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How to Fix New News Items Not Sorting Chronologically
When a new News Item is posted in a course, it is not sorted in correct chronological order on the News page. This causes an issue because when scheduled News Items post on a later date, they will not post above the manually created News Item on the course home page. There used to be a workaround where if all of the News…
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📣 New Resource Alert: Quiz Printer Widget!
We’re so excited to introduce the ⭐️ Quiz Printer Widget ⭐️ for Brightspace Quizzes, now available in the Brightspace Learning Center! This new resource makes it easy to create printer-friendly versions of your Quizzes, right from your Course Offering homepage. The idea for this Widget came from valuable feedback from…
Brightspace Blocked My Quizzes | Finals
why is bright space all of a sudden blocking access to quiz content, and lockdown browser materials? i have worked on this course, the entire semester, with no issues until yesterday. brightspace is claiming it doesn’t accept safari, YET i’m using chrome. tried it on a different browser, such as edge, and same issue,…
Fusion 2025 hotel?
Not sure where to post this - I'm writing up my PD request for Fusion 2025 and don't see a recommended hotel or one with a conference rate. Is this coming soon or are we on our own for accommodations?
Where to find Entity ID and Reply URL
My tech team is asking for what the Identifier (Entity ID) and Reply URL (Assertion Consumer Service URL). How do we find this information out? Many thanks!
course access issue
Hello, A user have no acces to a course. The user has a defined role as "Instructor", he should have acces to all courses but can't acces to a file. When I impersonate another user who has the same role, the issue doesn't occurs. I let you impersonate these two users to try.
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,…
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"…
An assignment activity was completed but not reflecting in grade?
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!
Now Open: D2L Excellence Awards
You're making an incredible contribution to learning and we want to hear about it! Nominations are now open for the D2L Excellence Awards. The Excellence Awards honor the innovation, progress and betterment of learning in the communities we serve. This year, we'll recognize up to six award winners who demonstrate…
export of pronouns in Brightspace for the UU
Dear reader, Can you please provide us a list with all the pronoums in Brightspace for the Utrecht university? (https://uu.brightspace.com/) Regards, heleen
Institutional Policy for LMS
Does your institution have a specific learning management system policy in place? We have recently had some questions about information access and we are now working on our own Learning Management System policy, but we are curious how other Brightspace users have dealt with the issue of LMS policy. Would anyone be willing…
How to create a component that allows me to show an Introduction module in the homepage.
Greetings! I'm trying to create a course for my college which should simulate a gamified route following the next sections: Introduction module, activities module (which is a map that allows students to travel around the world (activities per continent) that must be solved to get experience from every continent) and…

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