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Re: Community Updates
🏆 Community Spotlight 2024: Mike Chung 🏆
A quick round of applause for Mike Chung, Manager of Learning Technology at Robertson College, and a 2024 Fusion Lab participant.
Mike supports Brightspace and the use of H5P at his organization. He works closely with departments to improve the learner experience through smart tech integration.
Mike is a strong advocate of the Product Idea Exchange (PIE) and encouraging colleagues to share suggestions and help shape the future of Brightspace! His tip? Use the Learning Object Repository for shared content updates to save time and reduce duplication.
Re: Print a quiz
Hi @Denee.H.77
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"
Re: What does 'quiz entry, switched tab' denote in the Attempt logs on quizzes?
Hello Everyone - thank you for raising these questions and concerns. We have made the decision to remove the logging "Switched Tab" events and re-evaluate it for a future release. Please see the fixed article indicating it will be removed with the January 2024 release. Apologies for any confusion this may have caused.
UPDATE (June 2025): Hello Everyone – just wanted to update this thread with some additional information. In the May 2025 release we provided a new option to improve quiz monitoring – by including Session Ids in Attempt Logs. This allows Instructors to discern when learners have used multiple sessions within a quiz attempt. Also – Instructors can access a detailed overview of the various features available within our Quiz tool, designed to support the promotion and maintenance of Academic Integrity in Quizzes.
Re: Printer Friendly D2L Quizzes
Update:
Hi @mmagee@georgebrown.ca, just wanted to share a quick update!
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"
Let us know if you have any questions - we'll be happy to help!
(Original reply from October 2024 below for reference):
Hi @mmagee@georgebrown.ca! Thank you for connecting with Brightspace Community. We value your feedback and appreciate you patience.
While printing out quizzes isn't a feature yet, we collect recommendations like yours in Product Idea Exchange (PIE), where educators can submit new ideas and upvote existing ones they'd like to see implemented. There is a corresponding PIE item under consideration, which you can upvote to further support your suggestion and help shape our Product Roadmap!
You can view it here:
**Note you'll need to log into community to access the PIE item.
For a quick resolution, please check out this Community discussion for a workaround on printing your quiz:
Hope this helps!
Re: Is there a listing of Brightspace data sets that are limited to two years of historical data?
Hi @Miguel.B.106 and @Charles.K.718 - sorry for the late response but I just came across this thread.
Please be aware that the list of Brightspace Data Sets listed above are no longer date/time limited - but instead they adhere to the standard 150 million rows limit as documented in the Data Hub documentation:
https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/4507-about-data-hub#data-limits
In the past those BDSs were limited by date/time - but that has not been the case since the end of 2024.
Re: Release Notes Updates
The July 2025/20.25.07 Preview Release Notes are now live and ready for review! 🔍️
Please note, this is only a preview for the upcoming Brightspace version, which we will begin to roll out on July 3, 2025. All features described are subject to change before then.
Also, the June 2025/20.25.06 Release Notes have been republished to include the following changes:
Updated the Brightspace API – Bulk retrieval of grade values by user, org unit, or parent org unit | New release note to indicate that the Grades > Retrieve Grade Values for Course Offering Descendants (API Only) permission is newly introduced.
Updated the Awards – Replacement strings for award issuer on certificates | New release note to clarify the behavior of conditionally-issued certificates with replacement strings.
Re: Community Updates
🏆 Community Spotlight 2024: Izzy Mok-Kulakova 🏆
Let’s take a moment to spotlight Izzy Mok-Kulakova from the University of Calgary!
As the Online Learning Environment Lead at the Taylor Institute, Izzy wears many hats -- supporting Brightspace, Zoom, YuJa, and more. She’s also an active member of the 2024 Community Advisory Board (CAB).
Her recent “Did You Know?” video series is a great example of her commitment to making learning tools more accessible. She values connecting through Community Groups and early-stage usability testing.
🏆 Community Spotlight: Elizabeth Pearsall
Meet Dr. Elizabeth Pearsall, Assistant Provost for Teaching & Learning at The American College of Financial Services. She’s a powerhouse behind their full Brightspace overhaul—redesigning roles, permissions, and course templates to better serve faculty and students. Elizabeth’s favorite Community feature is the depth of peer-contributed answers and resources, and she’s a big believer in using intelligent agents and automation to improve workflows. Her team is also exploring generative AI to bring even more efficiency into the teaching and learning experience!
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Re: Community Updates
🏆 Community Spotlight 2024: Terri Brown 🏆
Say Hello to Terri Brown, Director of e-Learning at East Georgia State College. Terri was nominated for this Community Spotlight for her contributions to the 2024 Fusion Lab. Terri brings a unique perspective, having experienced Brightspace as a student, faculty member, and now administrator. She uses that insight to support her college community in powerful ways!
Her go-to Community resource? The Quiz Printer widget, which helps faculty quickly generate printable versions of final exams -- a small but mighty win for their organization!