Welcome to D'Youville College and our Distance Learning site. Our goal is to offer distance education format to academically sound courses and to use the internet to bring our academic resources to where our students live. In addition, we offer online assistance to students in conventionally delivered courses.

The Department of Academic Computing (LL Library) encompasses Labs & Media and Distance Learning and is responsible for the in-service needs of students, faculty and staff.

Labs & Media (LL Library) operates Windows/Macintosh computer labs on campus (DAC, LL Library, BFAC 013, BFAC 015) as well as the smart classrooms, and provides audiovisual equipment--TV monitors with VCRs, camcorders, LCD projectors and laptops--for classroom presentations and projects by faculty and students.  Labs & Media has its own web site which lists services. 

Please note: Students may now use the LL Library Computer Lab during periods of official testing.  We ask that they work as silently as possible to avoid disturbing the test takers.

Distance Learning (LL - Library) gives D'Youville students and faculty a virtual environment for courses.  Moodle is our course management software used to support placement of course materials on the web.  DDL, X-CHAT, Ice-Chat, and PROJECT (blog) are also used in Distance Learning.

Our Distance Learning course management application is Moodle. Accounts on Moodle are issued to students and faculty who need access to a Moodle course site. Faculty may obtain an account by contacting 716-829-8147 or 716-829-8133. Student accounts are created from registration information. Student accounts can also be obtained by visiting LL Library or calling 829-8133. Additional information on distance learning and Moodle can be found under the Distance Learning Blog link on this page. Moodle users may also call 829-8133 or 829-7889 for help.

Students who are taking CSC110 may apply for web space on our web server, DDL. Please contact 716-829-8147 or 716-829-8133. FREE web page building software, compatible with DDL's LINUX operating system can be found at: http://net2.com/nvu/.

Our newest addition to our Distance Learning family is our blog server called, PROJECT. D'Youville faculty and students may have a blog site.  Contact 829-8147.

Students in certain courses may be required to chat. Instructions and downloads of our  X-Chat and ICE-Chat software are available for that purpose. You can also reach instructions and downloads on our DL Blog.  Please contact 716-829-8133 for information on X-Chat and ICE-Chat.