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How to place a personalized component in homepage without affecting the layout?
Greetings! I'm designing a personalized course in brightspace for my college which must be a 'Gamified route'. Currently I have thought of everything I want in the gamified route, however, I am having problems when building custom components, because when creating them with HTML, JavaScript and CSS and placing them in,…
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Creating calculated grades
How can I use calculated grades in other calculated grades? The new calculated grades I created do not appear as an option to include in other calculated grades. I read somewhere that I have to make the new calculated grade a "milestone grade" first, but I don't see any option to do that when setting up a calculated grade.…
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Code highlighting and randomized answers when importing questions into Question Library via CSV?
I want to bulk upload questions for a final programming exam that I have written in the CSV format (referencing the information in this article). I can use the <code> tag to format the code answer choices, but they render only in monospace font, not using the Java syntax highlighting as when I manually click "Insert Code"…
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Make PIE and Community more cohesive.
If I notice an interesting post on the PIE, there does not seem to be anyway to message the person who posted it. I can "mention" them in a response to the post and hope they get back to me, but there is no way to send them a direct message. I mean, it seems like there is a simple way to do it: click on the "Message"…
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My students can't see the Start Quiz button when they try to take a quiz
I can access the quizzes with no problem and preview the quiz. When I view as student, I do not have a Start Quiz button.
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Brightspace dropping incorrect grade
For just one student in my class, the "drop lowest grade" option is not dropping the lowest grade (it is dropping a 75 when there is also a 0), I have many students where it is working fine, so I'm not seeing where it is my error. I have another student whose grades are very similar (2nd lowest grade is on same assignment…
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How do you regrade a matching question ?
I am working with an academic who has in a question the wrong grading type and wants to have grading of equally weighted. The quiz is already sat. How can this type of question be regraded please?
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Open Source Stock Image Libraries
Hello! We are moving to Brightspace from Blackboard. Our faculty are asking if any stock image libraries can plug into Brightspace. Faculty would like to add an image and search there for images (like on Facebook). Does that exist? Can it be built?
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Lumi
Lumi only seams accessible via the chat. Let's say my grades aren't summing and D2L produces an error code. Does the AI automatically anylize that and offer up a solution. This is when thing will really start getting interesting. Thanks!
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An assignment activity was completed but not reflecting in grade?
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Is there test course data that is available that I can upload into my instance of Brightspace?
Needing data to import into Brightspace.
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How to best move from competency to learning outcomes?
Our institution has been using Competencies for 5 years, and recently, we are exploring the Learning Outcomes. But without paying for the achievement+, we want to see the functions with Learning outcomes, but still using competency because we are constantly pulling the CLOE data for several programs. My questions: is there…
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Disable downlod for individual content in courses
Is this always going to be global or not? We would really like the ability to have select content being available to download, and other content not be able to.
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Groups and Threads
Hello! I have created my Groups in the course and would like to add each group to a discussion. If I start a thread under my discussion for each group, is there a way to restrict each group so that they are only able to view the thread for the group they are assigned to?
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Email/System contacts/address book
When sending an email from the email tool in a course site, when I select the drop down in the 'filter by' box, it lists ALL of the courses I have taught and take a very long time to search through and find the right course with the students that I am emailing. Is there any way to remove old courses from that and just have…
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Why can't I drag a folder that is within one unit to make it a separate new unit?
After the import from our current LMS into Brightspace, all of my weekly modules (Week 1, Week 2, etc.) are within the Course Content unit shown here. But I want each weekly module to be a separate unit instead. I can't seem to drag the entire Week 1 module, for example, above Course Content to make Week 1 a separate unit.…
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Adding a FAQ
How can I add my FAQ to my content? I've created one, but can't seem to find a way to include it in the content of my course. Thanks!
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Can an award be triggered on some but not all quizzes or dropboxes?
We have a client who would like learners to reflect either via dropbox or Written Response. These will not be graded and they will only need to complete 5 out of 8. Therefore there will be 8 quizzes or dropboxes to choose from and will only need to pick 5. Is there an option for D2L to release a certificate using an…
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Different Schedule for Merged Sections
Hi, is it possible to have a different schedule for each section in a course? For example, I merged three sections in the course offerings but wanted different schedules for each section. Thank you,
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the Brightspace identity provisioning interface in the production environment is not functioning cor
Currently, the Brightspace identity provisioning interface in the production environment is not functioning correctly and is therefore disabled. For students with a comma in their last name, we receive the error message: "LastName did not pass the regular expression used for validation." This again looks like a unilateral…