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D2L + jQuery = (Almost) Limitless Freedom
No comments · Posted by Adam Lundrigan in Desire2Learn, Web Development
Using a little bit of JavaScript magic, we easily can break out of the mold which Desire2Learn (D2L) locks widget content inside of. Example: Create a New Widget with the following HTML content: <script type=”text/javascript”> document.writeln(‘ Notice that i’ve added the OrgDefinedId of the currently-logged-in user to the query string of my_d2l_widget.php. We use this [...]
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jQuery: Sortable list with level restriction
No comments · Posted by Adam Lundrigan in Web Development
At work, the web portal I maintain allows e-teachers to specify a two-level evaluation hierarchy (categories with assignment items inside them) for each of the courses they are teaching.  The current mechanism for rearranging the display order of these categories and assignments – up and down arrows on each item – is extremely cumbersome. We [...]

