Reflect in ePortfolio

Question

Hello D2L Team,

I'm currently using D2L as a student at Deakin University. I'm also a learning designer, and our organisation is considering switching to D2L next year. As part of my exploration, I’ve been testing the UX/UI features of the LMS.

I’ve found the ePortfolio reflections tool to be quite useful. However, I’ve encountered an issue: I’m unable to upload images directly into a reflection. This seems a bit unusual, especially given that more complex media options, such as YouTube videos and Video Note are available.

Is this limitation due to an administrative setting that may have been disabled at the institution level, or is it an intentional design choice within the tool?

Many thanks

Jahan

Miguel.B.106 · Answer

Hi @Jahan.K.4317,

Thank you for reaching out to the Brightspace Community!. Unfortunately, by design, it seems that the insert images or files option from the Insert Stuff button from the Brightspace editor is not currently enabled in the ePortfolio tool into a reflection.

As a potential workaround, you may consider uploading the file as an artifact and then associating the reflection with such artifact.

Artifacts, collections, and presentations can all be linked to reflections. Only the associated item's name is accessible if you share a reflection linked to another item. Users can see the reflection as a component of the item if you share the related item.

Hope this helps!

Please feel welcome to reach out with more questions.

Best regards,

Miguel B.

Jahan.K.4317 · Answer

Hi @Janet.W.813 ,

Just checking that you've seen my last comment. Thanks

Jahan.K.4317 · Answer

Thanks Janet. My question is why I'm not able to insert images from my computer (or even using a URL it seems as I tested this yesterday).

The reason I mentioned Video Note and YouTube video was to say it is unusual that these options are available, but a simple image insert is not.

I wonder if this is a bug or a setting Deakin admin have used that disables image insert or that I am doing something wrong