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Rubrics Need to Have Points Range and Percentage Range Options
Most instructors look to create rubric on a flexible scale rather than by set points or percentage. Most major LMS's have this integration already embedded in the system. I would love to see this going into development as it is a vital component on course design, rubric design, and giving choice to instructors and course…
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Linking Intelligent Agents to Release Conditions for an Org Unit
Hello, I need a report for an org unit that lists its intelligent agents and the release conditions attached to each one. I understand that the Intelligent Agent Objects data set connects to the Release Condition Objects data set, but it isn't clear to me how they're joined. How can I identify the agent ID and its…
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HELP!
I think I just deleted EVERYTHING in my course!!!!! they are in the last day!!!! How can I bring it back?
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Accessing the Product Idea Exchange
Hi, Just making a first post here so I can gain access to this site. My main interest is accessing the Product Idea Exchange to discuss updating the arithmetic style questions in the D2L/Brightspace Question Editor/Quizzes. I use quizzes extensively in a number of courses and have some feedback on this particular question…
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If an IA is set to run only once yet I change their email address and username, will it send again?
If an IA is set to run only once yet I change their email address and username, will it send again? I want a welcome message to run once but their email address and username which is their email address need to be changed?
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Course banner error appearing only in regular Chrome browser
Hi everyone, I am troubleshooting an issue for an instructor who is seeing an error message in the course banner area on the Course Home page. The issue appears to be specific to the instructor’s regular Chrome browser: The error appears in Chrome. The error does not appear in Microsoft Edge. The error does not appear when…
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Formatting issues
so this question is imputted by clicking the "+" option, then selected equation, and then graphical equation. So it's not a copy paste issue. No student is going to take the time to figure this out. Most of my schools see it correctly, but a couple don't. We've tried changing from 150 to 125 all the way down to 70. All it…
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Instructor notifications for new assignment, quiz, and discussion submissions
We recently moved to a new standardized course homepage that does not include the Updates widget. One of our instructors relied on that widget to see when students had submitted assignments, quizzes, or discussion posts. Without it, she is wondering whether there is another way for instructors to easily see new submissions…
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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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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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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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