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Guide, tutorial or first steps to use the Brightspace API?
Greetings to all I am part of a university that has started to use Brightspace, something that interests us is data analytics with Power Bi using the Brightspace API, but we have no idea where to start. Do you know any guide, first steps or tutorial to start creating the Brightspace API connection with Power Bi? We…
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User.UserData.LastAccessedDate relecting user creation date?
Hi all, Has anyone else noticed that /d2l/api/lp/(version)/users/(userId) always returns a value for LastAccessedDate, even if the user has never logged in? The above snippet is for a user created late yesterday afternoon via the API, and we know the user has yet to access our Brightpace environment. I'm wondering if this…
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Retrieve user's enrolled courses after they logged into OAuth2.0 and got access token
I'm still not sure how to use that retrieve what courses the student is enrolled in. The goal is, the student clicks on the webapp, it redirects for OAuth and after that the backend gets an access token. What I want is after this step, is to check what courses the user is in. I was looking through the documentation and I…
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Using a CI/CD from Github to Brightspace Content editor tool?
Hi, I'm using Github as version control for my topics design source code which is using bootstrap framework. Is it possible at all to to use a CI/CD to ensure that when I commit push to Github its automatically update my contents in Brightspace units?
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Question about OAuth 2.0 authentication/authorization stage
Hiya, Just wondering if the client shell for OAuth 2.0 authentication linked in this article is appropriate for production use to obtain access tokens? Application: Or, would we have to develop our own workflow? Or use a library? I'm quite new to this, and so far I've been testing on a locally hosted server but I don't…
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Developer Instance: Manage Extensibility item missed for Data Admin and I can't add LTI 1.3 Tool...
Developer Instance: Manage Extensibility item missed for Data Admin and I can't add LTI 1.3 Tool Provider to check my tool. Is it okay? It seems that DevCoPDataAdmin has no permissions to do that. Maybe there is some other way how I can add my LTI 1.3 tool to the dev instance? Please, advice. Thank you!
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API upload file - 'processing failed' reasons?
On at least one occasion when I upload a course SCORM zip file with the upload API, when I check the status, it failed with a status of "PROCESSINGFAILED." (Other uploads succeed.) Is there a way to get additional information? Or does anyone know what could cause upload processing to fail? The zip file is only about 18 MB.…
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Course import using Brightspace API (and Postman)
— cross-posting; also posted in Developers group forum — Hi, I am trying to use the "Create a new course import job request" api: Has anyone successfully used this API endpoint using Postman? I'm using Postman 10.15.4. My API call authenticates but after a few seconds (evidently after the transfer of the zip file), I get a…
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Permission to see User in API
Hi team, I'm trying to access the UserData block of the calling user context, by the following Endpoint: If I use the URL/d2l/api/lp/1.43/users/ as an administrative user, I can see exactly the information I'm after (in this case specifically, I'm trying to retrieve the current users External Email). However, for a…
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Supporting adaptive assessments
We're working with our testing center to explore putting our writing placement exam into Brightspace. The goal is to create an assessment that helps students self-identify what writing (or reading/writing) course they should register for. The quiz tool doesn't support adaptive branching (currently), so I'm curious if…
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APIs - Set/Get Release Conditions
Hi all, In our organization, we make extensive use of the release conditions feature. As an example, we have a module in a course offering that contains numerous topics, each of which is a weblink that points to a student's Google Drive folder. We manually add restrictions to each of these topics so that only the specific…
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API to create parent/guardian relationship with student not working
I'm not able to make the PUT /d2l/api/bfp/(version)/relationships/ API (https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/user.html#put--d2l-api-bfp-(version)-relationships-) to create a parent/guardian and student relationship between a Student and Guardian. My PUT request goes to…
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Creating user via API issue
I am using our LMS to create users via the Brightspace API, logged in as Super Admin. I can create LEARNER users (RoleID: 438) without issue, but when I try to create a PARENT-GUARDIAN user (RoleID: 443), I get a 403 Not Authorized error. I've used a number of API functions: course creation, course copy, org structure, and…
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Is it possible to erase all the content and files from an OrgUnit in the Recycle Bin?
I looked into the API documentation and didn't find a way to erase files and the content of an OrgUnit in the recycle bin. Can someone help me?
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Has anyone had issues LibGuides using ILP due to cross listing Process?
Hello, Does anyone use Colleague along with the ILP course provisioning process? We are having issues with our library services tool, LibGuides using the ILP to provision the cross listed courses. LibGuides uses naming conventions which are altered through the cross listed creation process by ILP in D2L. The creation of a…
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Setting Due Dates on Assignment using API?
I'm trying to use API to programmatically set the due date fields on an assignment from an external application. I've searched the API reference and haven't been able to find anything related to assignments or due dates. Has anyone had this issue and been able to find API to solve this? Thanks!
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Integrations? D2L Standard CSV, Valence API, which others?
In the documentation of D2L Standard CSV 2.0/2.1 it says "D2L Standard CSV is one of the many information system integration options that are commonly used by D2L clients". Other than the D2L Standard CSV in different versions, and the Valence API, which other integrations are available for integration of course templates,…