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Calling all Higher Education Instructors!
We would love to hear from Higher Education Instructors about how we have organized our Brightspace help documentation. If you're a Higher Education Instructor, and have a few minutes, please take a moment to complete this short survey: Tool-based navigation survey – Higher Education Instructors Also, if you're part of the…
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Syncing Grades - ATI Nursing Exams grade sync back to Brightspace
Hello Brightspace Community: Does anybody have a document or a link to how their faculty sync grades from ATI Nursing exams back to Brightspace? Thanks! Chris
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How to access quiz answers "attempt details" from API?
I would like to see what users have answered to each question, so I can make a leaderboard. In one question they answer the name for the leaderboard. The page https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/quiz.html shows various ways of getting the number correct they have, but I can't see how to get the actual answers, or to…
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create D2L channel coordination of math
I am a coordinator of Math , how can I create channel coordination to add my colleague like teams
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Awards that issue PDF certificates with replace strings strip out PDF accessibility tags
Issue: Awards that issue PDF certificates with replace strings strip out PDF accessibility tags Related issues: 01918625 Steps: Follow instructions, steps 1 through 8: Create a Custom Certificate that uses Replace Strings I used {FullName} and {AwardDate} replace strings Only change I made was on step 6 of the linked…
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Late submission penalty
I would like to find a way to set up late submission penalties on quizzes and assignments. Thank you, Lae
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H5P Open in New Tab Text Issue
Hi, Whenever I insert an H5P element on a page, a "If this content appears unavailable, open [element name] in a new tab" appears at the bottom, but the spacing seems to be off, so the rows of text overlap a little. Is there a way to fix that?
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Assignment folder block certain file types
There should be a way to block specific types of files like HEIC or pages.
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Connecting Brightspace and SIMnet
Hello, everyone. This is for anyone using Brightspace with McGraw-Hill's SIMnet program. Previously, users were able to get into SIMnet directly from a link in Brightspace. But since SIMnet was reconfigured recently, that is no longer the case. You can still access assignments in SIMnet through a link in Brightspace, but…
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Color Coding in Percentage Grading Scheme
Hi! I am looking to find the criteria for the different colors that appear in the gradebook when using the default "Percentage" grading scheme. Where can I find that information? Thanks!
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Getting a List of Course Instructors
We have been asked to audit all of our section offerings to see if an instructor has been enrolled. Is there a quick way to print or access this information
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Using Release Conditions for Quizzes and Other Assignments
I asked one of my classes to try accessing a quiz to see how a "release condition" works. We discovered that the students couldn't see the quiz until they had completed the reading. "From the students' perspective, they can't see the posted assignment. Therefore, they don't know it's there and cannot see the instructions…
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Filters for My Courses Widget
Recently an updated allowed admins to modify the filter for the My Courses widget to display by term. The sort options are either A-Z or Z-A which does not work well for the way our terms are named. Is there a way to manually select the order of how the terms appear (starting with the most recent and going back in time)?…
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Navigating Away and Back to Content - Not Holding Previous Location
I have a faculty member who noticed in NCE that when they navigate away from Content (say, over to grades) and then select Content again, it no longer goes back to where they were in the Content. "In the new version of D2L, whenever I open Content, it takes me back to the beginning of the table of contents. In the old…
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Configure metadata in separate LOR's
Is it possible to set up a separate set of metadata for each Learning Object Repository (LOR)? So for LOR A we want Metadata A to be filled in and for LOR B we want Metadata B (with different fields) to be filled in. You can select a different view and fill it in via 'Edit metadata' during publishing, but if you click…
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Brightspace Portfolio Categories Question
Hello Brightspace Community, We are using Brightspace Portfolios for the first time this semester and are currently setting up our portfolio workflow. Our intended workflow is: Students submit an assignment in Brightspace. The instructor assesses the assignment. The student adds the assessed assignment to their portfolio.…
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Portfolio and Assignments
Is anyone currently using Brightspace Portfolio with the assignment settings "Add Own Assignment to Portfolio" enabled? I'm testing this option and am not seeing any difference in the student submission experience. From the student's perspective, the assignment submission process appears unchanged. If you've used either of…
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Any way to create questions with dropdown boxes in quizzes and surveys?
I want to create a survey with dropdown boxes instead of, for example, a Likert scale. Is there any way to do that? I have been looking, but not seeing it anywhere.
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Bulk-create Brightspace analytic rubrics by importing CSV/Excel/Word (instead of manual copy/paste)
Hi D2L Community, CMCC already uses Brightspace as our LMS. I recently spoke with CMCC’s Instructional Designer (Natalee S.) to inquire if there were supported ways to make Brightspace Rubrics faster to create/build for instructors and institutions. What I’m trying to do: Create new Brightspace analytic rubrics from an…
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How are you applying late penalties for late assignment submission?
Hi everyone, Given that an automatic late penalty is not a feature in Brightspace (and not gaining much traction in PIE), I am curious how other institutions/organisations are currently applying deductions for late submission penalties, please? Mostly, our academics are calculating this manually, but this is time-consuming…
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Is it possible for me to respond privately to a student's Discussion post without approving the post
I use Discussions for students to post answers to reading questions. I moderate the posts and approve them after they're due. The goal is for students to be able to refer to their classmates answers to study for tests. But I'd like to be able to privately respond to students' answers. I can't do that on approved or…