To perform certain tasks in Brightspace Pulse, related Brightspace permissions are required.
View course data in the calendar
Brightspace Pulse loads learner course data by retrieving calendar events from Calendar. These events might include dates from Content, Checklist, Discussions, Assignments, and Quizzes in Brightspace, if instructors set due dates in these tools.
To ensure learners can view course data in Calendar, you must assign them the following role permissions at the Org and Course Offering level:
- Content > View Course Content
- Checklist > See Checklists
- Discussions > View Discussions
- Assignments > See and Submit File to Assignments
- Quizzes > See the Quizzes Tool
View created or updated course content
To keep learners informed about course content, Brightspace Pulse sends updates when course content is created or updated in Brightspace.
Learners can view new and updated content associated with an update, viewing the content directly in Brightspace Pulse. This also applies to content where a due date has been associated with the item.
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Note: To ensure that learners receive notifications when content is updated, instructors must select the Notify students that the content has changed option in the applicable content topic. |
Set at the Course Offering level:
- Content > View Course Content
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Note: At the org level, the d2l.tools.Content.AllowCreationNotifications configuration variable must also be set. |
View created or updated Course Overview documents
When an instructor adds or updates the Course Overview document in Brightspace, learners receive updates in Brightspace Pulse and the Brightspace minibar.
Set at the Course Offering level:
- Content > View Course Content (Course Offering level)
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Note: At the org level, the d2l.Tools.Content.AllowOverviewNotifications configuration variable must also be set. |
View course announcements
When an instructor wants to communicate changes to course updates, information, and reminders via course announcements, learners receive a course announcement in Brightspace Pulse.
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Note: To ensure that learners receive a notification when an announcement is updated, instructors must select the Major edit - send a notification and restore it for those who dismissed it option in the Announcements posting. |
Set at the Org and Course Offering level:
- Announcements > See Announcements
View new grades
From a grade book, an instructor enters the learner's grade, sending a notification to the learner in the Brightspace minibar and Brightspace Pulse.
Set at the Course Offering level:
- Grades > See the Grades tool
Read and reply to discussion threads
Learners can read and reply to discussion threads in the Brightspace Pulse.
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Note: To see discussions in Brightspace Pulse, learners must first subscribe to a topic or discussion thread (for a course offering they are enrolled in) in Brightspace. Learners cannot subscribe or unsubscribe to topics or threads in Brightspace Pulse. |
Set at the Org and Course Offering level:
- Discussions > View Discussions
- Discussions > Reply to Discussion Posts