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An instructor created a survey with a written response question configured to allow students to upload a file. She wanted them to anonymously submit this file as peer reviews. But now that students have submitted, we can't find a way to see their uploaded/attached files as responses. They don't appear in Statistics or any…

Hi, When a new idea is logged on the new implementation of PIE, it is hidden to start off with. How long can we expect it to take to moderate an idea and make it visible? If an idea is not accepted and won't ever be made visible, how would we know? Best wishes, Hermien

Hello! I am an Instructional Assistant at my school helping instructors use Brightspace. An instructor usually gives students 2 or 3 attempts. He would like to give them a solution feedback for each question but would like for it to appear after they take their last attempt. How does he do that?

If it does, are there ways to prevent it from working without third party tools. The page for this extension boasts: "Get INSTANT answers to homework, quizzes, and tests. Private. ALL websites work including Canvas, BlackBoard, McGrawHill, D2L You see, it uses datasets and AI to get the right answer and display it on your…

hello, seems like we have to select an option in the Restrict To drop down now, such as Completed Attempts, I have however; a faculty who says they used to be able to get the quiz Statistics under the All Attempts and they want that. Will a selection under the drop down menu for Restrict To, always be required going…

I would like to set up the grade category to drop the 2 lowest grades. Is there a way to do that?

I use student self enrolled groups in nearly all my classes. I would like to send out an email to all students that have not enrolled as a reminder (or have one automatically sent). Is there a way to do this?

Hello all, I have an institution that is using a standard letter grade scheme with symbols F-A that correspond to ranges from 0-100. Individual students can take a course to pass/fail. How can I set up a grade scheme that allows some students to receive a final grade symbol of F-A, and other students to receive a final…

Hi, saw this question from 2023 and wanted to follow up on it. https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/discussion/4142/csv-quiz-import-with-latex-equations?searchString=Possible%20to%20write%20equations%20in%20brightspace%20quiz%20template At this point in time, is there any way to import mathematical equations into…

Hello, How can the red dot in the "Unattempted Quizzes" icon be removed on the D2L Instructor Homepage? The course is over, and all grades have been entered. How can the icon be cleared out? Thank you for your help.

What happens if the competency tool is in use but we wish to switch to Outcomes for the Mastery View in the gradebook? Is there a way to migrate current competencies to outcomes without disruption for those using competencies?

Hello, could you please identify the tab in Brightspace, that contains the "Imported Topics" section. Thank you Alicia Garcia

Hi, I want to give my Spring 2026 students some flexibility. For the midterm, they can choose between an Exam or a Paper. Their final assessment is determined by that choice: 1) If they take the Midterm Exam, they must submit a Final Paper. 2) If they submit a Midterm Essay, they must take a Final Exam. I've already set up…

We are making greater use of the Survey tool and a team member posed a compelling question: Is there such a thing as a tool in Brightspace that can scan survey results for offensive language so that they can be removed from compiled results? We were wondering if there was something that could accomplish this before survey…

When Creating or Editing an Intelligent Agent (IA), you have the option to create a category to put the IA in. Looking at he Data Sets in Analytics Builder, there does NOT appear to be any field for the categories or that shows which category the IA is set to. Does any one know which table or DataSet the categories for…

I'm looking for innovative ways to use Creator+ for practice activities that my biology students will find interesting and engaging. Can you give me examples of what you have done? I've used hotspots for practice identifying plasma membrane parts, flipcards for practice with cell organelle functions, sequencing for putting…