In my day job as an instructional technology support guy I hear (and make) the occasional complaint about the technologies we use at our institution. Lately we’ve been hearing a lot about the new “Saved Successfully” alert banner that appears in Desire2Learn (D2L) version 9. Since it’s slowing people down (myself included), I thought it was worth putting together a user stylesheet to alter its display.
Note: this is a bit of a geeky hack. It looks right on my screen but might not on yours. You’ve been warned!
Firefox or Chrome
Go to http://userstyles.org/ and install the extension for the browser you use most (you will need to restart your browser). You can then visit this page http://userstyles.org/styles/36309 and Install with Stylish. You will then need to edit the style to include your institutions address. On Firefox, this means making sure your status bar is displayed, clicking the icon to manage styles, and change “Your Domain” to be the right “d2l.address.edu” for your institution (this can also be done on install with the “Switch to edit” button. Chrome users can edit the domain under Window > Extensions > Stylish > Edit by adding the address under “Applies to.”
You may also alter the numbers here to fit your institutions Navigation better.
Safari
Go to http://code.grid.in.th/ to Download and Install the extension. You can then add the userstyle by right-clicking on any page and and selecting “Manage user CSS.” Enter your institution’s D2L address, being sure to include /* at the end. Add this bit under Styles and save.
.d_ma_s {width: 30% !important;margin:25px 0px 0px 400px !important;}
Internet Explorer
IE 7 Pro users may have some luck installing a user script from http://userstyles.org/styles/36309 (I couldn’t test this). Most IE users need to use a single custom stylesheet, which can be activated by using these directions.
I’m interested in feedback!
If there are tweaks that would make this more generalizable, please let me know in the comments.