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Course active/inactive permission
I would like to allow a role to have access to mark a course as active or inactive. What is the setting in the permissions area?
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Has anyone experienced the discussion forum shutting down unexpectedly?
A student was composing a discussion post in the forum, and the discussion page shut down unexpectedly. She was redirected to the homepage of her course, and she lost the post she had started. Has anyone experienced this and were you able to discover the cause and solution? I'm thinking it may be due to internet connection…
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Can an organization have more than one Super Administrator?
Can an organization have more than one Super Administrator?
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Preventing intelligent agents from flagging instructors as violators in their own class
In this scenario, an instructor created an intelligent agent to identify students who did not submit their homework. However, the agent also flagged the instructor as a non-submitter. How do I fix this? Which tools to select, and what items from those tools should be unchecked or checked?
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How to remove the feedback option from Final Calculated/Adjusted Grades area
Hi, I've done some searching but cannot find any documentation on this. How does one REMOVE the option of providing feedback in the final calculated/final adjusted grades area? Thanks :)
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Inserting Storyline activity with a description
I am trying to insert a Storyline activity into D2L. I am able to upload the zip file as a SCORM file, but have issues with wanting to insert a description/instructions before the activity. (See below). In the first screenshot, I have uploaded the file as SCORM but am unable to add a description above. It appears below the…
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Recognition of A Module
Good Day. I need assistance with recognition of one module which is Financial accounting since I have done the Financial accounting in my National Diploma course already now I'm doing advance diploma in BA so I really need help and I don't know how to go about with this. Kindly advice on how to go about with doing that.…
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What tool to set up?
I created a new role and named it "Faculty Observer." I copied this role from the instructor and removed permissions so it can only see or view Course Content, Class List, Class Progress, Calendar, Attendance, Dropbox, Discussions, Email, Grades, Quiz, Users, and News. The problem now is that users with that role can no…
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Pass/Fail Threshold
Resolved-As I was reviewing the image after I submitted the question, I noticed the coloum header said %. The person who had set this up put the point value rather than percentage. Changing the Assigned Value % to 75 resolved the p/f setting error. ========================================================= I am attempting…
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Notifications on Discussion for Extended Student.
We have a professor who is needing to mark a student as Incomplete for the semester. This would give this particular student access to the course outside of the normal availability dates of the course, allowing them to submit work and things like that. My question is if this student with the extension comments on another…
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Spanish Characters
Do you know if there is a button professors can add to to test questions in BrightSpace that has some Spanish characters on it that the students can select to insert? Their keyboards are missing Áá Éé Íí Óó Úú Ññ Üü
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Show correct/incorrect for fill in the blank questions?
I have a fill in the blanks question with five blanks. If a student correctly fills in all five blanks they get full points. If some of their responses are incorrect, they get partial credit. When they review their submission, they can see their score on the question overall but they tell me they can't see which responses…
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Adding accommodations to classlist
Hello. I wanted to bulk add students with accommodations to Brightspace and allow faculty to see this student has an accommodation via an icon on class list. Is this possible? K
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Brightspace D2L Internal Messaging
Could you help me with a setting to highlight unread mail within the tool? To me, there is insufficient visual distinction between read and unread messages (either color or "boldness"), so I often inadvertently miss messages. Is there a way to make unread messages red or Bold or something that stands out more? I looked in…
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Can a lecturer set up a Virtual Classroom for someone else to open as moderator?
We have a query from lecturers who would like to set up Virtual Classrooms for someone else to open and run as the moderator. Currently the lecturer has to start the VC and hand over presenter rights before signing off. Naturally this means the lecturer has to be available at the start of the session, which can complicate…
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Assessing with Rubric not saving in Gradebook
I have a professor who has developed a rubric to assess students abilities on physical skills for their nursing program. The skills are observed in person and then documented in Brightspace to assign a grade. The items in the grade book do not actually have an assignment linked to them as they are performed in person. The…
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Enrollment Verification Process
We currently use Qwickly tool that we connected to our D2L environment. We are considering alternatives and have heard mention of using an activity like a quiz. Can anyon share any experiences with using an activity towards enrollment verification. Or any other process used for that purpose
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Unexpected IPSIS Enrollment Behavior
Our institution regularly sends files to IPSIS to populate/maintain our students course offering and section enrollment in Brightspace. We have encountered an issue with course offerings containing multiple course sections (i.e. cross-listed courses). If a student changes enrollment from one of the course sections under a…
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Second Instance of Brightspace
Hi Everyone! Our Continuing Education department is configuring their own instance of Brightspace. If you are with an institution with several instances, how do you manage them? Do you have a separate admin for each instance or one admin to "rule them all"? Thanks!
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Student Answers in Dropbox PDF Disappear?
I am working with a math instructor who uses use Assignment Dropbox to collect PDF scans of students’ homework assignments. In one instance, a student’s answers to problems seem to disappear from the PDF file when viewed in the Dropbox grading area. When the instructor went to evaluate it in the Assignment Drop Box, the…