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I set up attendance for my course sections. Is there a way to automate the attendance process?
I have about 50 students in each section and it would take an inordinate amount of time to manually take attendance each class session if there is no way to automate this process. I have used other applications that automate attendance, but they charge students an additional fee, which I am trying to avoid if at all…
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September 2024/20.24.9 Release Notes published!
The September 2024/20.24.9 Release Notes are now live and ready for review in all languages! 🔍️
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Instructor Permissions
I want my instructor role to be able to reset passwords manually and send password reset links. Where am I finding this in permissions???
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Anonymous Marking
If students submit word documents in an assignment with anonymous marking turned on, is it possible for the instructor to download the word doc, and in the Word doc Properties menu see the student information? Or, does Brightspace anonymize the Word doc Properties details as well?
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How do I set up attendance for daily classes.
Our classes run for 15 weeks and I don't see how I could cram 15 weeks into register. Is there a calendar version. Helpful to link students to missed lectures, handouts, assignments.
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Have only 6 out of 11 grade items count towards a grade
We have 11 discussion topics for an Assessment. Students are only required to choose 6 out of the 11. The 6 items should be reflected in gradebook. How do we set the gradebook to reflect this as students may choose a random 6 topics. Some students will do 8, not 6 but only their best 6 will count. Others will only do 4. Is…
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Outcomes Datasets
Hi, We are trying to build a dashboard in PowerBI, that shows which of our Learners have met or not met the outcomes on a course. However we are struggling to work out which datasets show which usersIDs have met each outcome. Does anyone know which dataset this is?
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Where are student submissions after a course merge occurs stored?
I'm aware the data such as assignment submissions already submitted in a course does not reflect in the new merged course (once this happens). Is there any way for administrators or instructors to access this student data? Is it stored somewhere accessible? A use case for this would be papertrail or a backup of student…
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How can I access my digital book
How can I access my digital book
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Special access summary shows "No users" regardless of actual user count
In the assessment page's Availability Dates & Conditions sidebar, under Special Access, the user summary now shows "No users" with a red error icon. Up until recently, this would show an accurate count of users who have been granted special access (eg. "138 users")." This seems to be a recently-introduced bug.
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Exploring LAM Services
On September 17th 10am EST, connect with a panel of Learning Administration Managers to learn how they can enhance your Brightspace experience.
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Exporting my course
I am about to click on "Select Course Material" and suddenly got cold feet. Can I undo anything after I press "continue?"
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Switching from Instructor to Student view
Is there a way that when you switch from Instructor to Student view and back, that it doesn't go to the main page and stays on the page that you are trying to view?
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Best Practices for the Create a Course Widget
Hi, I have been searching for over a week now to find more information than is provided in the Documentation tab regarding what are the best practices for using the Create a Course widget in Brightspace. I haven't been able to find anything. I work for a post-secondary institution that uses Brightspace and have been asked…
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Using data from BS on external resources like JotForm via replace strings.
Previously I've modified links in NavBar with "?email={UserName}" to make BS provide that type data to the respective field within JotForm form and it worked in external window. Recently I've been asked to put such links within pages with various course content and noticed that in that case it seems to work only in…
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Why does the Visual TOC widget image not match the course banner image?
Hi - For some reason the Visual Table of Contents (TOC) widget image does not match the course banner image - for all my courses. However, this is not the case for other people who are enrolled in the course - the images do match for them. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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How do I find my course on Brightspace
How to find purchase course
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whimis exam
whimis exam
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Error about Invalid deep linking response from the tool: Invalid JWT.
Hi everyone, I am a developer of a tool provider. We can use LTI 1.3 to launch our tool. However, when we send a deep linking response back to Brightspace, we have an error saying the JWT is invalid. We have done extensive research about this issue but could not figure out why. So I am seeking some help here. Here is the…
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Configuration of {AwardDate}
When certificates are generated, the replace string {AwardDate} populates with the name of the day (e.g. Friday, August 29, 2024). Is it possible to configure {AwardDate} to remove the name of the day in the date?