Informing Students About Your Course

It is a good idea, once your course is ready, to communicate with your students to let them know.

We suggest including information on what components of the course will be available in VIULearn (Desire2Learn), the day the course will become available, how to create their VIU student computer account, and where to get help.

We have included an example below that you are welcome to copy to send to your students.

Example for Communicating About Your Course
[subject] How to access the online course components for [insert course name here]

Hello,

Some of your course activities or materials will be online in VIULearn (Desire2Learn). The online materials will be available to you in VIULearn (Desire2Learn) starting [insert date here].

To access VIULearn (Desire2Learn) go to https://learn.viu.ca and login by entering your VIU student computer account username and password.

If you have difficulty accessing VIULearn (Desire2Learn) follow the Four Steps to Getting Started section on this page: https://mediawiki.viu.ca/wiki/For_Students

If you need any assistance with VIULearn (Desire2Learn) you can send an email to learnsupport@viu.ca. If you need assistance with your VIU Student Computer Account you can send an email to ithelp@viu.ca. These emails are monitored 9:00am - 4:00pm Monday to Friday.