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Discussion List
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How many schools/R1 schools allow athletic advisors/advisors to have access to their student's grade
How many schools/R1 schools allow athletic advisors/advisors to have access to their student's grade centers/gradebooks?
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What function do "Enrollment Options" play on the "Add Existing Users" screen?
When I choose "Classlist"/Add Participants/Add Existing Users" (and I find "existing users" misleading because these are users registered in Brightspace, but not yet registered in my class... why not say "Add Brightspace Users"), I get the following screen: My question is, what do the Enrollment Options fields do? I…
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Is there a way to make Exempt work with formulas?
Let's say I have two items in my grade book, A and B, each worth 10 points. And I have a formula item, Total, with the following formula: (([A.Points Received] + [B.Points Received]) / ([A.Max Points] + [B.Max Points])) * 100 And I have a student who scored 10/10 on item A, and is Exempt for item B. I am finding that their…
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What does this do? - "Final Grade Calculation - Display how final grade was calculated to users"
Hello- Under Grades => Settings => Org Unit Display Options - OR - on Step 6 of the grades Setup Wizard, - There is an option to select: "Final Grade Calculation - Display how final grade was calculated to users" - I'm hoping to learn more about what this does specifically, maybe with an example of what data would…
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Is there a format other than XML that I can export questions from the library?
I need to create a hard copy of an online exam, and I need to export the questions, but it does not appear I can export them as a .docx, .xlsx. or CSV file. Is there a way to convert an online exam into a Word file without using copy and paste?
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Are all recordings made with the Media Library limited to 30 minutes?
Are all videos and audio recordings that are made using the Media Library limited to 30 minutes? I noticed that there is a 30 minute timer when I go into the Media Library to create audio/video content with the new capabilities from the November update. If the limit is 30 minutes, I want to be able to inform my faculty of…
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Is there a way for admin to enable email notifications for all students
The pulse app has announcement notifications turned on by default, but the students' email notifications for the same are not turned on by default. Is there a way for an admin to turn these on for all students? Thank you, Amy
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Adding points to an attempt
I have an online quiz that’s worth 72 points and the students have already completed it. There is a written portion worth 10 points to add to the 72 thus making total exam worth 82. I know how to update the scores if you edit an Existing question that’s on the attempt but, how do you add the 10 points for the written part…
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Need to revise scoring on "Matching" questions after the quiz was taken
When my quiz was migrated from Blackboard, I didn't realize that the "matching" style questions were assigned "all or nothing" grading until after my students had taken it. When I go to "update all attempts" for those questions I don't have the option to change the grading from "all or nothing" to "equally weighted" Is…
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Late Submission of Quiz
Is there a way to be notified or stop the submission of late quizzes? Currently I have students that submit quizzes late and the grade goes automatically to the gradebook over righting the zero grade that was there. I do not want to put an end date as I want my students to be able to see their assignments after so they can…
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