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Re: Is it possible to have rotating announcements?
@Stephen.R.50 Thank you for this, unfortunately we were hoping for a more automated solution. We'll think of something else then.
Re: Pass/Fail Final Grade Behavior in Brightspace, Numeric Final Grade Fields vs Dropdowns
Hi, Heather.
From my understanding, this seems correct.
The Final Calculated Grade and Final Adjusted Grade are numeric calculation fields internally, they aggregate individual grade items mathematically (summing points or applying weights). Even when all your grade items use a Pass/Fail scheme, the final grade columns will still display as numeric fields (for example "- / -" or point values), not as Pass/Fail dropdowns. The grade scheme symbol (Pass/Fail) will only display to learners once a scheme is applied to the final grade and it's released, but the instructor-facing entry remains numeric.
This seems to be further confirmed by the Pass/Fail grade item having a maximum number of points.
The intended workflow is to enter Pass/Fail selections at the individual Selectbox grade item level and let the final grade calculate automatically based on the "Assigned Value %" defined in the grade scheme. For example, if "Pass" = 100% and "Fail" = 0%, the final grade will compute numerically from those values.
A possible workaround could be creating a separate Selectbox grade item outside the final calculated/adjusted grade structure, which instructors can use to record the final outcome. You could just click on 'Exclude From Final Grade Calculation', as shown below.
Hope that helps!
Regards, Gabriel.
Gabriel.T.493
Re: How to set up emailing announcements?
Hi David,
The role permisison Announcements > Send Email Copy must be granted to the Instructor role by your institutions Brightspace Administrator.
Once the role permisison has been granted you will see the option under the Announcement Content form field as shown below.
Please connect with your institutions LMS Administration team to discuss having the additional role permisison granted.
Hope this helps.
Chris.S.534
Re: Email confirmation upon quiz completion
Hello @Caleb.M.4996, thanks for your great question!
I did some research on this and I believe the Intelligent Agent route is the only option you have at this time.
I checked our Product Idea Exchange (PIE) and didn't see any ideas there were related, so you could consider making this feature request there, so that students receive a submission receipt via email.
If you have any questions don't hesitate to reach back out!
~Stephen
Stephen.R.50
Re: Community Updates
📣 Upcoming Community Event - Mark Your Calendar for May 13
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May 13 at 11:00AM to 11:45AM EST
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Re: Articulate Rise SCORM or xAPI completion tracking not working
Hello @Kari.V.916,
Thank you for your question and sharing results from your tetsing.
That aligns with what we would generally expect for Rise SCORM behaviour. If the package is configured to report based on a quiz score, Brightspace can receive and display the score when the learner completes the quiz and the SCORM package sends that score back.
If the Rise package is tracking completion only, then Brightspace will receive a completion status but not a numeric score since none will be passed back. Since Rise does not support using both completion tracking and quiz score tracking at the same time for the same SCORM export, using quiz score as the tracking method is typically the correct approach when a grade needs to be passed back to Brightspace.
I would recommend confirming the Rise export settings and then testing with a new learner attempt in Brightspace, since SCORM results can be affected by previous attempt data if the same user/package attempt is reused.
I hope this helps.
Thanks,
John
John.G.278
Re: Video not visible when description is added
Hi @Christy.S.492,
That makes sense, I definitely understand, especially for accessibility standards.
I would suggest either your or someone on your team open a case with our Support team to check and see if there's any information regarding a modification to the appearance. I did check our known issues list but didn't see it there. Support would be able to check further internally.
Alternatively, you could add this to our Product Idea Exchange, which our product manager check for update ideas to the system. That's accessible under the Quick Links section:
Sorry I don't have any further information I can share!
~Stephen
Stephen.R.50
Video not visible when description is added
Hi,
I have added a video from my media library as content in my module, then added a description to it to provide an introduction and link to a transcript as a word doc, however this description is now appearing over the top of the video frame on the page rather than pushing the video frame down, so only the bar at the bottom of the video pane is visible beneath the description. Is there a fix for this?
I know I can embed a video within a page, however I liked that adding it as content puts a video icon into the content list so its clear at a glance where the videos appear. Elsewhere in the module I have added PDFs with descriptions using the same method and the description pushes the pdf frame down on the page so both are visible.
Thanks in advance
Re: Video not visible when description is added
Hi Stephen,
Thanks for that suggestion, and the quick reply. Yes, we are currently implementing Brightspace in our institution using the new content experience.
I was trying to avoid using emojis because of the accessibility issues for people using screenreaders where it reads them literally rather than contextually. Having two icons together in the content list (e.g. the Brightspace page icon next to a camera) is a bit visually cluttered too, for those who need the visual cues, and relies on all users in our institution using the same convention and emoji for labelling video pages to make it consistent for students to interpret across different module spaces.
Is there any plan to correct the issue with the description appearing over the video frame, especially since it doesn't do this on other types of content like PDFs?
Thanks again for your help
Re: Analytics Builder - More than one page PDF export
Hi Rachel,
I have looked into this further and at this time, the export to PDF option in the Analytics Builder does not have a setting to export multiple pages.
At this time, we would like to suggest flagging the desired functionality as a new feature or Product Idea on the Brightspace Community. Posting the idea will allow you to communicate directly with the Product Planning Team and other Brightspace users: https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/27707-d2l-product-idea-exchange-pie#how-to-log-into-pie
If you have any further questions, kindly let us know.
Best regards,
Abrar



