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Do my students get constant updates if I am editing module content
Hello, I am in the middle of the semester and found numerous programming errors on my end, I'd like to fix it, but I am afriad my students are getting an email every time I change something. Is this the case? Or is it only if I change certain things? If I mae the module invisible, does that keep this from happening? I…
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Embed Social Media Feed Widget
I have been using a widget to embed my Twitter feed onto my D2L Brightspace homepage. Things changed when Twitter became X. The widget is still there but my feed won't display unless the student is logged into to X. I'd like to switch to another platform, however, I can't seem to find any APIs or workarounds that, well,…
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Links in Word files behaviors
Hello, I have a word document that contains some links and when I upload it to Brightspace, it gets converted into a PDF file. When looking at the document as a PDF, some of the links the document contains work and some don't… I looked at how the links are setup in Word and can't find any differences or reason why one work…
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Is there a way for students to be automatically notified if there is new assignment?
Hi, I have a quick question regarding assignment creation in Brightspace. When I add and save a new assignment in a course, is there a way for students enrolled in that course to automatically receive a notification—either through email, or in-platform alerts—without me having to create a separate announcement? I want to…
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importing with course components take too long
My understanding is that if I try to export/import a quiz without selecting Course Components, then the embedded figures will not come through. Maybe this has been fixed; I don't know. But when I select Course Components, it seems like it tries to export/import all of the components of the course, not the ones just…
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BUG? - View Reports shows all students for Quicklinks, not based on Release Conditions
If I use the View Reports function in Content, you can see per item in Content which students can view it and this works in combination with Release Conditions. However, for Assignments this seems not to be the case as I set up a condtion based on a Grade Item score and the View Reports showed that the Assignment…
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Setting Link Default for Hyprlinks Copied in from a Word document?
I have a faculty member who is creating content in Word, then copying and pasting that content into a D2L "Page." When he copies in hyperlinks, the default setting is to open within the window (which is the opposite of the default settings for how links are added anywhere else in D2L). Is anyone aware of a way to edit the…
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How do I use the meeting scheduler in Brightspace
Hi there! I'm trying to use the meeting scheduler tab to schedule presentations. I need to make bookings available in blocks e.g. three people can select the same meeting time. I can create the meeting but I have no idea how to share it with my students. Any help would be appreciated.
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Edit?
Minor rant. Does anyone understand why the EDIT button - arguably a button/menu item that is in extremely common use - is not visible on each content page? Why for the love of my sanity is it HIDDEN IN A DROP DOWN MENU? Please resume your normal, professional day.
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Tweak UX when creating New Forum
I don't think it constitutes a PIE item but, could the UX Team to take a look at what happens when you click "New Forum" in the "New Category" interface? A little tweak would improve the user's experience of the tool. (see video) This is what the pop-up window looks like when it loads: This is what it could look like:…
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How to import grades in D2L with different grading items in shells
Hello D2L community, I have a question in regards to the import of the grades. I know there is manual and automatic import fo grade items in D2L, but our situation is a little different. We need to copy grades from one shell to another. however, in the first shell our students have SCORM objects as graded items, and in the…
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Why is there a difference between how instructors and students insert images and audio files?
As an instructor, I am able to create the following example as part my Assignment description. As a learner, I am NOT able to recreate this same example in my submission. This is because learners CANNOT insert images or audio files into a page in the same ways as an instructor can (see images below). Is this something that…
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How did you set up the OneDrive LTI?
Hi community We at Michener are exploring the OneDrive LTI as a way of reducing/eliminating the need for students to request permission to view videos in SharePoint where the link is in our BrightSpace instance. Our IT team is confused by Microsoft's documentation:…
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Group-based due dates not visible to all students
Hello, Having experienced a recent issue in my Brightspace classroom, I figured I should mention it here to see if there is a solution somewhere in the platform. When an instructor in Brightspace creates an assignment for a group, there is no way for a student who is not registered in a group to see if that assignment…
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Deleted content
Hello, we have a module that was deleted from the courses below in error. Would you please be able to restore it? It was deleted earlier this morning. https://learn.northernlakescollege.ca/d2l/home/7859 https://learn.northernlakescollege.ca/d2l/home/7853 https://learn.northernlakescollege.ca/d2l/home/7855 Thank you!…
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Link to discussion does not show the instructions
Hello there, If anyone could help I'd appreciate it. I have a link to a Discussion that takes apparently takes students to a place where they cannot see the instructions before they post, as in the attached video. Is it possible to set up a link that includes the instructions? Video: Shows the disfunctional link without…
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Option for the student to choose between 2 activities
We want to create a course where the student has the option to choose between 2 different activities. Depending on their choice, the chosen content module will be displayed using the release condition tool. What would be the best way to implement this? Thanks
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Is there a way to skip courses from cascading enrollments?
When we onboard new users, they are enrolled as a learner in our onboarding course. After their first week or so, we enroll them in a cascading role, and their learner status is overridden. I'm about to release a series of microlearnings and I'd like their learner progress remain unchanged. I guess I could create a branch…
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How can i align equations so each line of equation is aligned with the equals sign
I'm not sure if this has changed, but I can no longer find the bottom to align equals signs one row after the other for the equation editor. Please refer attached. Can you show me which button I must press to align multi row equations please. On the sample below, I have aligned equals signs but the buttons seem different…
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How do we create a Fillable table question in D2L?
We previously moved from Blackboard to D2L. One of my Math professors ran into an issue creating a fillable table quiz question in D2L as he had always used in Blackboard. Where the student can enter the answers directly into the table. Is this possible in D2L?