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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've been teaching in Brightspace for a year now, and I would love to know how to view analytics on my Announcements. I've searched the discussions and the D2L documentation, but I have not found an answer. Thank you!

I can set release conditions for grade item categories and discussion forums - is it possible to do the same for assignment categories and discussion categories? I have a course that is designed for multiple types of users and I want them to see only the assignments, quizzes, discussions, and grades that are relevant to…

Is there a reason "private feedback" option is only available when Instructors visit grading option via the Gradebook and not via the assessment's grading option or even via quick eval?

Can learners see instant messages on the Pulse app? If so, were do they appear?

Hi- When my testbanks of a few thousand questions imported, they arrived in random order. There seems to be no functions that allow sorting. I would sort by name, chapter, or something, but no options seem to exist. I do not mean ordering questions in a quiz, but rather sorting the source questions in the library. This…

Hi there, I'm trying to merge multiple quizzes on Brightspace. I imported 5 quizzes from the other course and I want to merge them in 1 quiz. When I add from source, some quizzes three quizzes are showing blank but other two are showing questions. Why is it showing blank? How can I bring question from the three other…

Hi, Is there a way to get around the need to manually switch Modules (e.g. Weekly Content) from Hidden to Visible? In other words, is there a setting allowing instructors to schedule the exact date and time when a Module becomes Visible to students? Thanks for your help! Ron

I have an instructor who is no longer receiving notifications, and this stopped during the last Brightspace update. She only has the following 2 set: Discussions: New post in a forum And under Customize Notifications: Include my grade value But she is no longer receiving any. Has anyone else had this issue?

It seems to me that the list of notifications that are available for users in Brightspace are all student-applicable (such as when grades are released, etc.), but not instructor-applicable (such as when a student submits an assignment, etc.) Is there a way to enable instructor-applicable notifications? Thanks!

Can a student download their Portfolio (not ePortfolio) to save for after graduation?

Trying to get course related files via this endpoint: d2l/api/lp/{version}/{orgUnitId}/managefiles/ based on this documentation: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/course.html#get--d2l-api-lp-(version)-(orgUnitId)-managefiles- however, getting insufficient scopes despite having scopes set as wildcards: { Errors: […

I am having an intermittent issue with the Pulse app. Content I am creating in Brightspace elements (tabs, accordions) is sometimes visible and other times not. It is inconsistent from html page to page. I reinstalled the Pulse app and updated my phone (iPhone 12). My colleague with an Android reports the same problem.…

Hello- can anyone tell me how to force a student to submit a quiz while they are in progress? I know how to give them another attempt (which I want to do) but I want them to shut down the exam they are currently in. I don't see the "impersonate" option available when I access them through the class list and right click on…

So this is a super specific question from one of our faculty. It doesn't seem possible, but I thought I would ask. Faculty has a question pool. Questions are organized into categories. Each category has at least 20 questions. Goal: Faculty wants to build a quiz with sections. Under each section, the faculty wants the…

How do instructors know about Brightspace Community and its offerings, features, etc.? It's a valuable resource but I fear many/most Brightspace instructors are unaware of its presence.

I have 1 student in Grade book who is colored red in the final calculated grades. the students grade is not the lowest in the gradebook but it is the only one colored. can you explain or help me?

Is anyone use A.I. in their online discussions (e.g., rewriting/improving discussion prompts and replies to student posts) or in other ways in their courses?

I need to assign a release condition to a document that students need to download. There doesn't appear to be any direct way to do this. Assigning a release condition to a topic or an assignment etc, doesn't confirm that the download took place. Can anyone help me with a workaround?