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Hello I've just copied a course and want to add it into another course.. Can anybody remind me how to do this? I can see how I can add the survey and assignments bust I can't see how I can import in the other elements of the course that I've copied. Hope you can help. Best regards Debbie

Our courses have had badges since launch, and these have been awarded to learners as they have completed various modules and courses. I am now testing certificate templates for the same courses. I have added a release condition such that the learner earns the certificate by earning the course completion badge (which, in…

Can an intelligent agent be set up so that when someone is assigned learning (i.e., a course) through Learning Groups, they immediatley get a Welcome Email sent to them? Please see attached pic for the current set up of the IA. Or is it only possible to have the IA run hourly? Thanks!

Does the Sections tool completely isolate students in different sections from each other? Specifically, if there is a Brightspace shell for Psych 100 with two sections (1 and 2), and a student is enrolled in section 1, with the Sections tool, but not enrolled in section 2... Is there any way that student could see the…

Is there a way in D2L to prevent students from downloading a document onto their computer? I have a PDF document that I want students to be able to view/read within a specific module, but it is a section of copywritten material. While I have permission from the publisher to use it in the class, students should not be…

How can an instructor move an assignment to the correct place when a student has put it into the wrong dropbox? Thanks!

Hi everyone, We are using the New Content Experience and the New Student Experience. We are noticing that when students progress through a content module, checkmarks do not appear for all the pages. We have tested this and when we log in as a student (not impersonating but actually logging in with a test account) - and…

Could someone help me? I'm worried that students can see each other's private journal entries. When I go in as a student, I am able to see other students. I checked with my Vanderbilt Brightspace team and they said there is no way to set up private journals - but I've done this for years. I'm wondering if something has…

I used to be able to have a border around the outside of the table but no borders on the cells inside the table. Now, when I choose to put a border around the table, it also puts the same border around all of the cells. I cannot remove the cell borders without removing the table border. Please help!

We have been testing the New Learner Experience (LX) for potential use in training courses in our instance. However, the color of the new view defaults to a bright blue. Is it possible to change this color?

Can you assign special access for a user across multiple assignments? Or do you have manage special access for each assignment individually? Is there a way to bulk edit special access for students who have accommodations?

If a learner is struggling to open an excel file attached to a quiz question, is a browser block on pop ups etc. the reason for it? No other student has experienced this issue.

An instructor reported the following issue. The instructor "conducted surveys and several students submitted responses but their responses never were recorded. The majority were but several were not." Thanks

Hello, I like to know if it is possible to give individual permissions for one student response and a marker in the discussion forum and hide from view of other students? Thank you. Caroline.

Hi, We want to make powerpoints available to student from a specifc date onwards. Is it enough to set the start date to a specific date, as shown in the image? In Dutch though ;) And to have the visibility toggle switched to 'visible'? Now it also shows the start date in the bottom right corner, as shown in the next image.…

If it is, does D2L provide the account for shuffle exchange to the administrators?

I put a course in the recycling bin without removing the students first. How do I get the course out? If I leave the course in the recycling bin will this cause a problem?

Hi All, I've been asked to delete a course from Brightspace but I'm not sure how to do it. Please advise. Thanks.

I am able to export the rubric into the LOR and import the rubric into course content, but it isn't functional as a rubric. Can anyone tell me how to import a rubric for using in a course to grade?