February 2026 Edition
This section provides a preview of product and feature delivery plans for April 2026/20.26.04 and May 2026/20.26.05 releases. The Product and Services Preview document replaces the former 60/90 day Review/Preview.
Important: The most recent and accurate version of Release Notes apply to near-term delivery plans for the upcoming February 2026/20.26.02 release. This page is a preview of planned release features only. As stated in the Safe Harbor Statement,
the information provided herein is subject to change at any time, at the discretion of D2L, and D2L makes no commitment to update the information.
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Enablement Information
Information about the default state of a released feature, function or change in a Brightspace site is included to provide additional information, supporting change preparation, or planning in your organization.
Availability (Enabled State)
Advanced knowledge about whether customers can control access to the feature, function, or changes. This allows Administrators, trainers and supporting roles in an organization an opportunity to know which items are controllable and which are not.
- On: Indicates that the feature’s default state is visible/on and that there is no override or setting to control this state by any user.
- Off: Indicates that the feature’s default state is hidden/off and that there is no override or setting to control this state by any user.
- On (Overridable): Indicates the features default state and that it can be controlled or overridden by a user. For example, a new permission that is automatically selected for specific roles, or an editable config variable default that is on both offer opportunities to configure or override the default states.
- Off (Overridable): Indicates the features default state and that it can be controlled or overridden by a Brightspace user. For example, a new permission that is not selected, a new setting or new config variable that is off by default both provide opportunities to review and enable if desired.
Site Actions (Enablement Method)
For any feature, function, or change that is controllable, this section indicate the role settings, permissions, config variables, tool, or application settings you use to control the feature.
This allows Administrators, trainers, or supporting roles in an organization the opportunity to make decisions earlier and better plan for any work required to support any updates or changes.
Some examples include the following:
- Role Settings
- Role Permissions
- Config variables
- In Tool settings (such as Grades Settings or Widget customization)
- In Application settings (such as Pulse Settings)
April 2026 / 20.26.04
Announcements — Support distributed administration within Announcements, including via Valence API
Planned Release | 20.26.04
Change and Enablement Information
Role / Audience: API Developer, Administrator
Site Availability: On
Site Enablement Actions: None (Automatic)
Additional Information Overview
The Announcements API will support the distributed administration feature, allowing restricted API calls to be made by sub-organization administrators.
Announcements — Support a sub-org level announcement for distributed administration
Planned Release | 20.26.04
Change and Enablement Information
Role / Audience: Administrator
Site Availability: On
Site Enablement Actions: Role Permission
Additional Information Overview
Distributed Administration administrators will be able to create announcements at their sub-organization. Sub-organization administrators will be able to create campus-level announcements by not selecting any org unit in the Make announcements available to: field. They will also be able to create announcements for a specific org unit under the sub-organization and all of its descendants by selecting an org unit in the Make announcements available to: field.
Permissions will be required to be set at the org unit level for the selected role.
API — Consistent parameters for updating course information via API
Planned Release | 20.26.04
Change and Enablement Information
Role / Audience: API Developer, Data Administrator, Administrator
Site Availability: On
Site Enablement Actions: None (Automatic)
Additional Information Overview
The April 2026 /20.26.04 release will introduce a new Brightspace API route that will support creating courses with the ability to set their active status at the time of creation.
When creating a new course offering via API, administrators will be able to specify the active status in the Course.CreateCourseOffering data included in the API call:
Create a new course offering
POST /d2l/api/lp/(version)/courses/
Administrators will also be able to view Address Book configuration details in the Course.CourseOffering data returned by the following API call:
Retrieve a course offering
GET /d2l/api/lp/(version)/courses/(orgUnitId)
For more information, refer to Brightspace Developer Platform documentation.
API, Intelligent Agents — Automate and audit more easily with APIs for Intelligent Agents
Planned Release | 20.26.04
Change and Enablement Information
Role / Audience: API Developer
Site Availability: On
Site Enablement Actions: None (Automatic)
Additional Information Overview
New APIs will be introduced to support the management of Intelligent Agents across Brightspace.
The Intelligent Agents APIs will allow administrators to create, update, edit, and delete Intelligent Agents across courses. This enhancement will simplify the management and auditing of agents that may be used across multiple course offerings.
API, Learning Outcomes — Automate and Audit Learning Outcomes Alignments Across Courses and Assessments
Planned Release | 20.26.04
Change and Enablement Information
Role / Audience: API Developer
Site Availability: On
Site Enablement Actions: None (Automatic)
Additional Information Overview
New APIs will be introduced to make it easier to manage Learning Outcomes at scale. These enhancements will allow institutions to:
- Bulk align or remove outcomes from assessment activities, including assignments, discussions, quizzes, and quiz questions.
