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Re: Known Issues List Updates
A new version of the Known Issues List is now available. The most recently added known issues are flagged as
*New*.
- 02232637 - My Courses - 20.25.9 - Using the My Courses widget
- 02071528 - Discussions - 20.24.08 - Discussions - Unable to grade anonymous posts, even if role provides ability to see anonymous post author
- 02233662 - New Content Experience - Unable to reorder table of contents via drag-and-drop on mobile browser
- 02233355 - Lessons - 20.25.08 - Description Content Hidden on Small Window Sizes
Re: Known Issues List Updates
A new version of the Known Issues List is now available. The most recently added known issues are flagged as
*New*.
- 02233285 - Work to do Widget - Work to do Widget > Some activities may not be displayed for users with large numbers of overdue items
Re: Known Issues List Updates
A new version of the Known Issues List is now available. The most recently added known issues are flagged as *New*.
- 02098468 - Course Offering Information - Course Offering Information - Multiple Departments Not Shown
- 02189588 - Homepage Widget Expansion Pack - Multi-Profile Widget course information does not display newline characters
- 02204704 - Widgets - Table of Visual Contents progress bar is inaccurate on Brightspace sites that to not end with "dot com"
Re: Fixed Issues List Updates
A new version of the fixed issues list has been published.
The following item(s) was/were added.
- Reference: 02233003 Assignments - User Collections - Quicklinks to Announcements and ePortfolio Items in Text Submissions of Text & File Assignments Return 404 Error
- Reference: 02238233 Employee Training - Creating a Source Course fails when the SemesterOptions config variable is set to "Displayed and required"
- Refence: 02238847 Course Publisher - Course Publisher UI submits trackCourseCompletion despite the backend not supporting it.
Re: Fixed Issues List Updates
A new version of the fixed issues list has been published.
The following item(s) was/were added.
- Reference: 02203823 Assignments - Quicklinks to Announcements and ePortfolio Items in Text Submissions of Text & File Assignments Return 404 Error.
Re: Fixed Issues List Updates
A new version of the fixed issues list has been published.
The following item(s) was/were added.
- Reference: 02233003
LE - User Management and Settings - User Collections - Time out errors when searching for an org unit to enroll a collection into.
Re: Fixed Issues List Updates
A new version of the fixed issues list has been published.
The following items were added.
- Reference: 02229429
Quizzes - some SigFig questions do not appear in the new Quiz Evaluation Experience - Reference: 2167924
Creator+ - Equations in Creator+ Elements may not render inline - Reference: 02195073
Insert Elements - Equations in Creator+ Elements may not render inline - Reference: 02226181
Quizzes - attempts are not available to be graded if the quiz was changed from time limit enforced to no time limit and attempts are re-opened and resubmitted - Reference: 02227029
Quizzes - Exported quiz attempt logs are empty when quiz activity occurred before 20.25.05
Re: Fixed Issues List Updates
A new version of the fixed issues list has been published.
The following items were added.
- Reference: 02214447
Quizzes - when quizzes are printed to pdf they contain an H2 header with no H1 header - Reference: 02228895
Banner - Enrollments may have failed for users being enrolled into sections without a parent enrollment into a course offering - Reference: 02228545
Content - Descriptions Not Visible When Adding Videos from Media Library in Lessons
Re: Inquiry on Locking Gradebook Editing in Past Courses
HI Rogelio,
We recently explored ways to preserve gradebook integrity in Brightspace after a term ends, while still allowing instructors to access past courses for reference or content reuse.
There are two effective approaches:
- Assign a Modified Role in Past Courses
By adjusting gradebook-related permissions (such as entering or managing grades) in a custom role, and assigning that role only in past course offerings, instructors can retain access without being able to edit grades. This leverages Brightspace’s ability to scope permissions at the org unit level. - Inactivate the Course Offering
Another option is to inactivate the course itself. This prevents any further interaction with course tools, including gradebook edits, while still allowing administrators to access the course if needed. Instructors can no longer access the course unless it’s reactivated.
For more details on managing permissions, D2L provides a helpful guide here:
🔗 Manage Courses Permissions – Brightspace KB
If anyone has automated role changes or course inactivation based on term completion, I’d love to hear how you’ve approached it!
Thanks,
Raquel
Re: New Content Experience vs. New Learner Experience
Here are the main issues I've found with NLE:
- instructors may not be aware that the student view is completely different from their view
- "view as student" is not completely accurate and still shows hidden pages to the instructor even though students can't actually see them
- it's too easy for students to miss the description area (which used to be the Launch Unit button but is now just the title of the folder) and some instructors put a lot of content into those descriptions because the pages look the same as regular HTML pages
- if instructors only use the description area and don't add actual content items, then students get an "Oops! this unit is empty" message
- most students using phones just use the Pulse app anyway so the mobile-friendly aspect looks odd when viewing it on a computer screen (and like D2L is incorrectly detecting your computer as a phone)
- no search function
- the biggest drawback is the lack of Ally alternative formats, especially with the new Title II regulations coming into effect in 2026
The NCE has pop-up notifications when new content is released when conditions are met, which is a nice feature that neither classic nor NLE have. NCE seems to have more updates than NLE, and we have to remind instructors that those updates are only for their view and not the students' view. For example, NCE got a new search function this month, but NLE did not.
