Brightspace Data Sets Updates

We're trying to link together all our quiz data, and we're seeing that likely datasets are either incomplete or empty altogether.

Quiz Question Answer Options BDS is empty

Quiz Question Answers BDS only has about 10% of the total number of questions we have in quizzes.

Question Library BDS we think is complete.

just checking if there's something obvious we're missing before creating a ticket :)

Full datasets thanks Roxana

Thanks for responding Theo. I recommend two more checks :

1. Do you know if the quizzes in your organization include answer options for these question types: Short Answer, Fill in the Blanks, and Multi-Short Answer? Based on the documentation here : https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/4532-quizzes-data-sets#quiz-question-answer-options this is the type of data you should expect in this dataset.
2.  Are there any Differential datasets for Quiz Question Answer Options that have any data ?

If the answer is Yes for 1 or 2 , please create a case, otherwise it should be expected based on setup.

I hope this helps.

Thanks,
Roxana

thanks Roxana, Quiz Question Answer Options are all blank, differential and full.

as the answer to Q2 is 'no', I think you're saying that would be expected based on setup? not sure I follow that.

Multiple choice questions are not going to appear in the Quiz Question Answer Options data sets. Only if there are Short Answer, Fill in the Blanks, and Multi-Short Answer question types in your organization it will be revealed in the datasets.

What I meant by "based on setup" is data reveleaved in the datasets are based on the quiz setup by the administrators, course designers or teacher ( depending on the roles and permissions setup by the administrator group in your organization). Whoever created the quizzes is considered client setup.

If you would like to test that dataset, my suggestion is to create a test quiz in your Sandbox course with Short Answer, Fill in the Blanks, and Multi-Short Answer and notice if the data is there in the dataset after next generation time.

A small reminder that Brightspace Datasets are running on a set schedule and knowing that schedule will give you an idea when you can download the correct dataset.

Hope this helps.

thanks for all that info Rosana, I can see that our assumption that MCQ answers, are quiz question answers is not correct.

what we're trying to achieve is a way to report on all MCQ answers regardless of whether they were chosen or not.

Quiz User Answer Responses does give us the MCQ answer and indicates if it was correct, but obviously doesn't include any responses not selected by any user.

Hi Everyone - Following the December release, all our data sets named Organizational* (US spelling) have changed to Organisational* (UK spelling). The csv files still use the US spelling. This change wasn't mentioned in the December release notes. Has anyone else experienced this?

Thanks for sharing these insights mate as I found it very much useful and informative.

Hi Lisa,

This really is not a one-size-fits-all solution — so much depends on how Colleges have deployed their Brightspace environments, how much Faculty Development has focused on report LDA, and most critically, how the College has defined LDA vis-a-vis institutional learning environment use policies and Registrar reporting requirements.

Start with existing practices — usually in the Registrar's office, and engage with the Faculty Development folks as to how the institution is currently solving this question, and look for avenues of improvement.

-mike

(p.s. This would be an excellent topic for its own discussion thread. This thread exists primarily for folks to "follow" for "when new Brightspace Data Sets updates are announced in Keeping on top of Brightspace Data Sets updates." )

@Claire.D.2, The removal of LastAccessed, FirstLoginDate from the Users BDS in Version 10 is really bad news for my institutions. The goal of eliminating 'redundancy with datasets around user logins and sessions' is appreciated, but those other data sets do not cover all use cases (primarily historical information or quick validation). The inclusion of 'LastAccessed' in July 2020 was a great benefit, that is now being removed. How can we ensure those high-value columns stay in place?