- Retrieve where outcomes are currently aligned across courses, assessments, and content modules to support safe change planning and reporting.
The APIs will support the following retrieval options:
- Fetch by outcome set:
Alignments to any outcome in the outcome set will be returned, aggregated by course. - Fetch by specific outcome:
Alignments to the specified outcome will be returned, aggregated by course. - Fetch all alignments in a course:
Alignments will be returned, aggregated by course activity. - Fetch alignments to outcomes in an outcome set:
Alignments will be returned, aggregated by course activity. - Fetch alignments to a specific outcome:
Alignments will be returned, aggregated by course activity.
API, Rubrics — Improved Rubrics API Stability
Planned Release | 20.26.04
Change and Enablement Information
Role / Audience: API Developer
Site Availability: On
Site Enablement Actions: None (Automatic)
Additional Information Overview
- Stable API Support: Four existing Rubrics and Assessment APIs will be promoted to a stable version, ensuring long-term reliability for integrations.
- Updated API Documentation: “Unstable” labels will be removed from the Rubrics API documentation to reduce confusion and build trust.
- Enhanced Rubric JSON Response: Four new properties will be added to the Rubric fetch API:
- State: Will indicate the rubric status (Published, Archived, or Draft).
- Visibility: Will provide a numeric value representing visibility rules (AlwaysVisible, VisibleOnceFeedbackPosted, or NeverVisible).
- ScoresHidden: Will indicate whether scores are hidden from assessed users.
- ReverseLevelDisplayOrder: Will indicate whether rubric levels are displayed in reverse order.
Assignments — Assignment Annotations (Nutrient) Version Update
Planned Release | 20.26.04
Change and Enablement Information
Role / Audience: Administrator, Instructor
Site Availability: On
Site Enablement Actions: None (Automatic)
Additional Information Overview
The third-party software that powers Assignment Annotations (Nutrient) will be updated from version 1.8.0 to version 1.12.
This update will address existing defects and reduce the risk of new issues caused by running an outdated version of the software.
D2L Lumi — Apply HTML templates to pages in bulk when using Lumi Content
Planned Release | 20.26.04
Change and Enablement Information
Role / Audience: All
Site Availability: On
Site Enablement Actions: None (Automatic)
Additional Information Overview
A new bulk action button, Select Template, will be available when reviewing the unit structure. This will enable users to assign HTML templates in bulk without having to edit each proposed page individually.
D2L Lumi — Expand custom instructions to Lumi Quiz
Planned Release | 20.26.04
Change and Enablement Information
Role / Audience: Instructor, Administrator
Site Availability: On
Site Enablement Actions: None (Automatic)
Additional Information Overview
A new Custom Instructions field will be available as part of the Generate Questions workflow in D2L Lumi Quiz. Providing custom instructions will allow users to refine how questions are generated by specifying elements such as focus, tone, audience, and style.
D2L Lumi — Expand custom instructions to Lumi Idea
Planned Release | 20.26.04
Change and Enablement Information
Role / Audience: Instructor, Administrator
Site Availability: On
Site Enablement Actions: None (Automatic)
Additional Information Overview
A new Custom Instructions field will be available as part of the Generate Ideas workflow in both Assignments and Discussions. Providing custom instructions will allow users to refine the assessment ideas generated by AI by specifying elements such as focus, tone, audience, and style.
Data Access / Data Hub — New Brightspace Data Set for D2L Lumi Pro for Creator+ (AI Consumption)
Planned Release | 20.26.04
Change and Enablement Information
Role / Audience: Data Administrator
Site Availability: On
Site Enablement Actions: Configuration variable
Additional Information Overview
The new AI Consumption data set for D2L Lumi Pro for Creator+ will return a breakdown of AI activity by users.
Note that the AI Consumption data set for D2L Lumi Pro for Creator+ will be visible only in Brightspace instances where Creator+ and D2L Lumi Pro for Creator+ are enabled. Ensure that the d2l.Tools.CreatorPlus.IsEnabled configuration variable is set to ON at the organization level and that the Consumption tool is turned on.
Data Access / Data Hub — Updates to Rubric Assessment Dataset
Planned Release | 20.26.04
Change and Enablement Information
Role / Audience: Data Administrator
Site Availability: On
Site Enablement Actions: None (Automatic)
Additional Information Overview
New Properties:
- IsDeleted: Will indicate hard-deleted records.
