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.

September 2025/20.25.09

Updated Grades data sets to add the IsDeleted column to the Grade Results Brightspace Data Set.
Updated Announcements data sets with a minor change for localization.
Updated Announcements permissions with a minor change for localization.
Updated Announcements configurations variables with a minor change for localization.
Updated Create a global Announcements item with a minor change for localization.
Updated Slim Announcements Widget Properties with a minor change for localization.
Updated Administering Analytics Builder to indicate that importing external data from Salesforce, GitHub, ServiceNow, Adobe Analytics, and Google BigQuery are not supported.
Updated External Learning Tools permissions with correction to Delete External Learning Tools Links permission.
Updated About Courses with placeholders for PT and ES videos and added a PT video link.

August 2025/20.25.08

Updated About Brightspace Data Sets versions to change the default major version to 10 and emphasize that the BDS version is updated every release.
Updated Brightspace Data Sets configuration variables to embed a link to the About Brightspace Data Sets versions topic.
Updated Administering Insights Report Builder to change the default major version to 10.
Updated Grades data sets to remove the IsExempt column from the Grade Results Brightspace Data Set.
Updated Questions data sets to correct the key and expand the definition of the CollectionId column in the Question Relationships BDS.
Updated Quizzes data sets to remove the Quiz Question Answer Options and Quiz Question Answers Brightspace Data Sets reference tables and replace the ERD.
Updated Rubrics data sets to correct the LevelAchievedId column key in the Rubric Assessment and Rubric Assessment Criteria BDS reference tables and ERD.
Updated Rubrics data sets to correct the definition of the Rubric Assessment BDS.
Updated Survey data sets to remove the Survey Question Answers Brightspace Data Set reference table and replace the ERD.
Updated List of Advanced Data Sets to include guidance on best practices.
Updated List of Advanced Data Sets to clarify how the Date Range filter works for the Instructor Usage ADS.
Updated About My CPD Records to embed a link to the My CPD Records information in Valence (Brightspace Developer Platform).
Updated Course Merchant Member Discounts to correct the available options for Customer Member Discount Code.
Updated Manage courses and course templates with the Courses tool to add three new placeholder for English videos and embedded their respective links.
Updated About Courses to replace the link of a video with an updated video.
Updated Create a list of authorized users and manage two-factor authentication (2FA) with new email 2FA option.
Updated Authentication configuration variables with new two factor authentication configuration variable.
Updated Brightspace Parent & Guardian permissions with new View as Parent/Guardian permission.
Updated the Quizzes configuration variables topic to add the new d2l.Tools.Quizzes.PrintQuizFeature configuration variable.
Updated the Set up Course Publisher topic to include information about setting up the Instructor role for Course Publisher.