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Re: Who clicked "Like"?
Hi @Mike.B.559
Thanks so much for your thoughtful feedback, Mike! We completely agree, building a sense of connection is key to fostering a strong Community, and knowing who supports the same ideas (and being able to easily find each other) is an important part of that. We're working with our Community vendor to see what changes may be possible to better support users in seeing who has liked posts across the site.
We’ve shared your comments with the PIE team and have flagged the issue around username continuity and discoverability- but at this time while those tools remain in 2 platforms as you noted, we're not able to support a single tied username across both platforms. We really appreciate you raising this, and we’ll continue to partner across these team to keep the conversation going on ways to make the experience more seamless across platforms.
Thanks again for helping us improve the Community!
Re: D2L is Reheating PIE!
@Mike.B.559 thanks for the feedback on what's next for PIE. I had not considered the value of closed PIE items for sources of workarounds. We will discuss how to best handle this so that knowledge base is not lost in this transition.
Certificate enabling in Brightspace
Can we send a personalised certificate in Brightspace for ‘students’ when they accomplish a specific goal?
Sue.S.4
Re: Grade passback from D2L to SIS (non-Banner)
Hi Diana,
Thank you for reaching out regarding your IPSIS Gradebook integration.
While I don’t have full details on the specific Banner Gradebook configuration, if the integration allows you to configure an endpoint and credentials, it’s reasonable to expect that, as long as your custom API returns the same responses as Banner, things should function as intended. That said, I’d recommend reviewing Banner’s documentation to understand exactly what requests and responses are expected—if there are any mismatches, the integration may not work as intended.
Because each implementation can vary, I recommend reaching out to your D2L account team. They can coordinate with our Implementation specialists to review your specific requirements and provide tailored guidance or documentation.
If you need help connecting with your account team, please contact your LMS Administrators at your organization.
I hope this information helps!
Regards,
John
Re: D2L is Reheating PIE!
Thank you for this exciting news about PIE; glad to finally see some new life being directed this way!
Will this "reheating" also include updates to how D2L manages/processes idea statuses? As just a few examples, there have been recent PIE items marked as "released" according to the release notes, but not updated in PIE (ex. D6218). There's also at least one case where the PIE item is marked as "Not planned", but was actually implemented and released in June 2025 (ex. D2237).
Having better communication and up-to-date statuses would be much appreciated and I think really help encourage people to submit more ideas. My experience with PIE has always been discouraging as I feel I submit great ideas and they get stuck "In Review" for years with no sign that they've been seen or discussed.
Re: D2L is Reheating PIE!
Hi Matthew,
Thank you so much for your comment and enthusiasm for this coming enhancement - we are excited as well!
To answer your question - yes. In fact, the way in which we manage PIE and triage Ideas (with a goal of clearly "closing the loop") is one of two big focuses of this "re-heat" initiative. The second is a focus on what goes into PIE, aiming for the true "pie in the sky" ideas, as opposed to feature enhancements and bug/defect reports which have often found their way into current PIE.
We are confident that with the new, simplified workflow of the coming "re-heated" PIE experience will allow for D2L to keep everyone informed with where Ideas fall in regard with today's strategy and direction. We have heard that "being told 'no' is better than being told nothing at all," so with that, we are committing to being clear when we are not planning to address an Idea at this time. We've also been working on changes to internal processes to help us become more consistent in the kinds of details and rationale shared for status change and the expectations around time to respond to idea submissions.
Post-Fusion, you can expect to see more updates to our Community documentation on new PIE processes to help document and communicate these changes in greater detail.
Thank you again for your feedback, and please keep it coming, as it is incredibly valuable in helping us ensure we are building the best experience.
Re: D2L is Reheating PIE!
What about the ideas with status "Not planned"? Like individual feedback on group assignments? Should we just forget about those, or are new comments still considered?
Re: Importing Multiple Questions as Separate Banks via CSV
Hi Kathleen,
Thank you for your detailed message and for sharing your testing process and observations.
You're absolutely right, when importing questions via CSV into Brightspace, each question is treated as an individual item in the Question Library. However, Brightspace does allow you to organize these questions into sections (which function like folders) within the Question Library. This can help you group questions by chapter or topic, similar to how publishers structure their content.
Here's how you can organize your imported questions:
- Create a Section (Folder) in the Question Library:
- Navigate to Quizzes > Question Library.
- Click New > Section.
- Name the section (e.g., “Chapter 1”) and click Save.
- Move Questions into the Section:
- After importing your questions, select them in the Question Library.
- Use the Move To option to place them into the appropriate section.
- CSV Import Note:
- Currently, Brightspace does not support importing questions directly into a section via CSV.
- You’ll need to manually move them into sections after import.
For more details, you can refer to the official documentation here:
Import questions into the Question Library - Brightspace
Let me know if that documentation answers your question or if you have any other doubts.
Raquel
Re: Brightspace Data Sets Updates
Hi data fans! I've just updated the Keeping on Top of Brightspace Data Sets blog to include upcoming changes from July to September 2025.
Re: Brightspace Data Sets Updates
The Keeping on Top of Brightspace Data Sets blog has just been updated to add changes in the Creator+ Brightspace Data Sets under the June 2025/20.25.06 (BDS v.9.18 / 10.2) release. These changes were released unexpectedly and without proper documentation. Updated reference tables will be available on Thursday, July 3.
My apologies for any confusion!