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If I want to mark an assignment as complete or incomplete instead of giving it a grade, how do I do that?

Hi Sue,

I hope you are having a great start to your week! Thank you for reaching out to Community with your question regarding how to set up short answer questions that accept numeric ranges, including decimal values, rather than just whole numbers.

As you may know, answers in Short Answer Questions are evaluated using one of the following comparison methods:

• Text
• Case-Sensitive Text
• Regular Expression

To accommodate a range of numeric answers—such as 5 to 12—you will need to use the Regular Expression option. Regular expressions are sequences of characters that define a search pattern, allowing the system to recognize multiple valid inputs, including decimals where applicable.

For example, if you want to accept whole numbers from 5 to 12, you could use [5-9]|1[0-2].

However, to include decimal values such as 9.5, your regular expression must allow optional decimal points and digits. Ex: ^(5(.\d+)?|6(.\d+)?|7(.\d+)?|8(.\d+)?|9(.\d+)?|10(.\d+)?|11(.\d+)?|12(.0*)?)$ This expression matches whole numbers from 5 to 12, as well as decimals like 5.1, 9.5, and 12.0, but excludes values above 12.

For a numeric range of 1000–1400 (including decimals), you might use something like:

• ^(1000|100[1-9]|10[1-9][0-9]|11[0-9][0-9]|12[0-9][0-9]|13[0-9][0-9]|1400)(.\d+)?$

If you find that the system is marking some answers as incorrect, it may be necessary to review and revise your regular expression to ensure that it correctly includes the entire required range. Note: [1000-1400] is interpreted as "match a single character that is 1, 0, -, 4, or 0" (duplicates ignored), not numbers from 1000 to 1400.

For additional guidance on crafting regular expressions, you might find this cheat sheet helpful: Regular Expressions Cheat Sheet

Please let us know if you have any further questions, and we would be happy to provide clarification.

Isidora

Hi Sue, Thank you for sharing your queries.

To disable the emails for grades published to the gradebook, at the usera account level, we can achieve this, Please refer to the below community article for more details: https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/17244-brightspace-notification-details

Steps:

- Click on your Profile beside the Settings icon

- Go to Notifications

- Under Instant Notification, disable the SMS and Email option for both:

Grades - grade item released

Grades - grade item released

- Click on Save

I hope this information finds you useful. Do let me know in case of any other queries.

Hello @Sue.S.4,

Thanks for reaching out via the Brightspace Community!

Super Admins can set your organization’s default notification settings by navigating to Admin Gear > Notifications. Please note that these settings will only apply to new users and will not affect existing users.

If you would like to update the notification options for current users or specific roles, you can do so through the Brightspace API. For your convenience, there is a Postman collection to help non-technical administrators confidently perform this action. To learn more about Postman, please visit the Brightspace Community.

I have attached the community article:

https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/4855-set-default-notification-options-for-users

If you have any further questions or concerns, we recommend submitting a support case so we can assist you further.

Best regards,
Prithvi Anvekar

Product Support Analyst
D2L Corporation