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Can't Change Assignment Type to Group Assignment
I created an assignment in which I inadvertently failed to post date the start date until after I created groups for the class. A student submitted his work, which I did not grade, and the Assignment Type setting locked to Individual Assignment. I deleted the student's submission and changed the start date to a later time…
Is there a way to only list student usernames in Dropbox
We tried using anonymous marking for our Dropbox assignments, but when 5 out of 10 students are selected to have their assessments published, all 10 students will no longer be anonymous in the Dropbox folder. So we are thinking of changing the usernames we use for student accounts and were wondering if Dropbox can list…
Using Brightspace to Track Scholarship Points
I recently started building a Brightspace course for the scholarship program that I oversee, in which each of our 100-120 scholars must earn 100 points per year based on their campus involvement. For example, being a student org president earns you 15 points, attending an educational campus lecture earns 5 points each,…
Turnitin not providing submission button/needing administrator permission to remove from assignment
I had an instructor say he received several emails from students stating they didn't have a way to submit the assignment (which would go through Turnitin). We did not get any screenshots of this. The instructor then went to remove using the Turnitin feature but he said a notice came up saying he had to get administrator…
Unable to display assignments in annotation tool
We had some instructors report getting this error when using Firefox a couple of weeks ago, changing browsers resolved the issue. We are now seeing this in Google Chrome. I haven't noticed this on the known issues log, but wanted to see if anyone else had this problem before submitting a ticket.
Strange Comment Behavior. Text Shifting Out of Place in Sentences
One of our faculty experienced the cursor acting strangely when leaving comments on an assignment. While she was typing the comment box would sometimes shirt her text back to a point in the sentence it did not belong. So "The dog ran across the street" becomes "across the street The dog ran". Has anyone else heard of this?…
Custom Rubric Dataset with Assignment Title & Instructor Feedback – Need Help with Table Connections
Hello, I'm working on creating a custom rubric dataset that includes some information from the advanced rubric dataset and additional fields like instructor feedback. My goal is to be able to link rubric data to the assignment title to track rubric usage, grades, and feedback from different course sections. Here's where…
Review a student's self-assessment
As an instructor I want to view a student's self-assessment. This seems not possible. Why is that? Or am I missing something? Basically I want to create a course or lessen 'check in' to see how my students feel about themselves regarding their course progress with the help of different kind of question (types). A quiz…
Using a script to surface draft assignment grades - Javascript question
Our institution have been using the following script Steve Bentley posted back in 2019 https://community.brightspace.com/s/article/Developer-Spotlight-Using-a-script-to-surface-draft-assignment-grades Recently I've been looking to modify the script but my Javascript knowledge is basically non existent so I'm not even sure…
docx File Preview
I don't understand why I cannot view in Preview mode from Assignments, student work saved as a docx file. Why does Brightspace change the formatting from a submitted docx file. Things like spacing, paragraphs, pagination, etc. is ALL different most of the time. I shouldn't have to download and use my hard disk resources to…
How do I link lessons in D2L to my google classroom?
Tracking Teacher Activity
I'm hoping to find out how to generate a report that tells me how many assignments a teacher has marked during a certain date range. Can someone direct me to these instructions? Many thanks!
How do I use superscripts and subscripts in Brightspace?
How do I use subscripts and superscripts when writing comments on students' submissions?
Can I use one grade item for two assignments?
I have two versions of the same assignment. Students can only access one version and it produces a mark depending on which group they belong to. So I end up with two columns of marks. Each student has a mark for the assignment they did and a zero for the assignment they don't have access to. What I want is one column of…
Where can I find information regarding this setting
On the About Anonymous Marking article (https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/5259-about-anonymous-marking), it notes the following: In instances where instructors are required to identify a user, such as when a learner is flagged for academic infringement, a permission exists which identifies all anonymous…
Would the system crash?
Hi, I was wondering if the system would crash if 1000+ students all tried recording a video note in their assignment submission at the same time? Thank you
Creating a video submission assignment with special requirements
Hello everyone! I know it is possible to get students to record a video to submit as an assignment, but is it possible to disable the ability to re-record? Essentially we want students to record and submit their first attempt. They only get one chance at recording. Is this possible? Alternatively, is it possible to be able…
Is there a way to have draft assignment grades visible to instructors in the Gradebook?
We have faculty members who are grading assignments. If they enter a numeric grade, and then click the "Save as Draft" button, the grade and feedback are saved. However, the numeric grade does not appear in the gradebook, to the instructor, before it is published. Sometimes instructors want to go back and see the list of…
Manually entering grades and then publishing the same assignment
Hi there, I want students to see their mark now but not see their assignment feedback. So I want to manually enter their marks in the grade book while keeping the assignment in draft mode, unpublished. Once I'm ready to publish the assignments, will this be a problem or will the marks just override what is already entered…
Late submission penalty
I would like to find a way to set up late submission penalties on quizzes and assignments. Thank you, Lae

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