batch visibility toggle

Question

When I upload a bunch of documents to a unit in Brightspace, the items all default to invisible to students. After the documents have been uploaded, I have to select each document one at a time and click the visibility toggle button for each uploaded file. Is is possible to automatically make items visible when they upload, or to select a bunch of documents to make visible all at once rather than one at a time?

Janet.O.779 · Answer

For those who may visit this later and wonder, there's another post that includes a screenshot of the problem context, which reveals that it is indeed in the New Content Experience/Lessons…. which is why I can't duplicate the issue myself just dragging and dropping into Content in the Classic Experience.

https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/discussion/8663/how-do-i-make-a-batch-of-documents-visible

It seems the only real solution (for instructors) is to contact your Brightspace Administrator to see if they're willing to adjust the Config Variable for Lessons, just as Chris mentioned.

Chris.S.534 · Answer

Hi Kenith,

If using Lessons there is a configuration variable d2l.Tools.Content.Lessons.NewTopicsAreVisibleByDefault that manages the behaviour of newly created topics in the Content tool. Note this variable is managed by your institutions Brightspace administrators.

* The configuration variable d2l.Tools.Content.Lessons.NewTopicsAreVisibleByDefault is used to control the default visibility of new content topics within the New Content Experience (Lessons).

* When this configuration variable is set to ON, any new content topics added to a module in the New Content Experience are automatically set to "Visible" for learners by default.

In the Classic Content Experience:

* Go to Content from the navbar.

* Select Table of Contents.

* Click on Bulk Edit.

You can now bulk edit the entire module or individual topics and make them visible.

Hope this helps!