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Discussion List
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how to calculate GPA in d2l
Dear all, I need to release the results in the grade book on D2L and I need D2L to calculate the results as GPA. i need to calculate the GPA and CGPA
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How do you remove a rubric from an assignment/association?
Once a rubric is created and associated with an assignment, how can that rubric be removed?
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Student Archiving
Hi there, With the trimester closing, is there a convenient way like one-click archiving for the students to download the whole level 1 course content to keep for their reference purposes, probably they will need to refer to the level 1 course when they are taking the same course at level 2?
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Development time with Creator+
Hello! I'm curious to know from those using Creator+ how much it has decreased your development time. Can you share your thoughts on estimated instructional design hours needed for one hour of scorm content using a previous development tool you may have used like Articulate Storyline versus one hour of Creator+ developed…
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Email notifications
Is there a way for students to receive an external email or text notification when they receive a new email in D2L? Something along the lines of "you have unread emails."
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Brightspace wysiwyg editor strips out some CSS
I've been trying to add "style=user-select: none;" to some Brightspace test questions to avoid students copy pasting questions into ChatGPT. However, Brightspace seems to strip this CSS away every time the question is saved. I assume there is a way to get around this from an administration standpoint, but our IT department…
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Competencies and Learning objectives
Can a competency or learning objective, or assignment be deleted? I need to update and cannot find a place to delete and add knew competency or learning objective. If a competency or learning objective is removed and not reassigned, does it stay in the independent LO category. I really would to delete them. Susan Osborne
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Is there a way to default pin current term courses for students?
Hello, Is there a way to default pin current term courses for students? We are going to provide access for students after terms have completed, but want to know if we can create a way for the current courses to be pinned by default? Thanks, Pam
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Quizzes - quiz due date or end date is 2 days away
Hi all, I've submitted a ticket with D2L Support because a student didn't receive a notification for a quiz when the open window for the quiz was less than 48 hours. According to D2L this is expected behaviour. In order for a notification to be sent for students who select 'Quizzes - quiz due date or end date is 2 days…
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Middle Name in Grades
Hi everyone, can i show middle name in Grades?(Administrator side) Thank You
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Use Case Gen AI
Hi im finding in CVB Gen AI Setting, ca anyone tell how to use it, and what best case to do it? Thankyou
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MCQ based Quizzes and novel AI tools such as Aceify.ai
Hi there, I just stumbled across this new chrome extension called aceify , which seems to be able to recognise questions in a quiz and will flag the correct answer based on AI algorithms. Has anyone tested this for quizzes by chance? Anything we can do to prevent this?
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How can we have bonus items replace a student's lowest grade?
We have bonus quizzes and assignments. We want these quizzes and assignments to replace a student's lowest grade IF they complete the extra credit. Additionally, we want an extra credit evaluation to add one point to the student's final exam if they complete it, how can we do this?
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Can I set course access end dates for individual learners?
Hello I'm setting up supported distance learning courses for different subjects and teachers which learners join at different times and have access for just 6 months. When I register learners to a course, is there a way to control the course end dates for individual learners that I assign to a course because learners on…
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Drop lowest 2 grades
Hi, Is there a way have the lowest 2 grades drop automatically? I know you can go in and exempt grades/assignments from the total. If a professor doesn't want to go through 20 or more students and exempt their assignments individually, is there a way to do it automatically? Thank you, Shaina
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How do I obtain an IP log of a quiz
I've looked at the Quiz Attempt Log but there is no option for IP Log. How do I get this?
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How to implement personal view change to All org Unit (for Grades)
Please help i cannot find any possibilities way to change personal view in Grades and can be implemented to all org unit in one config. Please Help
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I am getting a failed status, when I use the Data Purge tool.
I am getting a failed status, when I use the Data Purge tool. I have no problem setting up the queue. My audit trail it looks like this.. Does that mean that an archive directory path is not set up for our Org? Thanks.
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Stunned...gobsmacked...
Here I am trying to find how to connect a chatbot to D2L and Brightspace does not even know what a chatbot is. Dare I ask, when will D2L accommodate a personally-built, customized chatbot?
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