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The Accessibility category serves as a single point of access to three avenues in Brightspace Community leading to the Accessibility Academy, Accessibility Library and Accessibility Discussions. These avenues offer courses and articles about accessibility to enhance accessibility knowledge and a group of accessibility enthusiasts to stay connected with.

Hello, I’m looking for a way to schedule a thread (post) within a discussion forum in D2L Brightspace so that it automatically becomes visible at a future date and time—similar to how we can schedule announcements or set availability dates for discussion topics. Is there currently a built-in feature that allows instructors…

I keep getting an error when trying to open the Product Idea Exchange environment. Has it got something to do with my enrollment, or with the link? Thank you for checking.

Hello, I am wondering if there are any plans to improve the functionality of arithmetic questions for Brightspace Quizzes. We have recently moved our assignments over from the LON-CAPA system to Brightspace to consolidate our courseware; however, we are finding the arithmetic question programming quite limiting. It would…

I see from the help documentation that you can now add rubrics to written response questions, but I don't seem to have that option when I am adding a question. Does this need to be enabled somewhere?

Hello. We are using the Classic Content experience. Does anyone know if it is possible to copy "starter" threads that the instructor creates from semester to semester? Here's the use case: Instructor has created a Discussion forum. Within it, she has 5 different "starter" threads that she would like students to reply to.…

Does anyone know of a way to put a blank Punnett square into a test question that students can type directly into?

Hi! There is a delay in typing when using the sticky note feature when annotating assessments in Dropbox. In particular, once the sticky note is opened and I start typing, the cursor moves back to the beginning of the word or sentence a second later. It is a slight delay but frustrating as it often requires retyping each…

Hi, We're moving from the Classic experience to the NCE shortly. Currently we rely on using the Template Path option in the Display Settings (see https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/6040-change-content-display-settings%29. ). This provides the option to limit the templates visible to those we've provided in…

I need a way to create a formula column in brightspace that can then be entered into the gradebook as a new grade item in its own right. (Right now the results of a formula column just seem to serve a display purpose in the gradebook. I am totally unclear what formula columns are even for, actually, since their use is so…

Is there a way to get a developer instance for Brightspace to work out integration with a external software

I have been using Turnitin for a few weeks, but suddenly, my assignments all get 0% for plagiarism. Now, this is great, but I am finding it slightly suspicious. Usually, I have to fix some things. Could there be a bug, or am I not having plagiarism detected?

It used to be possible to create a link to an assignment submission's Evaluate screen using the OrgUnitId, dropbox ID and Submitter Id, which can all be obtained from the API. It seems that the URL format has changed and has a long random looking string as part of it. I have a use case where a course has multiple…

Hi, We recently started using Discover for self-registration courses. The Discover tool is configured to show 'New' and 'Updated' courses.. with 'All' listed at the bottom. Users are clicking on 'View All' under 'New' and not seeing every course available .. only those that are new. Is it possible to disable the showing of…

Hi I know how to grade assignment using numerical value. But how can we grade assignment using distinction, merit, pass, etc. Re: https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/3627-assess-assignments-with-grade-schemes Many thanks Ome Academic Officer Society of Apothcaries.

Good Day, does anyone have any info/experience with a docx file showing in the Document Viewer in the Dropbox when grading in one font but when we 'download original' the font is now appearing in Times New Roman as per instructions thanks!

Hello, I'm following the instructions for posting an update alert/notification for updated content found on this page, however, I'm facing a few issues. 1. I notice that the option to "Post to Homepage" to create an alert can only be used once. That option disappears after I have posted an update for a content item, so I…

Hello, I work at a university that recently transitioned to using Brightspace, and we’re encountering a challenge in replicating a feature that was available in our previous LMS, Moodle. Specifically, our instructors are accustomed to having weekly modules or units that include clear start and end dates, which helps…

Can I have access to a comprehensive report of all the surveys as an admin? I can see the report of each course, but I need aggregate data. Percentages of responses to each question would help me a lot. PS. I tried Data Hub and it didn't give me what I wanted. Thanks

In either classic or new content experience, if we create our syllabi using the Brightspace HTML tools - can we then export the syllabi in a format that could be uploaded to a database?