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Email/System contacts/address book
When sending an email from the email tool in a course site, when I select the drop down in the 'filter by' box, it lists ALL of the courses I have taught and take a very long time to search through and find the right course with the students that I am emailing. Is there any way to remove old courses from that and just have…
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Why can't I drag a folder that is within one unit to make it a separate new unit?
After the import from our current LMS into Brightspace, all of my weekly modules (Week 1, Week 2, etc.) are within the Course Content unit shown here. But I want each weekly module to be a separate unit instead. I can't seem to drag the entire Week 1 module, for example, above Course Content to make Week 1 a separate unit.…
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Adding a FAQ
How can I add my FAQ to my content? I've created one, but can't seem to find a way to include it in the content of my course. Thanks!
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Can an award be triggered on some but not all quizzes or dropboxes?
We have a client who would like learners to reflect either via dropbox or Written Response. These will not be graded and they will only need to complete 5 out of 8. Therefore there will be 8 quizzes or dropboxes to choose from and will only need to pick 5. Is there an option for D2L to release a certificate using an…
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Different Schedule for Merged Sections
Hi, is it possible to have a different schedule for each section in a course? For example, I merged three sections in the course offerings but wanted different schedules for each section. Thank you,
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the Brightspace identity provisioning interface in the production environment is not functioning cor
Currently, the Brightspace identity provisioning interface in the production environment is not functioning correctly and is therefore disabled. For students with a comma in their last name, we receive the error message: "LastName did not pass the regular expression used for validation." This again looks like a unilateral…
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What size image can an instructor upload to 'Change Image' for their course?
is there a recommended size? or limit before the picture looks different please? thanks!
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Instructor view as student?
Hello everybody, How I can convert the view from " Instructor view" to "Student view"? The one I can see here only "As Instructor", and when I removed I still see the same content?
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Learner course registration and end dates
Hello I'm setting up a business law course where learners are registered at different times for a 6 month period and then withdrawn. I've partly set up an intelligent agent to do this - see here - which I've set just to withdraw after a day so that I can test the function. I can't find though where the instructor can see…
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setting up gradebook
I set up a categorie QUIZZES which includes 11 items (Quiz 1-Quiz 11). 3 questions about that step: I would like only 10 out of the 11 quizes to count toward the final grade (I would like the quiz with the lowest score to be automatically dropped. How do I set it up. I put my gradebook as points. every quiz is worth 10…
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Quizes and Assessments
Good day, Is it possible to set ungraded quizzes and assignments or is that a standard requirement?
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Question relating to Grades
Hello, please can some remind me how you change the type of grade from 'numerical' to 'selectbox'.
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new/classic content experience
which roles/permissions do I need to select in order to give someone the possibility to switch from the classic content view to the new content experience within one course?
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export of pronouns in Brightspace for the UU
Dear reader, Can you please provide us a list with all the pronoums in Brightspace for the Utrecht university? (https://uu.brightspace.com/) Regards, heleen
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Why is Intelligent agent is not picking up one student?
I am using Intelligent agent to give the students a congratulation email for getting 100% on a quiz. I had 7 get 100% When the agent ran it only picked up 6 of them. I am wondering if anyone has any ideas?
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Is there a fixed Teacher Module feature?
A teacher Module is always hidden from students, has lesson plans and other teacher documents including marking guides and answers. Currently, we have been creating a Module with that label and keeping it hidden. Also, added a Release Conditions to ensure only with the teacher role can view.
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How to get students to see course average?
I have 2 course one of them the students cannot see their course average but in the other they cannot. The Grade setup wizard is identical in both courses.
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Can Assignment submissions be automatically uploaded to portfolio?
Is it possible to link assignment submissions to the portfolio tool where a student's assignment upload automatically gets sent to their portfolio as well? If possible, how can I set this up? If not possible, would something like an intelligent agent be of any help creating this assignment-portfolio link?
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duplicate / shadow assignments appeared
I somehow have created duplicate assignments within my gradebook that are named "File"(1) or "File"(2). Some of these show up for the students with no grades, others show up with grades twice. I know I have to delete one of the assignments, but which one? I don't want to lose the student grades, or have to enter them all a…
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Export/Import Brightspace Packages do not seem to provide identical setup
I have an org unit/module with content, quizzes, release conditions, grades. The layout in Content is basically Parent folder and Sub-folders with pages, quizzes. Had planned to export this out as a Brightspace package so that my users can download the package at their own time and import this package into their own…
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