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Wish grade items could be separated into formative and summative.
I wish there was a way to indicate if grade items were formative or summative. Since formative do not factor into grade calculation, it would be great to have a toggle button to look at only one type of evaluation at a time.
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How to allow student(s) to opt-in/-out of an assignment
I’m setting up an assignment workflow where students can choose whether or not they want to complete a supplementary assignment. They’ll be asked a simple Yes/No question to opt in or opt out. I’m looking for advice on two things: What’s the best way to add a questionnaire or opt‑in/opt‑out form in Brightspace (can be…
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Question pool set-up
I need to create a 10-item quiz from a pool of 100 questions in the library. These 100 questions are organized into 5 sub-pools of 20 questions each. Is it possible to for the quiz to call only one of these sub-pools at a time, meaning all 10 questions should be from the same and only pool.
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Youtube videos not playing in embedded SCORM files
We are using the new content experience in Brightspace. I have imported a SCORM file (v. 1.2 created using Articulate Rise) containing some YouTube videos. When I set the SCORM file to display in the embedded player, the YouTube videos will not play. They display the error 'Video unavailable. This videos is restricted from…
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What is "Active Display" in the Assignments tool?
In the current (Feb 2026) Release Notes, in one of the changes for the Assignments tool, I see the mention of "Active Display", capitalized, as though this were a brand or other proper name for something. This term is mentioned in a handful of places in D2L's online documentation, but without any real context in any of…
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Bonus points for a pool
I have extra credit material for my students to review, and I have created question-pools out of that material, as I do not want all my students to have the same extra credit question. But I find that Brightspace will not allow me to make the questions in a pool for Bonus. Does anyone have a solution for that ? That is, is…
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Certificate Credential URL
Does Brightspace issue credential URLs?
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Security measures in Brightspace to prevent cheating?
Are there any settings or features in Brightspace that can help prevent or limit copy-and-paste actions during quizzes (such as disabling right-click etc)? Thanks!
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How can i view more than just the first page on the pdf viewer when using an Ipad?
I am experiencing a problem where I cannot view more than just the first page of any document on the pdf viewer when using my Ipad. I saw that other people had the same problem but no solution was posted under the questions so I cannot use/try their sollution. Does anyone have a solution for this problem or does the pdf…
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Hiding certain events in the Calendar
Kia ora, we are setting up a course in Brightspace and want to hide certain events in the calendar (it is getting quite cluttered). However, when using the Manage Dates tool, the option to hide these events in the calendar is greyed out: Is there a way to fix this? It is worth noting that elsewhere in the Manage Dates tool…
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Assignments - unresponsive when connecting to Grade Book
Case 02283708 “Assignments - Slowness when connecting to Grades” has been marked as resolved, but I am still experiencing the issue! When creating or editing an Assignment, and adding it to Grade Book or linking to an existing Grade item, the page becomes unresponsive for up to 60 seconds. The same happens when you save…
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User enrollments API call not returning enrollments with role "Student"
Hello, I'm currently working with Server-to-Server Oauth2 and have run into an issue pulling enrollment. I cannot get enrollments where a user's role is "Student", with the exception of the Organization. This is limited to calls using the /d2l/api/lp/ routes. Our Service User has been given full permissions to everything…
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Single Sign ON Account
I signed in and made a password but can't see how to set up single sign on. In the directions, everything i click is a picture and not a link that will take me where I need to go….
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Creating a Report for college-wide absentee students
Hi there, I'd like some advice or direction on how to handle an issue at my college. I have some staff members asking me if there is a way to create a college-wide report that lists all the students the didn't show up to their online classes after the first week (and list the classes the absentee students are in as well).…
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Release conditions
I would like to make it so my students can work ahead in the course. I would like to create a release condition that if they complete all of the tasks for a lesson that the next lesson will open up. I can easily figure out how to do that, but then I would also like there to be a release condition that overrides that if a…
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how do post my assignments on turnitin
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Number of tiles displayed in the Visual Table of Content
Hi . As system admin, I would like to limit the number of tiles displayed in the Visual Table of Content. Currently the vaule is 12, which takes up quite a lot of screen space. I cannot see any where in the documentation that it is possible to set a custom value. Does anyone know otherwise?
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Lock a Topic in Discussions (disable Start a New Thread)
Use case: I want to use a Topic to publish “read‑only” Threads to learners. The Topic shouldn’t show a Start a New Thread button, and learners must be able to view historical threads but not post or reply. Research: I noticed that setting a future Start Date in Edit Topic > Availability hides participation options, but it…
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MS365 LTI & D2L
Hi all, We are looking to integrate MS365 into our D2L instance (specifically to make it easier for Instructors to schedule meetings). However, before we do that, we wanted to see/hear about other schools' experiences (and had a few questions besides). What are the pros/cons of having the MS365 integrated (with special…
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Help! I'm having a brain fog. How do I send my professor my work from the class activities folder?