will help instructors quickly identify at-risk students based on engagement data. This tutorial covers the Class Engagement Tool, Class Progress, and the Insights Engagement Dashboard.
- uiuLearn Engagement: (added 3/15/21) UIU video step-by-step engagement high-level overview that will help instructors quickly identify at-risk students based on engagement data. This tutorial covers the Class Engagement Tool, Class Progress, and the Insights Engagement Dashboard.
- Intelligent Agents (added 3/16/21) PDF step-by-step that shows instructors how to set up basic Intelligent Agents that can send alerts when something happens or doesn’t happen (e.g., student doesn’t access an online course for 7 days) in uiuLearn.
ePortfolio
General Education Assessment
Grades
- Understanding Grades: (added 6/10/20) Video by D2L. Covers gradebook aspects such as gradebook organization/reordering, activity grade associations, weighted grades, and event log.
- Enter Grades: (added 5/15/20) Video by D2L. Remain up to date on assessments and evaluation in your course by entering grades in your gradebook.
- Grades: (update 09/10/20) Clickable PDF format for efficient navigation with video links. This tutorial covers:
- Engagement Tools
- the Grades Setup Wizard
- Gradebook Settings
- Grade Item Labeling Considerations
- Releasing Student View of Grades
- Setting up, Organizing, and Editing a Gradebook
- Basic Grade Entry
- Related Best Practices
- Grades Beyond the Basics: (added 1/2020) D2L video training that covers 15 tips and techniques for instructors for more efficient, effective use of the Grades tool.
- Quick Eval: (added 1/2020) Video format. This tutorial covers:
- How to identify unevaluated learner submissions in Quick Eval
- Prioritizing unevaluated learner submissions in Quick Eval
- Associate Grade Items and Assignments
- Associate Grade Items & Discussions
- Calculate Cumulative Grade
- Create Categories
- Create Grade Items for Assignments
- Create Grade Items for Discussions
- Create Grade Items for Quizzes
Library Resources
McGraw Hill Connect
- Pairing your course with McGraw Hill Connect (Video) (updated 5/21/20)
Navigation
- Mobile Walkthrough(video)
- Navigate uiuLearn
- uiuLearn 101: the basics for students (video)
- Walkthrough for Instructors (video)
MS Teams in uiuLearn
- How to set up MS Teams links in uiuLearn Content Modules (video added 1/21/21) – How to create a module and create MS Teams links for course streaming classroom meetings or office hours.
- How to set up MS Teams links in email, announcements, and more (PDF added 1/21/21)
- MS Teams User Training
Office 365 (O365)
- O365 Widget – (added 12/4/20) – The Office 365 widget on the uiuLearn global homepage and most course homepages enables quick access to UIU email, Outlook calendars, and OneDrive where there is generous 1 TB storage and access from any computer, as well as easy file sharing.
Overview/Syllabus
Panopto
- Panopto Basic Training: 60-minute streaming training session provided by Panopto trainer, Jay Minster, on August 12, 2020.
- Panopto Basic Training: 60-minute streaming training session provided by Panopto trainer, Jay Minster, on August 27, 2020.
- How to auto-export Panopto Video Quiz scores to uiuLearn Gradebook (pdf) (added August 20, 2020)
- How to use Panopto with D2L Brightspace (uiuLearn): (added 4/17/20) Learn how to use Panopto in your uiuLearn courses to create, manage, edit, add captions, and share videos with students.
- How to Create a Video Using Panopto Capture (added on Sept 8, 2020) This tutorials shows you how to create a video using the Panopto browser-based application Capture.
- Panopto Mobile Apps: (added 6/15/20) In June 2020, Panopto announced new apps for iOS and Android. The new apps support offline videos, personalized home screen, a comprehensive search experience, and ability to upload or record new videos using a phone camera. The new apps are available in the iOS and Android app stores.
- How to Manually Caption Sessions (added 7/15/20)
- How to Add Automatic Speech Recognition Captions (added 7/15/20)
- How to Use “Add a Clip” to Splice Video Clips: (added7/17/20) You can splice multiple video clips together by using the Add a Clip option in the editor.
- How to Use a Panopto Quiz as a Graded Activity in the uiuLearn D2L Brightspace Environment: (added 4/16/20) This documentation will go over the steps assign a Panopto quiz as an activity in a D2L course and have the grades get automatically reported to the uiuLearn gradebook.
- Panopto vs Zoom: Which should I use?: (added 4/6/20) Table created by the University of Washington IT that provides simple side-by-side comparison to assist faculty in making decisions on most appropriate use of Panopto versus Zoom.
- Live Webcasts in Panopto: (added 5/19/20) Panopto has the ability to webcast all recordings live over your network or the Internet. You will be able to watch live webcasts back in the Embedded player as well as the Interactive player.
