Desire2Learn Integration

for Teachers

What has changed?

Single Sign On

TDSB Desire2Learn (D2L) users no longer need a separate password to login to the D2L online learning environment. Staff and students use their TDSB network usernames and passwords to access D2L.   

Trillium Integration

Now D2L and Trillium “talk” to each other. Teacher assignment and student enrollment information flows from Trillium into D2L. Trillium is the TDSB’s student information system (SIS).

This brief guide walks teachers through D2L login,  course activation, content requests and student management.

Single Sign On

Logging into D2L at School

PC users who are logged into the network on a TDSB imaged computer DO NOT have to log in again to access D2L. They simply go to https://tdsb.elearningontario.ca and land on their D2L My Home page.  

Mac users and PC users on a non-TDSB imaged computer who are logged into the TDSB network DO have to log in again to access D2L. When they go to https://tdsb.elearningontario.ca they will see an Authentication Required screen and must enter their TDSB network username and password to login to D2L.

Logging into D2L at Home

When users access  https://tdsb.elearningontario.ca from outside of the TDSB (at home, at a public library or any non-TDSB location) the login window will appear (see image at right):

All users login as if they were logging onto a TDSB computer with their ID number (employee  or student number) and network password.

Resetting Student Passwords

Every teacher can reset student TDSB network passwords. Here are the steps:

• open LAS (Local Admin System) from the School Folder on your TDSB desktop
• find the student’s name and click Select
• click Save Selected Items
• click on Reset To Shared Secret Password

(last 4 digits of student number + 2 digit day of birth + 2 digit month of birth)

• click on Reset To Shared Secret Password again
• to complete the reset process, the student must log into a TDSB computer with their Shared Secret Password and create a new TDSB password.

Important Note: Inside the D2L learning environment users will still be able to access and use password reset tools. To avoid confusion, we recommend that users don’t use the D2L password reset because the TDSB network password will always override any password changes made in D2L.

Trillium Integration

• D2L will automatically create an inactive Trillium course shell for each class on every  teacher’s timetable.
• When a class is made active, all  students enrolled in the class in Trillium will automatically appear on the D2L class list.
• Teachers must request that e-Learning Ontario (eLO) course content be added to each Trillium timetable course shell they wish to use.

Timetable Course Shells

The first difference teachers will notice is a list of all of the courses/classes they currently are assigned to teach in their My Courses widget. Course shells are automatically added to each teacher’s D2L account based on their Trillium teaching timetable. The name of each course shell is identical to the timetable course code/title. If a class is missing from your My Course list in D2L, contact your school administrator to make sure the course is marked “blended” in Trillium.  

By default each of these Trillium timetable course shells is:

1. Inactive
2. Empty

When you want to use a course shell for Blended Learning, there are two steps to you have to take:

You can continue to use pre-integration D2L courses and request D2L courses that are not on your timetable.

Student Enrollment via the D2L Classlist

In addition to auto-enrollment through Trillium integration,  students can be added to D2L Classlists by their teacher. This new feature is particularly helpful for managing split classes within one D2L course and for extracurricular and cross curricular groups. To add students to your Classlist follow these steps:

• go to the Classlist

• select Add Participants
• click Add existing users
• in the Search For box enter the student’s 9 digit Trillium number or name
• click the Magnifying Glass icon to search for the student’s name
• check the box beside the student’s name
• in the bottom right hand corner change the  Role to _Student
• click Enrol Selected Users
• select Done or Add More Participants