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How to remove "Select 3 correct answer(s)" for Multi-Select quiz questions?
This is in student view. We don't want students to know how many correct answers they have to select.
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Limitations on HTML in Assignment Descriptions
Hello, I have a professor who is embedding graphics in Content's HTML pages using img src="data:image/png;base64 etc. so that each page of content can be managed as a single file. This is not working when he tries to do so in the description of an embedded assignment in NCE. After saving HTML with an embedded image, the…
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Course access
No class visible. Professor says I am set up but nothing shows on my end
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Events not appearing in Pulse App (20.25.05 Release)
Hello, I was wondering if anyone has tested the update to Pulse - "View recurring events"? I tested but no events are appearing in Pulse. I am an admin but enrolled in this particular course as a student. Any idea why I am not seeing any Events? Thanks, Michelle
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Can I use the Instructor Usage Advanced Data Set in analyses in Insights?
I would love to use the Instructor Usage ADS in a live report for in the Insights Analytics Builder. Is that possible? If not, how do I recreate that data? What BDS do I pull from and how do I connect them? What filters do I use, if any, on each table?
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Updated documentation for accessibility checker?
Hi, When might we expect to see this https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/1382-improve-your-course-with-brightspace-accessibility-checker documentation page updated to show the new accessibility checker icon from the February 2025 release? Thanks.
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TurnItIn reporting completely unrelated Student ID as submitter for group assignment
Hi, We have lots of group submissions for assignments. We set up the group set and then set up the assignment so the group of students submits together, and TurnItIn is almost always turned on for these submissions too. The strange thing is, when I look at the Submission Information in TurnItIn Feedback Studio, the Student…
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Is there a way to show a "report card" in content?
Within each Brightspace module, we have units/folder set up as Week 1, Week 2 etc. And within each unit/folder, there are lesson content, a couple quizzes and discussions. Naturally, the unit is structured for students to navigate through the content and complete the quiz (e.g. Pre-Class Quiz → Content A → Quiz → Content B…
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request for an account for Brightspace's service portal for Judith Stam
Dear reader, Would you please be so kind to make an account for the D2L Community and Support? Thanks in advanc. Regards, Heleen
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How to embed Microsoft office documents (Word, PowerPoint, Excel etc) without turning into a PDF?
Hello, In the New Content Experience, I would like to embed the an online Word doc or PowerPoint (not just providing a link that takes the student outside of Brightspace). There used to be an embed code for PP or Word, but it seems that no longer exists. Also, when I upload static Word docs and PowerPoints, they get…
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Student says that Brightspace "lost" his assignment
A graduate student received an "F" because he did not submit his assignment on Brightspace. After he received the "F" he emailed me (the professor) and reported that he had indeed submitted the assignment on Brightspace on May 18th, but Brightspace "lost" his assignment. As the professor, I cannot see any submission from…
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Using the "Learning Activity Library" in "Site Resources" under "Course Administration."
Numerous "learning activities" are listed in this "library," and I made one using the prompts. But I can't figure out how to make the activity visible to my students? Also, none of the the "all tags" suggestions seem to be related to this.
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Brightspace Catalyst Award for Student Success
Is the "Brightspace Catalyst Award for Student Success" still a thing? I cannot find any information about it. Please advise.
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Enrolling students into a group via a file import
I have a course in Brightspace that already has a fairly large number of students enrolled. Now I need to enrol them into groups inside the course since they will be submitting a group work assignment. I have the details of which students must belong to what group already in a spreadsheet. Is there any way to import that…
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Course Extensions
I have a student who is a week behind and needs an additional week beyond the end date of the course to complete their work. Will adjusting Special Access for one or more gradable entities for a single student extending the availability of entities beyond the end date of the course? Or, does the course end date supersede…
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Is there a way to freeze the column with student names in the attendance register? Similar to what
Is there a way to freeze the learner column as you would in an excel spreadsheet? The attendance register is cumbersome to use after a certain point.
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video files play sound but no visual
Hi, does anyone know why or how to fix/resolve an issue where a student using Chrome on Windows can play/see videos that were uploaded to brightspace as Webpages/embedded but not see any video/visual (just a black screen) but can hear the audio, when the video was uploaded as a Video type page instead of a webpage? we…
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how to extend test time
how to extend test time
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