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Re: Code highlighting and randomized answers when importing questions into Question Library via CSV?
@Peter.A.8126 If you have a lot of questions and don't mind exporting and re-importing them, there is a workaround to bulk randomize the answer choices.
Re: How do you regrade a matching question ?
I had a professor who had this issue last year. Through extensive research, I learned it's not possible. Go ahead and fix the quiz for future submissions, but s/he will have to manually correct the grades for those who have already started or taken the quiz.
Re: Why can't I drag a folder that is within one unit to make it a separate new unit?
@Peggy.R.1517 An easy way to do it is by using Course Builder. Go to Course Tools —> Course Admin —> Course Builder. From there you can expand the modules (click the +) and drag and drop a folder or click the dropdown arrow on a folder and select "Move up" or "Move to" if you want to specify a destination.
Re: leaving quizzes open so students can see their submission
Hi John! I always close my quiz for attempts, but keep them visible so students can see the questions/answers. You are right, there doesn't seem to be a way for students to see quiz questions and answers without actually seeing the quiz. Interesting idea though! I included a screenshot of my quiz settings in case that helps you. You'll note that I also add an "additional view" so that students cannot see questions/answers until after the quiz closes so they could not share before others have completed it. I hope this helps. 😊
Re: duplicate / shadow assignments appeared
@Maryjane.D.6859 You either created a grade item, then created the assignment and another grade item at the same time - or you created one assignment with a grade item, deleted the assignment (which does NOT delete that original grade item), and then created a new assignment and new grade item. Either way, you have two grade items in the grade book but only one is associated with an assignment.
If you are entering grades in the assignment, then you should be able to publish from there and all grades will show up in the second grade item in the grade book. If that's the case, then you can delete the first grade item that should not have any grades entered for it.
Re: Brightspace Data Sets Updates
If you don't have a DBMS you can use, something you can do to more easily combine large datasets is to import them into MS Access (or the OpenOffice analog). You are then able to easily join the tables they create.
However, if you plan on doing this often or you plan on trying to create a historical record longer than the BDS retention policy, you should probably consider using something more robust. There are quite a few open source dbms's that scale better than Access. However, using Acces should, at least, provide a short term solution as well as act as a proof of concept for a larger plan (should you decide to go that way).
Re: Brightspace Data Sets Updates
The Keeping on Top of Brightspace Data Sets blog now includes upcoming changes from December 2024 through February 2025.
Please note: the BDS Major Version 10 release is no longer happening in December 2024/20.24.12; it has been tentatively postponed to March 2025/20.25.3.
Re: Why can't I drag a folder that is within one unit to make it a separate new unit?
This is not something that we cannot yet do in the "new content experience" (NCE) that you are using here, @Peggy.R.1517. You can make it happen with a quick, temporary setting change though. Just switch to "Classic" content for a minute to make changes and then switch back to NCE right after. I captured this video to show you what I mean:
Where are the new question types?
While I was interested to read about the "Release of the New Quiz Evaluation Experience", I was disappointed to see no related plans to improve the range of question types available on the platform or the workflows required to create them. In fact, with the removal of support for Ordering and Matching, the update now supports fewer question types than before. Where are the drag and drop questions? Where are the hot spot questions? The community has been asking for them for more than a decade. Where is an improved workflow for creating Fill in the Blank questions? I summarized the limitations of BrightSpace quiz question types on PIE request D9656 (now at 236 votes) and @Joseph.Verble2213 called for improvements in D6377 (now at 295 votes). Is the expectation that we admit defeat and pay for yet another LTI tool like Atomic Jolt to obtain these functionalities? Or should we be looking toward D2L's recent acquisition of H5P Group for changes to the quiz tool? Re the latter, my sense is, the 30+ H5P question types will be used to supplement Creator+ offerings rather than making their way into the standard BrightSpace quiz tool. Some guidance re future plans for the standard question types available in BrightSpace quizzes would be helpful.
Re: How to migrate announcements from Blackboard Learn to Brightspace
Hello @Peggy.R.1517, thank you so much for reaching out! And you're absolutely on the right place :) When you export your Blackboard Learn course and import it into Brightspace, the announcements will transfer over. However, the availability settings, such as start and end dates, there's a possibility that it may not carry over exactly as they were in Blackboard. Based on this documentation , the conversion and import is supported but we recommend to work with your site administration or D2L Account Manager when importing content from another LMS.
I also found a similar discussion in the community about exporting course content and I hope that you get some nuggets of information in here.
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