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Re: Release Notes Updates

📣 March 2024/20.24.3 Release Notes are now live and ready for review in all languages!

Claire.D.2

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Re: Release Notes Updates

March 2024/20.24.3 Preview Release Notes are now live and ready for review! 🔍️

Please note, this is only a preview for the upcoming Brightspace version, which we will begin to roll out on 7 March 2024. All features described are subject to change before then.

Also, the February 2024/20.24.2 Release Notes have been republished to include the following changes:

Updated Bongo – Provide tailored feedback using Learning Outcomes with AI Coaching and Smart Scoring features | New to improve clarity of the feature description.
Updated Data Hub – Brightspace Data Sets improvements for February | Updated to remove all changes to the Course Copy Logs BDS. These updates will be available in a future release.

Claire.D.2

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Re: Release Notes Updates

📣 February 2024/20.24.2 Release Notes are now live and ready for review in all languages!

Also, the January 2024/20.24.1 Release Notes have been republished to include the following changes:

Updated External Learning Tools – Improvements to Assignments and Grades Service (AGS) error handling | Updated feature to clarify how grades are recorded if the Can Exceed setting is enabled.

Claire.D.2

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Re: Release Notes Updates

January 2024/20.24.1 Preview Release Notes are now live and ready for review! 🔍️

Please note, this is only a preview for the upcoming Brightspace version, which we will begin to roll out on 4 January 2024. All features described are subject to change before then.

Claire.D.2

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Re: I am looking for advise. I am trying to create an unfacilitated self-paced course. Just how much...

Hi @Nancy Evans

As the instructor of the course, it is completely your decision on how often you want your facilitator to be involved!

I would recommend you think of two big topics: Communication and Assessment.

Communication:

How will learners communicate with you and any additional facilitators if they have questions/ concerns about course content?
If you choose to have course discussion forums where these questions can be addressed, how often will they be checked?
What levels of interactions should students expect with teaching staff?

Assessment:

What activities will require grading (manual or automated assessment by the system)?
How much time will you and/or your facilitators need to spend on the assessment of activities?
Which LMS tools do you want to utilize?

You can then decide how you would like to structure your course in terms of content delivery, setting up the gradebook, and creating learner activities (discussions, quizzes, assignment folders). I would also recommend discussing with colleagues on how they have led self-paced online courses before to acquire more ideas and learn from others' experiences.

Best of luck!