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Navigating Away and Back to Content - Not Holding Previous Location
I have a faculty member who noticed in NCE that when they navigate away from Content (say, over to grades) and then select Content again, it no longer goes back to where they were in the Content. "In the new version of D2L, whenever I open Content, it takes me back to the beginning of the table of contents. In the old…
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Bulk apply a shared navbar as the active navbar for a subset of existing course offerings
Hi everyone, I've recreated our institution's standardized navbar as a shared Organization-level navbar. My question is about the final step. Is there a supported way to bulk set a shared navbar as the active navbar for a subset of existing course offerings (for example, all Fall 2026 course offerings)? At the moment, I…
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How are institutions highlighting assignments for students?
We've recently had a couple of instructors ask about making assignments more prominent for students in Brightspace. Most of our instructors currently provide assignment descriptions and instructions within their course content, but some have asked whether it's possible to provide a direct "Assignments" link in the course…
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NavBar Missing from MainPage
The NavBar for all teachers in my organization has disappeared; not from their individual courses, but from the main page. They like the "Quick Eval" button, which does not show up anymore at the top (in NavBar) but it does show up as a widget below. The teachers would like it placed back up, as a NavBar. Thank you Tiana…
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NavBar
Where is the Navbar?
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What approaches are you using for course templates or layouts in Brightspace?
We’re beginning an early exploration of using a master course shell or standardized layout in Brightspace to support consistency across online courses at my institution. I’m curious whether others are using master shells, shared navigation, or HTML templates, and how prescriptive or optional these are for instructors. If…
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When using the New Content Experience, how does the student easily navigate?
Hello, I am exploring the new Content Experience. How does the student navigate easily? I am interested in how this works for the student n the below aspects. Is there a breadcrumb trail similar to the classic experience? Can the whole LH menu be expanded or collapsed in one click? Is there a student navigation video?…
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Issues with Navigation on Mobile Devices and iPads
Some of our users are experiencing difficulties when accessing their course on a mobile phone or iPad. We are using the New Content Experience in Brightspace. A few issues they’ve reported include: Not seeing the Next and Previous arrows, or only seeing them partially Not seeing the ReadSpeaker (screen reader) bar at the…
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Can navbar custom link url use replacement strings?
Hi all. I would like to create a custom version of the system link "Home" that links to the homepage of the current org unit. Is it possible to copy system links? I do not see it. If not possible, then can I create a custom link that does the same? I have tried copying the custom Home link that goes specifically to id…
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Content area infinite scroll/"load more" button
I have a Brightspace Content page where I have many files and resources. I often have to constantly press the "load more" button a number of times as I navigate the page and add and move around resources. Is there any way to change this to infinite scroll, so that the entire Content page displays without my having to click…
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Course Nav Bars
Is there anywhere on brightspace where you can see as an overall for your entire platform exactly which course offerings are using which Nav bars. I can only find the page that says "Shared and used in XX other org units" - But I want a list of Org unit names that is using those central nav bars, and a list of all course…
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Is there a way to use the FAQ functionality that you can reuse the same FAQs across course offerings
https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/3653-create-faq-questions-and-categories I'm using the above feature and I want to be able to create some common FAQs that can be used across multiple courses. But I can only see how to add these to each course individually which is a lot of effort and very time consuming,…
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Is there a way to change who can see system links in the nav bar?
In my nav bar, I've added the portfolio link. However, this link is not visible to students, only admin/teachers. Is there a way to change the availability of a system link like this? I know how to change the availability of custom links, but system links are not visible in that list on the Navigation and Themes page.
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Nav Bar Customization
Is it possible to hide items in the Nav Bar depending on role? I know there are some tools that do not display depending on role, such as Data Hub which is only available to Admins but not Instructor or Student roles, for example. We would like to hide the Assignments tool in the Nav Bar for students so that they rely on…
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Classlist E-mail Function
My question is if there is a way to disable the "Send E-mail" function for Students in the Classlist within Brightspace, just from a few specific courses? Or is the best route to remove the Classlist tab from the Navigation Bar to not have the E-mail option available? Thanks!
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Changing the colours of Buttons throughout brightspace
Hello I was wondering if I've missed something obvious, but I want to change all the button colours within Brightspace to match our brand. We've updated the Nav bars to match our brand. And the colours for Units on the left hand navigation match our brand. But I can't work out how to update the colour on the buttons for…