Administrator Documentation

Documentation changes for administrators

Looking for what's new in Administrator topics? The following list provides links to all administrator help topics that have been newly created or updated. For more information about Brightspace features, refer to our Release Note Updates.

February 2025/20.25.02

Updated the Extensibility apps in the New Content Experience to remove obsolete apps on the list.
Migrated content from the About the Awards Leaderboard widget topic to the Homepage Widget Expansion Pack topic to provide better clarity and organization of content.
Migrated content from the Awards Leaderboard permissions topic to the System Widgets Permissions topic to provide better clarity and organization of content.
Updated the LTI data sets topic to add the new CreatedDate, DeploymentId, and LinkSubType columns to the LTI Links BDS.
Updated the Quizzes data sets topic to add the new UserId and IsDeleted columns to the Quiz Attempts Log BDS.
Updated the Creator+ data sets topic to include the config variable required to enable the tool.
Updated the About Analytics Builder in Brightspace Learning Environment topic to clarify how it loads new data from Data Hub.
Updated the Course Merchant Vouchers topic to remove information about voucher constraints for backend products.
Updated the Microsoft365 configuration variables topic to align with the rebrand of Microsoft Office 365 to Microsoft 365.
Added new topics for Profession Path for administrators.

January 2025/20.25.01

Added the Extensibility apps in the New Content Experience topic.
Updated the Groups configuration variables topic to include additional information in the d2l.Tools.Groups.IncludeOrgUnitIdInGroupCode variable about group categories and the behavior when copying groups with an OrgUnitId.
Updated the Administering Analytics Builder in Brightspace topic to include the Supported export formats for Analytics Builder resources section.
Updated the Reach every learner with Brightspace accessibility features topic to update outdated content, including WCAG compliance to 2.2.
Created the Brand Your Organization with Custom Login Logic topic.
Updated the Portfolio permissions topic to include information about learner permissions for adding an assignment to their portfolio.
Updated the Browser support topic with currently supported browser versions and a new classification system.
Updated the List of Advanced Data Sets topic to remove the OrgUnitId column from the Impersonated Session History, which was originally added in error.
Updated the Course administration tasks topic with links.
Created the Override a learner's Course Completion status topic.
Updated the Assignments data sets topic to add the new Instructions column to the Assignment Summary BDS.
Updated the Continuous Professional Development (CPD) data sets topic to add a new suite of seven CPD related BDS.
Updated the Creator+ data sets topic to add the new Practices in Learning Objects and Data Sets section.
Updated the LTI data sets topic to clarify which deleted items are included in the LTI Links BDS.
Updated the Organizational Units data sets topic to remove the note in the IsDeleted column of the Organizational Units BDS that says deleted org units have a value of SYSTEM in their Name column.
Updated the About Analytics Builder in Brightspace Learning Environment topic to clarify what belongs to Analytics Builder and what is dependent on Data Hub.
Updated the Properties for the Visual Table of Contents Widget topic to remove JSON properties table and add a cross-reference to new information.
Updated the Set up integration with a tool provider topic with reference to the LTI 1.1 Deprecation Plan link.
Updated the Manager Dashboard and Learning Groups permissions topic with the new Completion Tracking permissions See Completion Progress Widget, Track Completion Progress in Widget, and Set Completion Status.
Updated the Course Completion Tracking in Manager Dashboard topic with the new Learning Outcomes condition Outcome Achieved.
Updated the Insights configuration variables topic to remove the d2l.Tools.Insights.ETL.CleanupAtStart and d2l.Tools.Insights.ETL.IsEnabled config variables, since these are for D2L Support only.
Updated the Set up integration with a tool provider topic to clarify information about adding a new provider.