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Copy Components Update
Has BS considered making it easier to copy content, assignments, quizzes, etc.? A previous LMS I used allowed you to "edit, copy" a page/item from the page you were on. No need to click through several directives to copy one item. Is this capability being discussed or looked into? Thank you!
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Short answer question with a number range
How do we input an answer in a short answer question which permits any number between a range - eg any number between 1000-1400. We have [1000-1400] and if you type say 1125, it marks it as incorrect. Thanks in advance.
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Dropping the lowest grades from an assessed discussion post
Hi there, my institution has recently switched to Brightspace, and I am helping our educators move their assessments into the new system. It's been going well but I have hit a wall with a very specific problem; In this course, students must write weekly responses to articles (the educator wants to use the discussion board…
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Student says that Brightspace "lost" his assignment
A graduate student received an "F" because he did not submit his assignment on Brightspace. After he received the "F" he emailed me (the professor) and reported that he had indeed submitted the assignment on Brightspace on May 18th, but Brightspace "lost" his assignment. As the professor, I cannot see any submission from…
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How to embed Microsoft office documents (Word, PowerPoint, Excel etc) without turning into a PDF?
Hello, In the New Content Experience, I would like to embed the an online Word doc or PowerPoint (not just providing a link that takes the student outside of Brightspace). There used to be an embed code for PP or Word, but it seems that no longer exists. Also, when I upload static Word docs and PowerPoints, they get…
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I'm looking for advice on plagiarism software. What is a good match with brichtspace?
We used ouriginal until now, but since they have been taken over by Turnitin we don't have a good contact anymore and the new product isn't compatible with Brightspace yet so we are hesitating to sign a new contract with them. What do you use? what is already quite good in detecting AI use?
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AI-Simulated Panel Discussion Prompt: Incorporating Diverse Stakeholder Perspectives
Every complex issue has many sides. Whether exploring technology, policy, design, or community impact, real progress comes from hearing the different voices of stakeholders, the people who are affected by, contribute to, or have a stake in the outcome. With AI, it’s now possible to simulate these conversations, bringing…
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making video public
Hello, I recorded a video, and the professor reached out to me and told me that others cannot view the video. I am not sure how to make my video from private to public.
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Where can an instructor find an answer key for all tests and assignments
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Auditor Tool and standards - so that our mentors can view progress of their Programme Members
We have Facilitators on our courses that track progress at section level. But each of our Programme Members also have a mentor, sometimes that mentor is a mentor to 3/4 people on the same course. We have about 30 sections on a course (so 30 faciliatators), with a total of around 5000 Learners (programme Members) and 4000…
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Service-to-service authentication?
We want to automate some processes using the Brightspace API, without the need for a human to log in (because the automation process will be running on a server). Does Brightspace have a process for service-to-service (S2S) authentication? To reiterate, we need to integrate with Brightspace's API without user interaction,…
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video files play sound but no visual
Hi, does anyone know why or how to fix/resolve an issue where a student using Chrome on Windows can play/see videos that were uploaded to brightspace as Webpages/embedded but not see any video/visual (just a black screen) but can hear the audio, when the video was uploaded as a Video type page instead of a webpage? we…
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We just started having a problem with accessing our URL to get to our login page for D2L
The URL is: https://mccormick.brightspace.com We have tried two different browsers and cleared history and cache, and tried using three different networks. Still have the issue. It takes a while and once in a while we get to the login screen but more than not it finally errors out. We've made no changes on our end or to…
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Visibility settings
Is there a way to globally change the default for visibility to "Visible with Submission Restricted"? Our system defaults to "Visible with access restricted" which is painful to change on all assignments and discussions that's due dates vary from week to week. I may just be missing something simple, but would love any help…
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Course Extensions
I have a student who is a week behind and needs an additional week beyond the end date of the course to complete their work. Will adjusting Special Access for one or more gradable entities for a single student extending the availability of entities beyond the end date of the course? Or, does the course end date supersede…
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Attendance Tool - Freeze Learner Column
A limitation of the Attendance tool is that the 'Learner' name column is not frozen when you scroll right. It is very inconvenient after session column 10 to keep track of what Learner row you are on without scrolling back left to see the name. Can you add this to the known issues list? The Learner column and the first two…
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Student Completion Checkmark in Content
Is there a way to turn on the checkmark for required material in the Contents tab? The New Content experience removed this feature, and many of our students would like that to be available.
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Wanted: Example Custom CSS file for Creator+
Does anyone have an example custom CSS file for Creator+/Contentstyler that they are willing to share? We are new to Creator+, but we plan to make the most of the custom styler option.
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Is it possible for Instructors to import feedback comments to the Grades Tool
Hi There, I'm wondering if there is any way for instructors to import feedback comments via the Import function within the Grades Tool? Currently the csv file only contains columns for whatever Grade items have been selected for export. Is it possible to add a feedback column for import when populated? A similar query was…
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Is there a way to freeze the column with student names in the attendance register? Similar to what
Is there a way to freeze the learner column as you would in an excel spreadsheet? The attendance register is cumbersome to use after a certain point.