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What is the best way to set up Surveys for all existing courses?
I've been asked to produce a survey for all 6000 courses. I was thinking of using the Copy to Other Courses as a method to distribute. Are there any other options without so much manual processing?
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Course Evaluation
We have been requested to use Brightspace to create and distribute course evaluations. The request is that the survey's themselves live within the organization unit and that we provide a link within the course page for students to access the survey. We want to do this because we don't want instructors to look at results…
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D2L Discussion Boards - Major Failing
Why don't you allow the "special access" option for discussion boards as you do for assessments such as quizzes and drop box items. This is a major failing of your system. There are times often enough, where students have a legitimate reason to request and receive additional time to post on a discussion board.
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On the Brightspace SCORM website on mobile, why is the text cut off?
When using the Brightspace SCORM website, most of the page is fine, but then certain areas trail off the page and are unreadable. I am doing a maths course and it affects being able to read long equations. Is this a problem with the design of the website or is there something I can do to make it display properly?
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Changing Brightspace Usernames?
Is it possible to change a Username on Brightspace without any disruption? Meaning can this be done without creating issues or any complications for the user and their course enrollments, etc.? Reasoning behind this, is that we have some username accounts that are not part of SSO O365 credentialing. Their accounts were…
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Students cannot see discussion forum
Hello. I have an instructor who created a discussion forum with no restrictions, release conditions, start dates, or end dates. I can see it fine as an admin and as the instructor but the students cannot see it. I even tried recreating the forum and that doesn't show either. I went into two different test shells and…
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export a grade item along with the feedback
Is there a way to export a grade item along with the feedback. For example I have an assignment that I gave feedback to each student and now I want to export that information.
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Error when trying to download PDFs from Learn
"Error Unable to download. The file associated with this content topic cannot be found." Getting the error above when I click on the download button.
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Adding a result from a final external exam
Following a course, we need to add a result from a final external exam for each learner so that the tutor can see the outcome and we can report on results for the class. What is the best way to do this?
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Character Limits for "Criteria" and "Description" when creating a new award?
Does anyone know what the character limit is for the Criteria and Description fields when creating a new award? We are trying to set up micro-credentials using the awards system in D2L, but I am having trouble finding what the character limit is for those important fields in the set-up of that award system. Thanks in…
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Record a Discussion post assignment in PHE 500 8-1 Discussion:
Record a Discussion post assignment in PHE 500 8-1 Discussion: Public Health Messaging and Communication. Kindly, Jae
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Sharing Analytics Builder Dashboards
My institution is implementing the Insights Portal. I have been tasked with learning the ins and outs of the Analytics Builder to build custom dashboards for my institution. I've had some success creating visuals that are going to be helpful to stakeholders for short-term and long-term tracking purposes. I keep hitting a…
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Question Flag
Does Brightspace have a feature of flagging questions on assessments so that students can identify a troubling question and can make sure to return to that question before they submit an attempt?
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Even clicking on the highlighted number leaves a message "un-read"?
It seems crazy that even after I read messages in the Discussion board they remain marked as UNREAD unless I click on each one individually and open it. It takes like three clicks to get rid of a notification for a message I've already read. Am I doing something wrong? Or is the Discussion board work-flow designed for…
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adjusting the # of attempts for a Quiz
I have a quiz that originally has 1 attempt, and I see that students are not doing well and I'd like to add an attempt. If I go to edit the quiz and simply add an attempt, will that work for all students, even those who have already taken the quiz once? Thanks!
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How can my TA edit the grades
I added my TA as instructor because I could not find a role like "teaching assistant" , however, my TA still could not see the Grades from their end.
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End dates and visibility
Hi all, Some of our faculty continue to use Classic Content while others have switched to NCE, and we're finding that end dates function differently in each one. In Classic Content, a Unit with an end date appears after the end date and the content still shows up, whereas in NCE the Unit is gone after the end date. Can…
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Weighted Item's showing up different ways for students
One of our Instructors noticed that their students grades are showing different weighted totals. Is this an issue we should be worried about and look into more? How could we make sure all students are graded equally? (NOTE: Two different assignments with different scores between students)
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Can replacement strings be used for nicknames?
Many students do not go by their given first names, and in some cases really don't like being called by their first names. Can a replacement string be used to pick up the nickname field in the profile?
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gradebook set up
I can't seem to set up my grade book properly. I don't know how to change percentages in some categories as they are grayed out. Is there a basic video about the grade book? Something other than the setup wizard. Thanks
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