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Administrator Documentation

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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.

July 2026/20.26.07

Removed topics Sample user-relationship.xml file, XSD Schema and Sample user-relationship.xml file to delete all existing relationships from Brightspace Parent & Guardian as these are no longer relevant.
Updated Brightspace Core to include D2L Achievement+
Updated Outcomes data sets to add new columns to Outcomes Scale Definition, Outcomes Set Course, and Outcomes Set Org BDS.
Updated Brightspace Parent & Guardian FAQs based on an additional QA review.
Updated the following topics to reflect the integration of the Brightspace Parents & Guardians functionality into the Brightspace Pulse app, and the retirement of the standalone Brightspace Parents & Guardians app:
Updated Activities configuration variables to indicate that the d2l.Tools.Activities.ShowRubricsIcon configuration variable is set to ON by default.
Updated Groups configuration variables to add the new d2l.Tools.Groups.ManageGroupsOptIn configuration variable.
Updated To create a new scale,Create a learning outcome at the organization level, Manually map achievement levels to Rubric levelsThe Learning Outcomes tool allows you to define scales for measuring achievement in learning outcomes. For example, as an administrator, you might create a standard scale for the entire organization that includes the following achievement levels: Does Not Meet Expectations, Meets Expectations, and Exceeds Expectations. to include updates to achievement scale and learning outcomes configuration and management.
Updated Enablement requirements for D2L Achievement+ to include updated information about thresholds.
Updated Questions data sets with a corrected ERD.

June 2026/20.26.06

Updated the following topics to account for new functionality in Distributed Administration:
- Set up Distributed Administration
- Explore the Sub-org unit homepage
Updated title of D2L offers the following Brightspace apps for mobile devices and tablets on Android and iOS operating systems: to differentiate it from Brightspace Apps (formerly Brightspace Extensions) in search.
Updated SPF record and Sent messages to reflect updated best practices.
Updated Applicable Org Unit Type: Any to include rubric grading.
Updated Applicable Org Unit Type: Organization to reflect additional permissions needed when overriding a user's Local Authentication Security Settings.
Updated Delete All LTI and Delete Email Addresses to clarify documentation and reorganized under a new menu heading.
Updated Entity Relationship Diagram to better reflect the current CheckpointID Data Set.
Created Understanding inherited settings topic for the new Awards Administration tool.
Updated Video: Enable the New Content Experience to display new default settings for d2l.Tools.Content.LessonsRenderActivitiesInline and d2l.Tools.Content.EnableLessonsEnhancedTOC
Updated The new quiz evaluation experience for evaluating quiz attempts is enabled by default, and the configuration variable is set to ON. to include d2l.Tools.Activities.ShowRubricsIcon.
Updated About Brightspace Data Sets versions to change the default BDS major version to 11.
Updated Outcomes data sets to delete reference tables for Outcomes Program Details and Outcomes Registry Owners BDS.
Updated Outcomes data sets to remove RegistryId column from Outcomes Scale Definition BDS.
Updated Rubrics data sets to remove UserId column from Rubric Assessment Criteria BDS.
Updated Rubrics data sets to clarify that Rubric Assessment BDS does not include Written Response questions.
Updated Users data sets to remove Organization, FirstLoginDate, and LastAccessed columns from Users BDS.
Updated Reporting Layer Dashboard to remove outdated references to unsupported CRM integrations and LMS reporting add-ons.
Added a note to About Insights Dashboards to clarify that Insights dashboards can't be shared.
Added new topic: Course Merchant store layouts.
Updated Set up Awards with information on improved user merge workflow.
Updated to Customize D2L Lumi Chat assistant to include information on multilingual support for Voice mode and how to add external user data to your assistant.

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