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Is it possible to have a customizable pop up message at login
Recently I received a request to have a customizable pop-up message at login to help promote things like mental health resources or contacts at certain times of the semester.
This is the exact request: "in working with one of our Mental Health partners Togetherall that we are working to promote, they encouraged having a D2L pop up at login with their information noting this has been really successful with other institutions at key times of the year such at midterms and exams."
I'm not sure how to do this.
Thanks in advance!
Re: Can a lecturer set up a Virtual Classroom for someone else to open as moderator?
Hi Mary,
Yes, there are settings that need to be configured by your Administrator to give this access.
Required Brightspace permissions
Instructors and administrators must have the following Brightspace permissions set at the Course Offering level:
- Launch External Learning Tool Links
- Create Quicklinks from available External Learning Tools links
- Create External Learning Tool Links from available External Learning Tool Providers
- Delete External Learning Tool Links
Administrators must have the Manage IMS Configuration permission.
Learners must have the Launch External Learning Tool Links permission.
Hope that helps!
Janet
Re: Missing task from the Work-To-Do widget before its due date.
Hi Rogelio,
We sometimes see this happen when the activity has an end date set comes before the due date. I recommend entering the assignment settings to see if the assignment dates align. If there is no conflict in the set dates, then it may also be the case that the assignment was toggled to hidden by the instructor unintentionally.
I hope that this helps!
David
Re: API calls to Dropbox - file naming
Hello,
Although I am not addressing your specific question, I use another method to get submissions.
/d2l/api/le/(version)/(orgUnitId)/dropbox/folders/(folderId)/submissions/(submissionId)/files/(fileId)
This returns a file stream of a single assignment submission. Once you have the stream, you save it to any filename you like so you have total control of the naming convention.
Note: Before saving check if the stream.Content is binary or string and save accordingly, i.e. write lines or write bytes.
You will need to first get a list of all dropbox folders
/d2l/api/le/(version)/(orgUnitId)/dropbox/folders/
And then a list of submissions
/d2l/api/le/(version)/(orgUnitId)/dropbox/folders/(folderId)/submissions/
This method is perhaps a bit more work but is totally flexible.
Hope this helps,
Re: Embedded Spotify podcast blocked - how to permanently allow for all users
Hello,
An admin can add Spotify to the list of trusted sites. Once the URL is on that list, users will not be prompted to trust any embedded material from these locations.
Andrea
Re: Are there any plans to fix the grade distribution plots?
I put in a ticket last week, and D2L said they were aware and investigating the issue.
API calls to Dropbox - file naming
We're working with the API calls to gather student submissions. The goal is to automate the collection of signature assignments for over 220 courses.
Using GET /d2l/api/le/(version)/(orgUnitId)/dropbox/folders/(folderId)/submissions/(userId)/download we noticed that the zip file doesn't follow the naming convention set in d2l.Tools.Dropbox.FilenameFormatUser or d2l.Tools.Dropbox.FilenameFormatSingle. Has anyone had any luck with organizing/renaming files in a bulk download process? We'd like to name the files with the OrgDefinedID or something similar to obscure the student name.
