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Adding Rubric to Video Assignment
Hi - I'd love some support with how to add a rubric to an existing video assignment. I have published the rubric but when I select "+Add Rubric," I get a fillable rubric. What I want is to find my rubric and attach it to the video assignment. Thanks so much to whomever can provide some guidance. Lynne
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Video chunking and interactive outline
I am looking at making Lectures interactive and I m thinking to divide each in smaller segments, add a question or an interactive object after each segment, and have a way for the student to navigate through it via an interactive outline with titles for each video segment. How would you do this using creator+?
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Can instructors share homepages?
I know that in the course export options part of the homepage can be shared. I am particularly interested in sharing a homepage layout template as an instructor. When I export my widget homepage, the banner and similar settings transfer, but my widget selection and placement does not. I'd like to avoid duplicating work. At…
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Is there a way to search through all courses for which you are an instructor to find content?
For example, if I have multiple courses in Brightspace, and I wanted to search through all of them to see if I used a specific YouTube video or a link to an external website, etc., in any of them, is there a way to do that?
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Why is my cursor jumping backward?
I'm having the same issue as the user below in the post. I have just started experiencing this issue with my cursor jumping backward when I'm typing a note while providing inline comments/feedback when assessing student assignments. It is happening regardless of the computer I am using. Colleen.F.2632 Posts: 2 🔍October…
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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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How to change a course from Competency to Outcome?
Many of my existing courses are associated with the Competency feature. How do I change them to use Outcome instead? I needed the change to test out the LUMI PRO Outcome feature.
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Is it possible to assign a quiz to one student only?
Is it possible to assign a quiz to one student only? So other students don't see it on their gradebook and/or to-do lists? Thank you
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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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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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Please assist me with adding an extra hotspot onto the hotspot element
Please assist me with adding an additional spot for the hotspot creator plus element. The template wont allow me to add another hotspot its capping it at 10. Internal controls procedures for cash management - FIMA6120_2025 Uplifted Without MA Kindness Ofentse
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Grades
It would be great to have a user friendly slider in the gradebook to easily slide grades up and down. Here is an example of a mortgage calculator. Mortgage Calculator - Canadian Mortgage App It has the kind of slider I am suggesting for shifting the weights of assignments. That would be a neat way to have the assignments…
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The Award Edit page that I create is blank.
The Award Edit page that I create is blank.
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How to disconnect "Welcome widget?
How do i close "welcome widget" on my log in to my course (and not delete it or stop it for students?
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where are the Release notes for this month Dec 2024
where are the Release notes for this month Dec 2024. We had new features added to day and I want to learn more about them
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How to use APIs in Custom Widgets
I am attempting to use this endpoint: https://(our brightspace sandbox).brightspace.com/d2l/api/lp/1.9/enrollments/users/(test user ID that exists and has valid enrollments)/orgUnits Purpose - Create a Custom Widget that will allow students to see any Inactive Courses they are enrolled in by parsing JSON responses to pull…
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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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Ability to allow Instructors to Opt-In/Opt-Out of New Content Experience (Lessons)
I just noticed in the administrator documentation that the configuration variables no longer allow for administrators to allow for instructors to Opt-in or Opt-out to use the New Content Experience (Lessons). When and what was the reasoning behind this deprecation? Thanks much. Travis
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Why is D2L using poor UX design with nested frame-based user interfaces
It is known issue, especially, on Lenovo laptops, that on some features the frame within a frame within a frame code design does not allow a user to scroll down to click the Add or Submit or Allow buttons. I gave an exam on Friday using the Video Record option in a Written Response Quiz Question with my English language…
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Underlying SQL?
Once I create and analysis in the analytics builder using the GUI is there a way to get to the underlying SQL to make modifications?
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