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Explore the First Entry of the Developer Diaries
In the Creator+ Community Group, you can follow instructional designer, Joey Stapleton, as he shares his tips and tricks for the Creator+ suite in his Developer Diaries series. Even if you haven't started using Creator+ yet, many of the best practices he shares can be applied to your own design and build processes!…
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Using ID links affects interface display
I've used h3 id and a href=# to create links that allow jumping from one part of a page to another. Here is the simplified code. <h3 id="overview">Overview of contents</h3> <p style="text-align: right;"><a href="#overview">back to overview⮭</a></p> However, when these links are clicked, the Brightspace toolbars disappear…
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Assistance with Drafting Discussion Board Posts
Could you please guide me on how to save a draft of a post on the Discussion board? I would like to compose my message in advance and have the option to publish it when necessary.
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How do I copy 1 quiz to several course offerings easily?
So I'm teaching several sections of the same subject and each use a separate course offering. How can I create a quiz in one course offering and copy it to all the course offerings I teach? I'm trying to avoid doing it one at a time through the import/export/copy components tool found in the course administrator.
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Choice of Questions in Quizzes?
Hi there. Is there a way for students to select questions (say 3 from 5 questions) and have the grade total value (total marks) of the test reflect only the 3 questions selected? Thanks for any help on this.
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Course start / end date
Hello, Is there a way to have the course start and end dates show somewhere on the course homepage? There is a replace string for that but only works with intelligent agents, doesnt work when adding {OrgUnitStartDate} in a custom widget…
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Editing the title of an Assignment isn't reflected in Grade Book
In Classic Experience— I have some assignments that are already linked to the Grade Book. I've noticed that if I edit the title of the Assignment, the title isn't automatically updated in the Grade Book. I have to edit the title in the Grade Book as an additional step. Is this correct? To try to get around this I tried…
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Widget Config for Visual Table of Contents not working
Hello, I'm trying to figure out how to customize the Visual Table of Contents widget, but I'm having trouble figuring out how to get my changes to appear. I thought it was a syntax error but when I tried a different one it returns "Invalid JSON." The screenshot I attached is a line I input that seemed to work (in that it…
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Brightspace Quiz CSV Template issue
I am trying to upload a batch of questions to my Brightspace quiz using a CSV template that Brightspace provided (under Add Existing>Upload a File). Every time I try to upload the template with my questions added in, I get an error message saying "The upload didn't complete because your network connection was interrupted.…
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Why does "guided tour", which I completed, not appear on the main page as completed?
Even though I completed " guided tour," it doesn't appear on the main page as completed.
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Content Classic vs New
Is the direction moving forward to phase out classic content?
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Where would a previous course not being offered be stored for the future?
I have other courses that i need to save for a later date. Do i have to store old course information locally or is there a place on Brightspace?
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Where can I upload my custom css to the it applies globally ? to avoid adding in each page.
I can paste my css through HTML editor and it works fine but having to add in 100s of pages is not very productive. Is there a way to upload or paste my CSS to make them work globally ?
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Why can't my learners access surveys?
I have several courses that use surveys for course evaluations but learners cannot access them. Interestingly, it's a different issue depending on the course. In one course, the survey won't load at all and the learner receives the message, "This content item cannot be rendered". In another course, the learner receives a…
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assignment submission notifications
Is there a way that instructors can receive email notifications when a student submits an assignment?
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arithmetic questions: need to accept either a positive or a negative answer
Hey all, In creating an arithmetic question, I somehow need to explain to Brightspace that if the answer is, say 123, then I want either a positive (123) or a negative (-123) answers to be accepted as correct. How do I do that? For context, you might be wondering how it makes sense to accept both the negative and the…
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Set a release condition without completely hiding the assignment?
I keep having an issue where students don't realize they have an assignment to do because they haven't met the release condition and D2L has it completely hidden until the condition is met. I've tried making clear lists and calendars and sent notes that the assignments exist, but some students always miss the…
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Learning Object Repository-Link update
Hi, my previous manager placed a link into a Learning Object Repository, but the information needs to be updated now. Please advise on how to make changes to the information or if we need to add a new updated link (how?).
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Notifications within Portfolio Tool
Hi everyone, My question is about the portfolio resource which is wonderful; however, our team has faced various issues resulting in significant extra work. I have already asked several questions on the Portfolio tool. Here is another one: Is there any notification system within portfolio that could inform a teacher when…
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Visual Table of content
Hi everyone, I want to hyperlink the text on the module display page. For instance, I would like to hyperlink the text: "Unit 2 | Using HTML Templates" as displayed in the image below. Is it possible?
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automatization of enrollment in groups.
Is there a way of automatizing the enrollment of students on a specific group within the course, by a professor clicking a button (in my case its assign from a reservation tool). And have the reverse option as well? By clicking again, unassign the student, and automatically remove the student from the group? Thank you,