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Structured Assignment / Template-Based Submission in Brightspace
Hi everyone, We are looking for a solution within Brightspace (or a third-party integration) that would allow learners to complete structured assignment-style activities directly inside the LMS. The idea is similar to an assignment rather than a quiz. We would like learners to open the activity and complete predefined text…
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Bulk edit in NCE?
Hello, In the old Content, there was an option to bulk edit dates and restrictions of content; however, I don't see that option in the NCE. Is there a way to edit dates without tediously clicking on each content item? Thanks, Yildiz
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Retention period for deleted evidence in Portfolio
Hello D2L Community Support, What is the retention period for deleted evidence in Portfolio? I hope to seek advice if there is a "window period" where instructors can restore them before they are permanently deleted. Thank you.
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OAKS
I am a new Asynchronous online instructor. I am in need of assistance and introductory training on OAKS which is supported by Brightspace. Who can I turn for help?
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Viewing as learner vs demo student for release conditions
It is my understanding that if I put in a syllabus quiz as a release condition, I have to view it as the demo student. However, if I put in an additional release condition of visiting/viewing certain content, that cannot be viewed as the demo student, only as the learner. Therefore, I cannot see what the student sees for…
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Bulk User Management CREATE Duplicated Users
I recently needed to add an employee list to some training but remembered that half the list was already in our system from a previous training. Rather than cross-reference the employee list and existing user list, I decided to use the CREATE action with Bulk User Management. I decided to do it this way because in the…
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How to set up emailing announcements?
It is my understanding that the following was implemented in Nov. 2025… "the user interface for creating or editing an announcement, a new Send Email Copy checkbox now appears when an instructor creates or edits an announcement. This feature implements the following Product Idea Exchange (PIE) items: D1923 (Email…
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addresses are not coming up in Course Mail anymore?
Hello, when typing in names or usernames in the TO field in Course mail, no suggestions or any names come up anymore to select on? Will we have to type the full username@online.institution.com, out for example? thanks! Charmaine
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OAKS
I am a new Asynchronous online instructor. I am in need of assistance and introductory training on OAKS which is supported by Brightspace. Who can I turn for help?
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Merging accounts
Hello, Is it possible to merge two accounts together? For whatever reason, there are multiple accounts for some of my registered users, and I want to merge their accounts together.
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Where have the release notes gone?
Hi. I usually find release notes here: https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/categories/release-notes-en But this morning I find only discussion posts and not the usual lists of notes, etc.. Where have the rel. notes gone?
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Pass/Fail Final Grade Behavior in Brightspace, Numeric Final Grade Fields vs Dropdowns
I’m looking for some clarification around Pass/Fail workflows and Final Grades behavior in Brightspace. Current setup: Points grading system Pass/Fail grading scheme Selectbox grade items with dropdown associations Final Grade Released = Adjusted Final Grade Drop ungraded items enabled The individual assignment grade items…
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Class Progress: System Access
I have an instructor with a student who has completed very little of his class in Class Progress: When the instructor views System Access, this is what it reads: Why does the System Access say he's never visited? Isn't the term "system" mean all of the learning platform?
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Is it possible for learners to pick 4 out of 5 questions to complete?
In Brightspace, is it possible to set 5 written questions but have learners only attempt 4 questions (manually chosen by learner)? i.e. The quiz format would offer 5 questions. Learner is able to make the choice to select 4 questions (25 marks each) to do. Total mark should reflect 100 marks.
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Discussion Post and Reply Grading
I want to provide a grade for the initial discussion post (out of 5 points) and a second grade for their reply to one of their peers (out of 3 points). Is it possible to set this up and link it to the gradebook? If so, how?
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Merged: Discussion Post and Reply Grading
This discussion has been merged.
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Learners Cannot See Rubrics
We discovered today that students cannot see rubrics attached to discussions or assignments (dropbox). The rubrics are published and marked as visible to students, but they can't see them in the instructions as expected. We've been troubleshooting it for the past 1.5 hours and nothing makes sense or changes this results.…
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Use a formula in an analytic rubric
No formatter is installed for the format not-found
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Automatic Zero Grade Feature - Quick Guide
Hi Folks, I wanted to share a brief guide on how to utilize the new Automatic Zero Grade feature on our site today: 1. There are two configuration variables associated with this feature: "d2l.Tools.Grades.ShowAutomaticZeroSetting" "d2l.Tools.Grades.AutomaticZero" 2. To enable this feature so that instructors can activate…
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Instructors do not have the "create" button in the awards tool.
What is the variable for instructors to see the option to create a new award in a course? My instructors can see the "add" button, but the create button is missing.