Hello, How do I make widget so students can directly email their Professors/instructors by clicking on it? I tried creating using the HTML but found no replacement strings for instructors' email addresses. Is there any other ways? Thank you
Issue: Awards that issue PDF certificates with replace strings strip out PDF accessibility tags Related issues: 01918625 Steps: Follow instructions, steps 1 through 8: Create a Custom Certificate that uses Replace Strings I used {FullName} and {AwardDate} replace strings Only change I made was on step 6 of the linked…
I want to send an email to the entire classlist, but I want the body of the email to begin with "Dear Student," but with the word "Student" replaced by the first name of each student receiving the message. I tried using "Dear {FirstName}," but the email was received saying just that: Dear FirstName.
Is there a method for using Replace strings inside Lesson content? We are looking to add a copyright notice with a date that updates to the current year in our Brightspace courses.
When I am in New Content Experience and using Replace Strings in my module description it is saving with my settings and not the replace string. D2L says that this is a known intermittent problem, but I can't seem to get it to work at all. Does anyone have a suggestion that may be better than just keep trying? It is…
Hello, An instructor is utilizing replace strings and noticed that they work in New Content Experience in a unit, but when the replace strings are added into an HTML document within the Unit, the replace string will get replaced with the text and will embed that into the code. For example, if type the string {FirstName} in…
Many students do not go by their given first names, and in some cases really don't like being called by their first names. Can a replacement string be used to pick up the nickname field in the profile?
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