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Students sometimes get anxious when they see the clock ticking on a timed exam. Is there any option to hide the timer?

Surprised by a student submitting a quiz 4 days late for a quiz with a defined start date and due date but no end date set. Is it necessary to set both due date and end date to the same date if you want the due date to be enforced? Is due date redundant, in this case, and one should set only start and end date? I did some…

I impersonated a student to see what they see when taking a quiz with questions aligned. I did not see any way for the student to know if the quiz question was aligned to a standard. Is there something extra I need to do? or is there no way for students to know if a question is linked to a standard?

Hi D2L and ReadSpeaker Clients, In the last rolling update from D2L, something happened that caused the D2L to skip the ReadSpeaker webReader player in quizzes. D2L currently has an internal/defect ticket (#01882671,) and they are currently working with ReadSpeaker developers to correct the issue. Since ReadSpeaker does…

We've had a couple of instructors notice a new issue when grading in Dropbox. Certain pdfs turned in to Dropbox behave strangely when we try to highlight a section and copy it into something else. Here's an example in a video: A live course that is having that issue is this one: Jaclyn Roberts paper for the Chapter 5…

Hello and a wonderful day to you! During the previous academic year, we began implementing the Standards for our chosen courses. While some of these Standards were linked with their respective rubrics, others were not. At present, we’re keen on assessing and reviewing our data. Upon exploring the Data Hub, I noticed…

Hello everyone, Are there any drawbacks to placing actual content (text) at the level of the unit or within one unit 'page' itself, rather than in a HTML file that sits within that unit? Similarly for lessons, is the lesson that you create meant to contain the content or is the bulk of the content meant to be made up of…

Why not put a reply button on each discussion thread instead of having to click the title and then clicking the reply button? Same thing if you want to view replies to a thread. Why not show at least a couple replies below the post?

Hello, I've noted that when uploading .xlsx files (Microsoft Excel files) to a course's content, it automatically converts the file to a .pdf file. A workaround I use is saving the Excel file as a .csv file as that file type does not get converted. Is there any way to configure our site so that .xlsx files do not get…

Hello, Is there a way to configure rubrics to be pre-checked to the highest mark per criteria so that I don't have to check a grade for each criteria. Some of my rubrics can be quite long and I'd ideally like to have the rubric assume that the student will receive full marks on the rubric and I can then adjust certain…

My online discussion board was reopened for one student to add their item and all the scores I previously entered disappeared. Is there a way to get them back and why did this happen?

Hello Brightspace Community! I'm wondering if anyone has used Brightspace to evaluate OSCEs or in-person practical exams. We are currently still evaluating practical exams using paper-based evaluation forms and I am looking for creative ways to digitalize this process. Thank you for your input. Melissa

I have set up a color scheme for my quizzes and applied it to all of my quizzes. (The same scheme for all quizzes.) However the subtotal (which I don't seem to be able to apply the scheme to) is being colored in some kind of weird approximation of the color scheme for most grade ranges (though the top range is the default…

Hi All, Could someone please give me a rundown on how the "bonus" items work within the grade book? Thank you in advance for any follow-up information!

I want to set up a quiz that has 52 questions each worth 2 points (so a possible 104 points) BUT I only want their grade to be based on out of 100. Essentially I want two bonus questions….BUT I do not want to specify which 2 questions are the bonus. I just want to set it so that it is raw score/100. What is the best way to…

I have created an Award system in a course & as administrator I am able to see "Classlist Awards". But I have employees who are in the Academic Support role & they can not view the awards students are getting within the course. I have tried to add Manage awards & Manage certificates but they are still not seeing the…

Has anyone used Course Merchant for curriculum management/curriculum offerings? If yes, is the information easily transferred to LMS (Learning Management System) without manual intervention?

I Have a problem when using Bulk Create, Some users didn't get the email verification. If any possibility that I can set up this? Usually using Bulk Create all normal, but right now we have a problem like this. Please Help