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Widget Config for Visual Table of Contents not working
Hello, I'm trying to figure out how to customize the Visual Table of Contents widget, but I'm having trouble figuring out how to get my changes to appear. I thought it was a syntax error but when I tried a different one it returns "Invalid JSON." The screenshot I attached is a line I input that seemed to work (in that it…
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Widget - embedding link to third party platform
Kia ora, good morning, Any hints on successfully embedding code from a third party (Typeform in this case) into a custom widget? No troubles with the embed code displaying expected content in course content however in a custom widget the content begins to display but doesn't entirely load - snip below. Have also tried…
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Custom Hosted Widget Replacement
Soon the Custom Hosted Widgets should be replaced with System Widgets. However, I still haven't read anything about the inability to attach Release Conditions to System Widgets, while they are currently attached to the Custom Hosted Widgets. I still do not see how this will work in the new situation? Are Release Conditions…
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Missing Resources
I was watching the webinar "Custom Widgets and Tools using API Calls" () and it referred to resources that would be made available. I am unable to find them. Does anyone know where they might be?
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How do I replace a video in the Welcome Widget?
We currently have a 2 page welcome widget that includes a video. I need to upload a new video but the Customize widget "…" link does not work for me. Would appreciate where to find instructions for doing this. Can't seem to find anything in D2L community or even in google.
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Course banner and homepage widget
Is there a way to change the course banner without it affecting the homepage widget? We are updating to the New Learner Experience but when doing that all of our course banners need to be edited, which then messes up the homepage widget as well. We're hoping to keep our current widgets on the homepage and just update the…
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Availability of a leaderboard add-in?
I was able to add a leaderboard (based on total points earned) to my old Blackboard course but that 3rd party add-in (from another college prof who shared his work) is not compatible with Brightspace. The students really liked having the leaderboard that was automatically updated as students earned points. It was engaging…
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How do make announcements visible in the widget on the organisation homepage?
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How can I have a custom message widget tailored to a specific course?
I have added custom widget to a homepage Template so that the course leader can leave a custom welcome/overview message. However, when editing the Content it is then shared/copied to other courses who have used the same template. Is there a way to create a widget that can be edited after copying from a template, which has…
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Is there a way to expand a widget size so it takes up more screen space?
Hi there, My organization uses a widget-based homepage that has a two-panel layout. The left widget is the main focus of the screen and it shows the course content. Is there a way to expand the widget size so that it takes up more screen space vertically?
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Welcome Window Widget and Firefox issue
When the Welcome Window pops up on Firefox (both at home and at school) I can't make it go away. It just freezes and I can't dismiss it nor use the X in the corner. I've tried waiting for it to go away, but I could wait all day. I don't have this problem with Chrome or Safari, only Firefox. Any suggestions?
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Editing landing page
Hello I am creating widgets and have created custom ones, I have made a copy of my landing page as the active page. However, I cannot manage the homepage to edit because the robot icon is right on top of the three dots at the bottom. How do I get rid of it?
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Regarding D2L hosted widgets.
Can you tell us the date D2L hosted widgets will be removed if we do not have the package? This is Rich Lanham from Shepherd University.
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custom hosted widgets
Just saw this message "You are using custom hosted widgets that need to be replaced. Hosted widgets will be removed soon. Contact your site admin. " Why is this change happening? What will replace it? Custom widgets are pretty important to me and my staff.
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custom widgets
Are custom widgets going away?
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Embed Social Media Feed Widget
I have been using a widget to embed my Twitter feed onto my D2L Brightspace homepage. Things changed when Twitter became X. The widget is still there but my feed won't display unless the student is logged into to X. I'd like to switch to another platform, however, I can't seem to find any APIs or workarounds that, well,…
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Is it possible to add a bell to the school home page for each scheduled synchronous class.
Is it possible to add a bell to the school home page for each scheduled synchronous class.
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Migrating from Sakai?
Welcome Sakaigers, you come from an amazing community of folks across Higher Ed who made a big impact in the post-secondary LMS space when change was needed, and the Sakai community has allied with D2L before. Some things that might help you: Importing Courses: Server-side/Admin-only Sakai archives can be imported into…
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How do I get the same behavior out of the New System Widgets that are to replace the Expansion Pack
Hello, Specifically, how do I get the System "Visual Table of Contents Widget" to behave as the Custom "Visual TOC" dose and use the course header image by default and the image in a module's description for its tile image? Thanks
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How to avoid overwriting CSS styles in Widgets
When creating a widget with HTML content to add to a course homepage, there is the ability, when "Render in IFrame" is selected, to add all three kinds of CSS styles—inline, internal, and external. However, the internal and external styles do not behave as expected because they are not added to the <head> of the iframe,…