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Re: How can we change the name that is displayed on the tab title?
Thank you for your questions. The name displayed for your org can be updated in Org Unit Editor. At the top level org (usually OUID 6606), administrators should have permission to change the properties by selecting the "Edit Properties" button and the "Name" text field should open to edit the text.
For more on Org Unit Editor, please see:
Please let us know if this was useful! Cheers.
Michelle.T.865
Re: D2L Product Roadmap
✨Just Released ✨
We've updated our to improve how we share what's coming and the areas we're digging into over the next 6 months.
Get all the details from Christian Pantel, Chief Product Officer at D2L.
Megan.W.816
Re: D2L Academy News
New Course Alert: Downloadable Community Announcements
Built for Admins and Instructors, this course offers ready-to-use Brightspace Announcements that help guide users to key Community resources.
Created with Dr. John Thompson, this course helps spark engagement – right from the Announcement tool.
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Krizzy.S.9720
Re: how do i print a quiz
HI @rudy.k.545
Printing a quiz in Brightspace is getting a whole lot easier!
Administrators can use a free tool called the Quiz Printer Widget for Brightspace Quizzes to print quizzes and answer keys
Coming August 2025 we're releasing a feature "Print a Quiz to be Taken Offline" right in Brightspace that will offer Instructors a way to print a quiz that may include any "native Brightspace question type, shuffling, question pools, and multiple versions as well as an answer key"
Stefanie.B.518
Re: Accessibility report animation
HI @Mary.B.5383
We appreciate your participation here and want to make sure that the tools you use to create learning experiences best support you, and the learners in your classroom.
We've connected with your account team here at D2L to share your feedback with this tool in particular. The Brightspace Accessibility Checker does not use these features. The speedometer and emoji are created by another organization's integration that has been added to your school's Brightspace instance.
There are other kinds of tools that can be used including the Brightspace Accessibility Checker or combined with it to help Educators evaluate the overall accessibility of the material being added to their courses. We've asked your Account Team to share back with your school some more information about some of those tools.
Sharing back with your school's Brightspace Administrators is another way you can share your feedback about the current experience and possible alternates. I'll send you some of those contact details in a direct message.
Your posts here remind us that creating accessible content, and using accessibility tools doesn't mean one thing universally. While there are some great principles of UDL that help us broadly, deep concepts specific to the needs of learners who may use assistive devices like a Screen Reader or Screen Magnification may encourage specific learning design choices to provide the best experience for users of specific assistive devices interacting with different forms of learning material.
There are many voices in our Communities and in this Community in particular. As long as we're working to support one another and lift each other up all are very welcome here.
Stefanie.B.518
Re: Community Updates
🏆 Community Spotlight 2024: Thomas Bartenstein 🏆
Meet Tom Bartenstein, a part-time Computer Science lecturer at Binghamton University, bringing 30 years of industry experience to his classroom. He keeps things simple and clear to help students thrive!
His go-to Brightspace tip? Get involved! Tom loves sharing ideas through the Product Idea Exchange (PIE) and offering feedback via the Community Advisory Board. For him, it’s all about shaping the future of teaching and learning tools together.
Krizzy.S.9720
Re: Ignite the Joy of Learning: FUSION 2025
✨ Ignite connections, spark ideas, and celebrate the joy of learning with us! ✨
Check out our latest article "Ignite the Joy of Learning with Community and Knowledge at Fusion 2025" and discover how you can connect, share, and grow alongside inspiring educators and learning leaders at Fusion!
Get a sneak peek into what makes Fusion the can't-miss event of the year!
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Krizzy.S.9720
Re: Ignite the Joy of Learning: FUSION 2025
👀 Sneak peek: Fusion 2025 Guest Keynote
The keynote speaker at Fusion 2025 is someone who knows a thing or two about chasing big dreams—and helping others do the same. We are excited to introduce Ryan Leak.
Ryan’s passion is helping leaders push past being on autopilot and level up in their lives and careers. He spreads this empowering message through coaching, speaking and leveraging the power of video to reach thousands through his online platforms.
Whether you're looking to grow your skills, meet with peers, learn from experts or share feedback with us, register today to ignite the joy of learning July 21–23 at Fusion 2025.
Stefanie.B.518
Re: Community Updates
✨ Ignite connections, spark ideas, and celebrate the joy of learning with us! ✨
Check out our latest article "Ignite the Joy of Learning with Community and Knowledge at Fusion 2025" and discover how you can connect, share, and grow alongside inspiring educators and learning leaders at Fusion!
Get a sneak peek into what makes Fusion the can't-miss event of the year!
Read more:
Krizzy.S.9720
Re: Which Data Set to use if I want all courses created under Business Unit?
Hi Jordan
There isn't a single data set that serves this information up. This kind of reporting requires merging multiple data sets together.
To see the child OUs under a given parent OU, I download the Organizational Units BDS and the Organizational Unit Ancestors BDS. Merging these two tables will give you a table with each row representing a parent-child relationship.
Because the OUA BDS only provides two OUs per row you'll need to merge the Organizational Units data in for additional details. As you can see in the screenshot below I've loaded these two BDS into Excel and done XLOOKUP to find the OUType for each, and then filtered so that I'm only looking at Course Offerings and their parent Departments. Doing further XLOOKUPs you can add course name/code and other details.
Of course, merging the data properly with a Business Intelligence platform will create more flexible/scalable reports but this would give you the answer you're looking for. You can see the formula I used for the lookup in the screenshot and the filtering of OUTypes is also a native functionality in Excel.
I hope this is helpful!
Matt
Learning Administration Manager
Matt.W.287