- Version: Will support change tracking.
Schema Updates:
- RubricId, OrgUnitId, AssessmentDate, and DateCreated will become nullable.
- The primary key will be updated to include ActivityId.
Delete Handling:
- Hard-deleted rows will appear with IsDeleted = true.
- Orphaned rows (for example, when AssessmentId is set to null) will also appear with IsDeleted = true.
Activity Data:
- ActivityType and ActivityObjectId will be sourced from COMPETENCY ACTIVITIES.
Groups — Increased numbers of groups per category
Planned Release | 20.26.04
Change and Enablement Information
Role / Audience: Instructor, Administrator
Site Availability: On
Site Enablement Actions: None (Automatic)
Additional Information Overview
When creating groups within the Groups tool, the current limit of 200 groups per category will be increased to 1,000 groups per category, allowing for larger group configurations in high-enrollment courses. This change was previously introduced in the High Impact Changes Timeline. For more information, refer to Groups Management – A refresh of the manage groups page and increased numbers of groups per category.
Group categories that allow a specified number of groups will support values up to 1,000. Regardless of the group creation method, a maximum limit of 1,000 groups per category will be enforced. This will apply to groups created through the Manage Groups pages, via API, and to groups automatically created when enrollment capacity is increased.
Groups — New and improved Manage Groups
pages are available via opt-in
Planned Release | 20.26.04
Change and Enablement Information
Role / Audience: Instructor, Administrator
Site Availability: Off (Customer Overridable)
Site Enablement Actions: Configuration variable
Additional Information Overview
A new and improved Manage Groups page will be available to complement recent updates to group limits, enabling easier group management for larger class sizes. The updated Manage Groups page will feature a refreshed design with all group categories visible on a single page, providing a comprehensive overview at a glance. Instructors will be able to see which categories exist, the enrollment types they use, the number of groups in each category, associated activities, and which users are not yet enrolled.
To manage individual groups within a category, a dedicated page will display detailed information for each group and provide additional management options.
The new Manage Groups pages will initially be opt-in, allowing organizations to choose when to enable the updated experience for instructors. In later releases, the new pages will be enabled by default with an opt-out option before eventually becoming the standard experience for all users.
This change was previously introduced in the High Impact Changes Timeline. For more information, for more information, refer to Groups Management – A refresh of the manage groups page and increased numbers of groups per category.
Pulse — Improve timing of Pulse events
Planned Release | 20.26.04
Change and Enablement Information
Role / Audience: Instructor
Site Availability: On
Site Enablement Actions: None (Automatic)
Additional Information Overview
The April 2026/20.26.04 release will improve the reliability, timeliness, and consistency of engagement tracking from Pulse, including course access and system access data. Events will be sent immediately, reducing delays previously caused by offline usage or batching. As a result, downstream features such as Intelligent Agents and Classlist will more accurately reflect student activity.
For engagement tracking purposes, a student will be considered present as soon as they access a course.
Quizzes — Incorrect Answers Filter and Feedback Fields Update
Planned Release | 20.26.04
Change and Enablement Information
Role / Audience: Instructor
Site Availability: On
Site Enablement Actions: None (Automatic)
Additional Information Overview
Instructors will be able to filter questions in the Evaluation Experience to display only those marked as incorrect.
Additionally, the Feedback fields will be updated to a single-line view by default, reducing the need to scroll. The fields will automatically expand when instructors enter additional feedback.
May 2026 / 20.26.05
Assignments — Legacy Group Assignment page with the user redirect dropdown
Planned Release | 20.26.05
Change and Enablement Information
Role / Audience: Administrator, Instructor
Site Availability: On
Site Enablement Actions: Configuration variable
Additional Information Overview
The d2l.Tools.Dropbox.GroupDropboxCreationRedirectOptIn (OrgUnit) configuration variable introduced in the February 2026/20.26.02 release for the Legacy Group Assignment page with the user redirect dropdown will be set to ON by default. Administrators will no longer have the option to disable this configuration variable for their users.
Data Access / Data Hub — Updates to Content Objects Dataset
Planned Release | 20.26.05
Change and Enablement Information
Role / Audience: Data Administrator
Site Availability: On
Site Enablement Actions: None (Automatic)
Additional Information Overview
A new column, Version (data type: bigint), will be added. This column will indicate the version of each row and will be used to determine row sequence, similar to how timestamps function in other data sets.
Additionally, all Datetime and Bit fields will be updated to use consistent formatting in alignment with the Brightspace Data Sets consistency standards.
