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Re: Which Data Set to use if I want all courses created under Business Unit?
Hi Jordan
There isn't a single data set that serves this information up. This kind of reporting requires merging multiple data sets together.
To see the child OUs under a given parent OU, I download the Organizational Units BDS and the Organizational Unit Ancestors BDS. Merging these two tables will give you a table with each row representing a parent-child relationship.
Because the OUA BDS only provides two OUs per row you'll need to merge the Organizational Units data in for additional details. As you can see in the screenshot below I've loaded these two BDS into Excel and done XLOOKUP to find the OUType for each, and then filtered so that I'm only looking at Course Offerings and their parent Departments. Doing further XLOOKUPs you can add course name/code and other details.
Of course, merging the data properly with a Business Intelligence platform will create more flexible/scalable reports but this would give you the answer you're looking for. You can see the formula I used for the lookup in the screenshot and the filtering of OUTypes is also a native functionality in Excel.
I hope this is helpful!
Matt
Learning Administration Manager
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Re: What does 'quiz entry, switched tab' denote in the Attempt logs on quizzes?
Hello Everyone - thank you for raising these questions and concerns. We have made the decision to remove the logging "Switched Tab" events and re-evaluate it for a future release. Please see the fixed article indicating it will be removed with the January 2024 release. Apologies for any confusion this may have caused.
UPDATE (June 2025): Hello Everyone – just wanted to update this thread with some additional information. In the May 2025 release we provided a new option to improve quiz monitoring – by including Session Ids in Attempt Logs. This allows Instructors to discern when learners have used multiple sessions within a quiz attempt. Also – Instructors can access a detailed overview of the various features available within our Quiz tool, designed to support the promotion and maintenance of Academic Integrity in Quizzes.
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Also, the June 2025/20.25.06 Release Notes have been republished to include the following changes:
Updated the Brightspace API – Bulk retrieval of grade values by user, org unit, or parent org unit | New release note to indicate that the Grades > Retrieve Grade Values for Course Offering Descendants (API Only) permission is newly introduced.
Updated the Awards – Replacement strings for award issuer on certificates | New release note to clarify the behavior of conditionally-issued certificates with replacement strings.
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