Written by: Monica Gaertner, Product Manager
I have heard from some clients that keeping on top of Brightspace Data Set (BDS) updates can be challenging. You need to go through both the Release Notes and the Product and Services Preview to find the updates specific to Data Hub. Additionally, sometimes the people who are most interested in the BDS updates aren’t the same people who review the documentation.
So I thought I would try using this blog post to surface the upcoming changes to Brightspace Data Sets and update it on a regular basis – so you could just keep coming back to a single location to get all the updates.
I hope you find it helpful.
PREVIEW
Please note: these updates are subject to change until the date of release
February 2024/20.24.2
- Survey Question Answer Options - removed BDS
- Refer to Update to Survey Brightspace Data Sets for more information.
January 2024/20.24.1
- LTI Links Shared - removed BDS
- Refer to Changes to your LTI Data Sets for more information.
- Chat Objects and Chat Session Log - removed BDS
- Refer to Intent to End Of Life Notice for: Chat for more information.
- Course Awards - new columns: LastModified, Credits, IsAssociated, and Version
- LTI Links - new columns: LastModifiedBy and IsDeleted
- LTI Links - change Url column size from 1000 to 2000
- Outcomes Assessed Checkpoints - new column: HasMetAchievementThreshold
December 2023/20.23.12
- BDS major version 9 released
- Refer to Motivations behind the changes in Data Hub Brightspace Data Set (BDS) Major Version 9 for more information.
- Changes that are only in BDS v9.0:
- Awards Issued - new columns: RevokedDate, RevokedReason, RevokedBy, LastModifiedBy, LastModifiedDate, and Version
- Awards Issued - remove columns: Type, IsRevoked, and Credits
- Awards Issued - change columns Criteria and Evidence from nullable to non-nullable
- Enrollments and Withdrawals - remove column: EnrollmentType
- Grade Schemes - remove columns: GradeSchemeRangeId and IsDeleted
- Quiz Attempts - new columns: IsSynchronous and DeductionPercentage
- Quiz Attempts - remove columns: GracePeriod and ExtendedDeadline
- Quiz Attempts - rename column: GradePeriodExceeded Behaviour to TimeLimitExceededBehaviour
- Quiz Objects - new columns: IsSynchronous and DeductionPercentage
- Quiz Objects - remove columns: TimeLimitGracePeriod, ShowClock, and TimeLimitExceededBehavior
- Role Details - new columns: LastModifiedDate and DeletedBy
- Role Details - remove columns: OrgId, ClassListDisplayRoleCategory, ClassListRoleCategory, ClassListRoleCategoryOrder, and Version
- Role Details - change size of columns: RoleName, Description, ClassListRoleName, RoleAlias, and RoleCode
- User Logins - new column: LoginSource
- User Logins - remove columns: TimeOff and OrgId
- User Logins - change column UserId from nullable to non-nullable
- User Logins - change column StatusType from varchar to nvarchar
- User Logins - change column LoginAttemptId from type bigint and size 8 to type nvarchar and size 36
- Changes that are in both BDS v8.11 and v9.0:
- Discussion Posts - new column: Version
- PreRequisite Conditions Met - new columns: Action and LastModified
RELEASED
November 2023/20.23.11
- Audio Video Processed - new BDS
- Media Consumption Log - new BDS
- Media Objects - new BDS
- Checklist Objects - new columns: DateDeleted and DeletedBy
October 2023/20.23.10
- Outcomes Course Specific Scales - new BDS
- Checklist Item Details - new columns: DateDeleted, DeletedBy, and Version
- Checklist Category Details - new columns: DateDeleted, DeletedBy, and Version
- LTI Launches - existing LTILinkId column changes from not nullable to nullable
September 2023/20.23.9
- The Brightspace Data Set Change Management Policy was updated.
- Notice that Survey Question Answer Options will be removed in February 2024/20.24.2.
- Refer to Update to Survey Brightspace Data Sets for more information.
- LTI Launches - no longer requires the Download LTI Launch Data Set permission
August 2023/20.23.8
- Rubrics Edit - new column: Version
- Award Objects - new column: Criteria
July 2023/20.23.7
- Notice that LTI Links Shared will be removed in January 2024/20.24.1.
- Refer to Changes to your LTI Data Sets for more information.
- Notice that Chat Objects and Chat Session Log will be removed in January 2024/20.24.1.
- Refer to Intent to End Of Life Notice for: Chat for more information.
- End of the adoption period for BDS Major Version 8. All clients who have not yet moved to BDS v8 are automatically moved with this release.
- Refer to Motivations behind the changes in Data Hub Brightspace Data Set (BDS) Major Version 8 for more information.
- This also impacts Insights Report Builder users; refer to Updating Insights Report Builder for Brightspace Data Set Major Version 8 for more information.
- SIS Course Merge Log - new BDS
- Organizational Unit Parents - new column: DateDeleted
June 2023/20.23.6
- Session History - existing SessionId column changes type from Int to BigInt
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