For more information, refer to Enhancing Consistency : Upcoming Updates to Brightspace Data Sets - Brightspace.
My Courses Widget — Select specific semester or departments
Planned Release | 20.26.05
Change and Enablement Information
Role / Audience: Administrator
Site Availability: On
Site Enablement Actions: None (Automatic)
Additional Information Overview
The My Courses widget will include a new option that allows administrators to control which semester or department tabs appear to users.
Within the widget settings, administrators will be able to select the desired Group By option (for example, Semester or Department) and choose which specific tabs are displayed. This enhancement will allow institutions to tailor the widget to show only relevant categories.
Any newly created semesters or departments will automatically be enabled and visible in the widget by default, unless administrators adjust the widget settings.
All courses in which a user is enrolled and that are visible to them will continue to appear in the All tab and in the View All Courses link, regardless of which semester or department tabs are displayed.
Quizzes — Updates to the Import button in Browse Question Library dialog
Planned Release | 20.26.05
Change and Enablement Information
Role / Audience: Instructor
Site Availability: On
Site Enablement Actions: None (Automatic)
Additional Information Overview
The Import button within the Question Library will be updated to align with the standard Brightspace button style and appearance. This update will ensure a consistent look and feel across the user interface.
Change history
- 24-02-2026: Updated Data Access / Data Hub — Updates to Rubric Assessment Dataset to clarify the upcoming changes.
- 12-02-2026: Published the February Product and Services Preview
- 15-01-2026: Published the January Product and Services Preview
- 05-01-2026: Data Access / Data Hub — Updates to Content Objects Brightspace Data Set to the list of features planned for 20.26.03. Removed Data Access / Data Hub — Updates to Question Relationships Brightspace Data Set from the list of features planned for 20.26.03.
- 12-12-2025: Published the December Product and Services Preview
- 13-11-2025: Published the November Product and Services Preview
- 21-10-2025: Published the October Product and Services Preview
- 18-09-2025:
- Removed Annotations (Nutrient) — Update the third party software that powers Assignment Annotations (Nutrient) from version 1.3.0 to 1.6.0 from the list of features planned for 20.25.11
- Administration and System Settings — Improved Admin Tools Menu Experience - the transition period for enforcing the new Admin Tools Menu experience has been extended from December 2025 - 20.25.12 to February 2026 - 20.26.02. The config variable name was also corrected, from to d2l.Preferences.NewAdminCogMenu to d2l.Preferences.NewAdminToolsMenu.
- Data Access / Data Hub — Updates to Release Condition Results Brightspace Data Set is now planned for 20.25.11.
- Fixed typos and made revisions to improve consistency and clarity.
- 17-09-2025: "Usability Improvement - Update legacy style tabs to D2L's modern tabs" is now planned for the 20.25.12 release.
- 16-09-2025: Published the September Product and Services Preview
- 20-08-2025: Published the August Product and Services Preview
- 22-07-2025: Removed Assignments - Support Bulk feedback Submission in Assignments and Discussions Submission Page from the list of features planned for the 20.25.10 release.
- 21-07-2025:
- Added more information to Data Access / Data Hub - Updates to Grade Results Data Set.
- 17-07-2025:
- Corrected duplicated heading content for HWEP - Slim Announcements Permissions Update
- Added missing item for Data Access / Data Hub - Updates to Quiz Attempts Brightspace Data Set
- Corrected heading for Data Access / Data Hub - Updates to Question Relationships Brightspace Data Set
- 16-07-2025 - Published the July Product and Services Preview.
- 13-06-2025 - Published the June 2025 Product and Services Preview.
- 04-June-2025 - Corrected duplicated heading and removed Course Management - Enable delegated administration of courses to support distributed administration initiatives from 20.25.07 release.
- 03-June-2025 - Corrected misplaced information for Lessons/New Content Experience items.
- 28-May-2025 - Updated list of features coming in 20.25.07
- 26-May-2025 - Removed internal-facing metadata.
- 15-May-2025 - Published the May 2025 Product and Services Preview.
- 22-April-2025 - Updated the following preview features:
- Outcomes - Implement Outcome Set (prev Programs) Management with Achievement Scale Setting for Better Reporting is changed to Renaming 'Programs' to 'Outcome Sets' for Better User Familiarity.
- Updated the Additional Information section of Rubrics - Adding Ability to Clear Rubric Selections to Save Instructors Time in Evaluation.
- 8-April-2025 - Published the April 2025 Product and Services Preview.
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