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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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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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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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Display Class Average to Users & Display Grade Distribution to Users Privacy Issues
Hi. I have an instructor who is concerned about privacy in a small class if she uses the Display Class Average to Users or the Display Grade Distribution to Users options in a Grade Item. She is afraid other students may figure out student grades. Is there any setting that requires a minimum number of users in order for…
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Updating questions in an exam
I'm wondering if anyone has any thoughts on this- I created an exam in my Sandbox and imported it along with the question library to my course instance. My exam runs partially on questions pools (draw 2 MCQs from Chapter 2 etc). When I look at the Question library in both my sandbox and my course, the questions are up to…
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Options for sections
Is it possible in Brightspace to teach a course for several years and make a subdivision with sections per year, per period, per class. The content of the course is unchanged. The announcements, assignments, quizzes etc will change. It is possible to work with 1 course instead of creating a new course per year/period.
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Error message when inputting grades
I have a faculty member who is putting in grades and they are getting an error message that instructs them to: Enter a non-zero denominator. They have been putting in grades for weeks now and up until today, putting in grades in the gradebook was not an issue. Then they opened the class today and this error came up having…
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Suggestion: Add 'Only Show Users with Unpublished Submissions' Filter Option for Grading Assignments
When I grade an assignment that requires an attachment such as a Word document, I use the filter shown in Figure 1 below to find submissions I have not graded yet. After finding the new submissions, I select them all and click Download to download the attachments, as shown in Figure 2 below. The issue is when I reapply the…
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Hi I am trying to create an account with Brightspace for an online course
Hi I am trying to create an account with Brightspace for an online course I wish to do through Derby University, unfortunately after receiving a verification code, I received the following error message - Single Sign-On Error, are you able to help me to log on ?. Many thanks for your help, Kind regards Andy P
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Due date for graded Discussion topic?
I have an instructor who has a series of graded discussion topics in his course. He wants to add a due date to each topic but neither of us can see this option anywhere. Is it possible to add a due date to a graded discussion or can we only set start date/end date followed by manually creating a calendar event for a "due…
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How to make Final Adjusted Grades visible to students
I tried via the Grade Setup Wizard, checking the Automatically Release etc, but students still cannot see the Final Adjusted Grades. From Manage Grades, attempting to make Final and Final Adjusted grades to students I get the error: "Final grades cannot be hidden or made visible" This is very frustrating and time wasted…
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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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How do I remove a user from a SECTION using the API
I am able to enroll a user into any given section using the API, however I am unable to remove that same user from any given section using the API. I've reviewed the various endpoints, and the closest I got to removing a user using the API from a section was to call the DELETE method on an endpoint like this:…
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Discussion forums in content and assessment section
My assignments and projects appear in both Content and Assessment sections of Brighspace. On the other hand, the discussion forums only appear in the Assessment section. Is it possible to make the discussion forums also appear in the Content section? Or is it possible for the assignments and projects only appear in the…
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New Content Experience vs. New Learner Experience
Hello Brightspace Community, We are currently using the New Content Experience (NCE) for all of our courses, but we are interested in turning on the New Learner Experience (NLE). We really like NLE, particularly the arrows to navigate through content, the more visible tracking and knowing where they left off, and general…
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Is there a feature/setting to ensure student is manually enrolled into ONE group only?
Is there a feature/setting for Brightspace groups that can prevent lecturers from manually grouping one student into multiple groups? Like a notification or indicator that flags up. Sometimes when there are too many students to be grouped into a pre-determined grouping, this setting/feature would help our lecturers to…