D2L Basics

• Login Page
• My Home
• Navbar Types
• My Preferences
• My Password
• My Homepage

Course Basics

• Course Home
• Info
• Navbars
• Homepages
• Files
• Content
• Components

Build Course

• Course Home
• News
• Articles
• Calendar
• Discussion
• Chat
• Classlist
• Dropbox
• Grades
• Survey
• Quizzes
• Glossary
• Question Library
• Question Types

PDF Tutorials

• View PDF Tutorials
• Download Adobe Reader

MSU Links

• MSU Home
• ETS Home
• D2L Login

My Home

After logging in to Desire2Learn you are brought to the D2L Homepage.  The D2L Homepage will look similar to the image in Figure 1.

Figure 1

Top Navigation Bar	The top navigation bar usually consists of a  D2L Banner, the Desire2Learn Navigation bar, and the Course Navigation bar.
Welcome Box	The welcome box contains links to the my preferences, my email, my password and my Homepage areas of D2L.
Course List	The Course List shows the courses you are enrolled in. To enter a course click on the course name in the course list.  The Course Management Console is accessible by clicking the edit icon located beside each of your courses, and is also accessible after entering your course by clicking the Edit Course link.
Customize My Home Tools	In addition to the tools listed above, you may customize your My Home screen by adding tools such as Updates, Calendar, Events, News, Articles, Pictures, etc.