- Panopto Setup in uiuLearn: (updated 3/17/20) This clickable PDF tutorial covers important basics such as equipment and system requirements, creating a Panopto ELT link in your course, creating and organizing video folders, and links to Panopto support and tutorials.
- Panopto for Zoom Video Storage (added 4/6/20)
- How to Record with Panopto (Windows): (added 4/2/20) Basic recording tutorial for Windows users.
- How to Record with Panopto (Mac): (added 4/2/20) Basic recording tutorial for Mac users.
- Getting Started with Panopto: (added 4/2/20) Contains links to info on viewing, recording, editing and sharing videos in Panopto.
- Panopto Support and Training Documentation: (added 4/2/20) Link to the Panopto web page with a quick link to their support team and links to Panopto’s own training.
- Upload and Share Zoom Recordings to Panopto (Video)
- Using Panopto in uiuLearn
- Panopto Instructor Walkthrough
ProctorU
ProctorU-Exam Preparations-Student Guide – (added 2/8/2021)
Quizzes
- Quizzes: (added 6/4/20) PDF step-by-step tutorial that covers:
- Question Library: organization strategies, setup, importing questions
- Quizzes: question types, Quiz setup, gradebook associations, answer views, statistics, quiz security features
- Quiz best practices: labels, previews, accessibility
- Bonus Quiz Questions: (added 6/5/20) Video by D2L. This tutorials shows you how to create bonus questions so the final score of a quiz can exceed the maximum points of the quiz, and how to designate a quiz question as a bonus question.
- Importing Questions to Crete a New Quiz: (added 5/15/20) Video by D2L. Import questions from a CSV or zip file to quickly set up a new quiz.
- How to Use a Panopto Quiz as a Graded Activity in the uiuLearn D2L Brightspace Environment: (added 4/16/20) This documentation will go over the steps assign a Panopto quiz as an activity in a D2L course and have the grades get automatically reported to the uiuLearn gradebook.
- Quiz Question Converter: (added 4/13/20) Are you looking for a way to add a bank of questions to the Quiz Question Library? Look no further than this handy Quiz Question Converter- now available through the Brightspace Community on the Learning Center!
- Quiz Statistics: (updated 7/17/20) This clickable PDF tutorial shows you how data captured in uiuLearn Quizzes can help you not only see how well students are learning the subject you are teaching, but data can also help you identify potentially bad questions or topics that may require further study or change in course materials. Related resources on quizzes and competencies, learning objectives, and reports.
- Quiz Reports: (added 4/3/20) This D2L Brightspace video shows you how to create a Quiz Report that can be automatically sent to a specific audience (e.g., Instructors) on a specific date.
- Create a Quiz
- Create Grade Items for Quizzes
- Enable Quiz Feedback and Show Instant Results to Students (Video)
- Submit a “Stuck” Quiz on Student’s Behalf (Video)
- Respondus 4: Single Sign On (SSO) Publishing Settings Instructions: (updated 3/23/2020) SSO was implemented in October 2019, and this change requires instructors to change Respondus 4 settings on their computer in order to publish quiz questions to uiuLearn.
Session Checklist
Turnitin
- Turnitin training (updated 1/21/21) – Hour video of live training session held on 1/12/21 with Turnitin SME Chris Vescovi. Presentation covers Originality Check Overview, Grademark, Support Resources, and Best Practices.
- Turnitin Instructor Guides (updated 1/21/21)
- Interpreting Similarity Reports (updated 1/21/21) – Guide | Video | Spectrum
Zoom Video Conferencing
- Zoom Mobile App Download (added 5/19/20)
- Zoom Live Interactive Video Training (added 5/26/2020)
- Zoom Video Tutorials (added 4/6/2020)
- Zoom FAQs (added 4/6/2020)
- Instructor Zoom Classroom Training (Video)
Online Learning Support and Resources
D2L (uiuLearn) Brightspace
- phone 877-325-7778
- email [email protected]
- 24/7 chat
Cengage
- phone (800) 354-9706
- Cengage Online Support web site
McGraw Hill
- Phone: (800) 331-5094
- McGraw Hill Support web site
Pearson
- MyLab & Mastering Support & Resources
- Instructor Support & Resources
- 24/7 Technical Support
- Online Course Toolkit for LMS Users
- 9 Strategies for Effective Online Learning
- Pearson FAQs
ProctorU
- ProctorU Support Web Page (added 2/8/21)
- phone: 855-772-8678
- [email protected]
Turnitin
Upper Iowa University Information Technology Resources
- [email protected]
- UIU IT Resources
- phone 563-425-5876
- Not sure who to contact? See this document: (updated 5/25/21) uiuLearn Resources and Support
Zoom
Zoom support Hours are 24/7, including public holidays. Agents or technical engineers are available for web, chat, and phone support.
- Support Web Page (added 4/6/20)
- Submit a Zoom support request form
- Call Zoom support 1.888.799.9666 ext 2 – you will need your Personal Meeting ID and Host Key found on your Zoom account profile page.