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Course Site Evaluators
Greetings! I wouldn't know if such a thing exists, but I am curious if there are individuals or communities that engage in course site evaluations. I teach an asynchronous graduate level course for an introduction to statistics. And, I am wondering if and how I could connect with any individuals with the pedagogical,…
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is there a way to re-weight items in Grades for a student who missed an exam
Is there a way to re-weight items in Grades for students who missed an exam? For example, a student missed a midterm, so now the final has more weight.
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Very basic course offering/section question
Hi all, We've been on Brightspace since Summer 24 so still fairly new. I'm troubleshooting an issue we're having with Crosslisted courses and it's making me question how we have courses coming over via Ellucian ILP in the first place. So my very basic question is: Does a Course Offering have to have a Section associated…
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custom sql built for analytics builder tool
Hello, I am trying to build custom sql . I am trying to encode string into base 64 format. But i can not. I can easily do in MYSQL , oracle as well SQL. But that format does not work under analytics builder tool. Could anyone please help here? or do i need to open a support case? Thanks Anuja
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Widgets
How do I make the most of widgets for our website. I want to learn new ways to use it. Noelle Byer UFCW Canada
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tracking instructor engagement and performance in class
Does Bright Space have a system through which an instructor's performance can be tracked? Or are there any reports that can be generated to see how the instructor engaged and how quickly assignments were graded? A search in documents shows that Intelligent Agents must somehow be used. The question I have is how. Can…
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Copy/Import Course
Hello! I'd like to copy content over from one semester to another. If the shell that I'd like to copy information into already has existing content - will this create duplicate content or override the existing content?
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How to hide rubric from the other instructor?
To be able to have two instructors evaluate an assignment we have created seperate rubrics within the assignment. One for the first instructor, one for the second instructor and a third were the scores is combined to grade the student. We would like to know if it is possible to hide the conceptual feedback from the other…
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Discussion topic statistics
I use the discussion boards a lot. I also use the statistics from the discussion board topics to grade students' participation. Currently, the following topic statistics are available: Number of threads each student created Number of replies each student made Number of posts each student read Number of votes each student…
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Open Source Stock Image Libraries
Hello! We are moving to Brightspace from Blackboard. Our faculty are asking if any stock image libraries can plug into Brightspace. Faculty would like to add an image and search there for images (like on Facebook). Does that exist? Can it be built?
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Share calendar events across multiple courses
Is it possible to share/post calendar events across multiple courses just like you can with assignments, announcements, etc? This saves a lot of time in instructional environments where there are frequent opportunities and events that are not preplanned. (so recommendations like exporting/importing are not ideal). This is…
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Brightspace dropping incorrect grade
For just one student in my class, the "drop lowest grade" option is not dropping the lowest grade (it is dropping a 75 when there is also a 0), I have many students where it is working fine, so I'm not seeing where it is my error. I have another student whose grades are very similar (2nd lowest grade is on same assignment…
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An assignment activity was completed but not reflecting in grade?
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Lumi
Lumi only seams accessible via the chat. Let's say my grades aren't summing and D2L produces an error code. Does the AI automatically anylize that and offer up a solution. This is when thing will really start getting interesting. Thanks!
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Survey Data Collection
Hello, I lead 10-15 sections of a first-year orientation course, and I used surveys to collect some pre/post information from students. Is there any way to collect individual student responses from each section of the course (each has its own Brightspace course shell) without downloading each individual student's response?…
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Disable downlod for individual content in courses
Is this always going to be global or not? We would really like the ability to have select content being available to download, and other content not be able to.
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How to best move from competency to learning outcomes?
Our institution has been using Competencies for 5 years, and recently, we are exploring the Learning Outcomes. But without paying for the achievement+, we want to see the functions with Learning outcomes, but still using competency because we are constantly pulling the CLOE data for several programs. My questions: is there…
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My assignment pdfs are forcing me to download them, not first view in browser.
My question relates to pdfs that I uploaded into the assignment section (e.g., samples). I tested this as me, going back in edit mode, and then "as learner". Both ways, it pushed me straight to finding where I wanted to save the download. It does not do this for what the students submit. It goes to view first (with a…
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How do I include a category into the final grade calculation?
At present, the final grade in my course is not including the homework. I am trying to adjust the final grade calculation so that the homework category is included, but I do not see where or how to do that. I also need to take the raw homework grade (x out of 345 points) and convert it to a 100-point scale before inclusion…
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Groups and Threads
Hello! I have created my Groups in the course and would like to add each group to a discussion. If I start a thread under my discussion for each group, is there a way to restrict each group so that they are only able to view the thread for the group they are assigned to?