Pilot Video Tutorials in Atomic Learning
These videos were made at another university whose learning management system is Desire2Learn, the technology that powers Pilot. You may see some small differences between their courses' layout and ours.
The first time you click one of the links below, you will be asked to log in. Use your campus user name and password, the same as you use for Pilot or WINGS. Once you log in, you will stay logged in until you quit your browser.
You may also want to look at our Barnstormer blog for other Pilot tips and tricks.
Desire2Learn 10.1 - Instructor Training (This is all of the tutorials below, but accessed through the Atomic Learning site.)
Getting Started
Content Overview
- Navigating the Content tool
- Using Course Overview
- Understanding bookmarks and upcoming events
- Creating modules
- Understanding the basics of creating content
- How to drag and drop items into content
- Modifying and deleting content
- Changes to restrictions and conditions
Creating New Content
- Creating a new document (changes to the HTML Editor)
- Creating a new link
- Creating a new dropbox
- Creating a new discussion
- Creating a new quiz
- Adding course files
- Uploading files
Adding Content Activities
- Including a checklist
- Inserting discussions
- Adding dropboxes
- Linking External Learning tools
- Adding forms
- Inserting quizzes
- Adding self-assessments
- Including surveys
Other Changes to the D2L Environment
- Navigating new layout in discussions
- Understanding new options in dropbox on submissions
- Exploring the new user progress
- Finding your Admin tools
- Using New Grade Display options
Advanced Topics
- Submitting final grades in Pilot
- Also the Pilot Help for Faculty, which you can access within Pilot by clicking the "Help" link near the top right of the page.