Community & Documentation Roadmap

You’ve helped shape the Community & Documentation Roadmap for 2025 through your feedback in discussions, groups, and at user research labs and sessions. Together we're building Community.

Please note: This roadmap follows our fiscal year that begins in February and will be updated approximately every six months.

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Community Events 🎫
Hey Brightspace Community Members! Don't miss out on all the fun we have during our Community Events! Stay tuned and "Bookmark" this discussion thread. The Community Crew will be posting "Event Alerts 🚨" here so you can get in-platform and email reminders when an Event is coming up. (Set your notification preferences) Jump…
Ignite the Joy of Learning: FUSION 2025
We're so excited to announce that D2L's annual Fusion conference is right around the corner, and it's shaping up to be something special! Prepare for an unforgettable event, ripe with opportunities to network with peers and experts from around the world, discover the latest innovations in learning and explore your passion…
Elevate your e-commerce game with Course Merchant!
If you're a Course Merchant user, or are interested in learning more about Course Merchant, our full suite of Course Merchant documentation is now live in Brightspace Community! 🌟📚 Course Merchant is a search-friendly and brand-matched e-commerce system that allows anyone, anywhere to seamlessly discover, browse, purchase,…
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Welcome
Welcome to the Brightspace Community! Have questions about how to use this space? Check out our Community Corner Knowledge Base for more information! Getting Started With Community - Brightspace (d2l.com) Need a helping hand with something? You're very welcome to post in this thread and be sure to introduce yourself too!
Community Roadmap Updated
Your Feedback builds a better Community Check out the Community Roadmap to see what's launching next, what's been just released and leave us new ideas for future features
Community Feedback🗨️
Connect with Community to share your feedback about the types of events and Learning Center resources you want to see more of, so that we can get busy creating these experiences for you!🤟🏽 For more opportunities to give us feedback about your Community Experience, connect with our Community Experience Survey or share your…
Now Open: D2L Excellence Awards
You're making an incredible contribution to learning and we want to hear about it! Nominations are now open for the D2L Excellence Awards. The Excellence Awards honor the innovation, progress and betterment of learning in the communities we serve. This year, we'll recognize up to six award winners who demonstrate…
Tour Community
Take a Tour of the D2L Brightspace Community Have ideas for new stops or other questions? Drop them in the thread
Member Spotlights
What are other Clients doing with Brightspace? Are there Free Downloadable Resources you can get access to? Can you share a resource with Brightspace Community? Check out our Brightspace Community Spotlights!
🏆 Community Spotlight: Mike Chung
Meet Mike, Manager of Learning Technology, working in the field of Educational Technology Administration. Mike’s go-to Brightspace Community resource is the Product Idea Exchange (PIE), which he regularly recommends to colleagues! As a community advocate, he supports innovation and encourages others to share their feedback…
🏆 Community Spotlight: Isadora Mok-Kulakova
Meet Izzy, the Online Learning Environment Lead at the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning, University of Calgary. She supports D2L Brightspace alongside other campus platforms like Zoom and YuJa, doing everything from troubleshooting and workshops to documentation and integrations. Izzy loves participating in…
🏆 Community Spotlight: Terri Brown
Meet Terri, the Director of e-Learning at East Georgia State College. With experience using Brightspace as a student, faculty member, and administrator, she brings a well-rounded perspective to supporting her college community. Terri recently discovered the Quiz Printer widget through the Brightspace Community and is…
where do i post development questions?
Can someone at D2L improve the attendance function please. Currently it is rather useless. it doesnt interconnect with the grade book or metrics and it is difficult to even read because the students names disappear when you scroll to the right to enter my Attendance Status. Please help
Free plugins for d2l enviornment
are there any free secure plugins to increase the interactivity for the course on d2l.
Known Issues related to the Assignment Annotation Tool
Is anyone else experiencing difficulties with the Assignment Annotation tool? A number of our modern language instructors report problems providing feedback using the tool within BrightSpace. These problems date back to January 2023. This video shows the problems in action. Evidently, there are a SIGNIFICANT number of…
Lumi Chat Live in the ASC Portal
We're connecting our Approved Support Contacts (ASCs) to the best version of chat we've ever offered! In addition to being able to connect directly with an expert, you'll also have access to a generative AI powered search right from the chat tool. Generative AI in this tool means you won't just see recommendations for…
Brand New to Brightspace
Can Brightspace D2L publish SCORM 1.2 packages/content for LMSs other than Moodle, Blackboard, etc.? I saw a list on one of the pages but can't find it again. The LMS we are wanting to put the content to is not listed so I am not sure what settings to select to publish to a different LMS. I saw that the imsmanifest…
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where should I begin
When is Connection Europe 2025?
Good morning, As I’m planning my calendar, I wanted to check when and where the Europe Connection event will take place this year. Looking forward to your response. Best regards, Mina
📣 New Resource Alert: Quiz Printer Widget!
We’re so excited to introduce the ⭐️ Quiz Printer Widget ⭐️ for Brightspace Quizzes, now available in the Brightspace Learning Center! This new resource makes it easy to create printer-friendly versions of your Quizzes, right from your Course Offering homepage. The idea for this Widget came from valuable feedback from…
Is it possible to delete Learning Groups?
I cannot figure out how to delete practice Learning Groups - can someone explain how to remove these?
🏆 2024 Brightspace Community Champions
We are thrilled to share that over 60 Community members have unlocked 2024 Community Champions Awards! 🏆 These incredible individuals have gone above and beyond to contribute to the Brightspace Community, sharing their expertise, engaging with fellow members, and embodying the true spirit of collaboration. As part of their…
New Content Experience error message "Opps, we are having trouble connecting you"
An instructor has reported consistently encountering an error message when trying to upload content files to their course using the New Content Experience. Interestingly, this issue does not occur when they switch back to the classic content experience. We’ve been unable to replicate the issue on our end, which suggests it…
How do I copy webpages with the same Brightspace course?
Hi Folks, If I have a moudle or weekly structure in my course, say Module 1, Moudle 2… and the same kinds of webpages every week, say Accoordian, then content, then disucssion, etc. Is there a way through course builder or manange files to copy the files from module 1 into moudle 2, and then adjust them as needed for…
New Here
I am new here and I just wanted to say thank you for making this available to me. My question - "Why was I not aware of this during my last semester?" I think I would have greatly benefited from this resource.
Do I choose my own subject or, are there subjects in discussion tips?
Do I choose my own subject or, are there subjects in discussion tips?
Emojis not supported
Anyone else notice that emojis are not supported in the fold-out menu for: Tags: UX, User Experience
Examples of Well Designed University Spanish Courses
Hello, I'm an instructional designer from Villanova University in Pennsylvania, USA. We are in the early stages of implementing Brightspace for our higher education university campus. We're migrating from Blackboard (Original) Learn 9.1. I'm working with an early adopter instructor who teaches in our Spanish Department.…
New Community Features Released
Just Released! ⭐ Get Ready for an Enhanced Community Experience! ⭐ We're so excited to introduce these new Community enhancements: ⚡ Suggested Results in Question Workflows: Now, get answers more quickly than ever with automatic searches across the Community as you type your questions. 📢 Community Announcement Banners:…

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