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Discussion List
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Is there a way to manually connect a parent with a student?
Can we please link (parent) to (student)?
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Optional or Required
Where do I set this up for an individual page?
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Move Lesson back into Unit
One of our instructors accidentally dragged and dropped her First Unit into her Second Unit. Now her First Unit is a Lesson in her Second Unit. How does she get it back? She tried to drag it back but it won't go. When we click on the First Unit/Lesson the option to Reorder is greyed out.
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WCLN courses are doubled up
WCLN courses are doubled up - multiple "unit 1", multiple "unit 2", etc. What are the next steps to fix this issue?
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How do you integrate OneNote Class Notebook to Brightspace?
Does Class Notebook integrate with Brightspace and populate students? What is the process to do that. Can send me a link with the steps?
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Bulk Course Copy
Hello I am trying to do a bulk course copy, but when I am populating the courses, i cannot find a way to get the Course offering ID number. Is there a place to get all the course offering IDs under a parent course?
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How to hide assignments
Good morning, I am trying to mass hide assignments until a certain criteria has been met. I have hidden the units (content), but students are still able to access the assignments under the assessment tab on their nav bar. Thank you!
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Glossary
Where can I find information on creating and connecting the glossary to the content?
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Survey Results with Students' Names
Is there a way to see all the survey results at a glance without having to click on each individual student? Just to clarify, I mean who voted for what — not the percentage each choice received. I'm using a survey as a permission form and I would like to see who has given permission and who has not given permission on one…
- Where do I go to allow a role have the permission to see past courses?
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View default from 20 to 200
Hello, How can we change the view on the classlist page and the gradebook page to view 200 instead of the default to 20? THank you
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Navigation Link
When faculty click on the quicklink in the navigation bar to a page, they get an error. See attached.
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How to Turn Off Spell Check in Fill in the Blank Quizzes
I found an article that says spell checker can "be turned off for all quizzes at the org unit level". I have no clue where to do that. Can someone explain where I need to go? Thanks :)
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SIS Roster for the New School Year
Our SIS sync isn't pulled the new courses/sections. What do I need to do to pull the new school year's data?
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How do I embed a youtube video?
When I just put in a link it doesn't connect.
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How can I create an announcement that will be pushed out to all of my courses at once?
I teach a Math Lab that has 32 courses. Is there a way to create an publish an announcement for all 32 courses without having to go into each individual course? (Same for the 'About Me' widgets) This will take forever!
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How do I make a use inactive when course is completed?
I have done the D2L rollover training course AND attended a webinar on rollover and still no one can answer my question. I work in an asynchronous program and I have a student who has completed a course and wants it off his dashboard. Is there a way to make him 'inactive' or unenrol him withOUT losing his data? Seems like…
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