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.

March 2025/20.25.03

Updated the About Analytics Builder topic:
- Renamed the topic from About Analytics Builder in Brightspace Learning Environment to About Analytics Builder.
- Added the Accessing the Analytics Builder homepage workflow.
- Removed redundant image captions.
Updated the Administering Analytics Builder topic:
- Renamed the topic from Administering Analytics Builder in Brightspace to Administering Analytics Builder.
- Reorganized content and removed unnecessary steps from workflows.
- Removed information about Brightspace Datasets Major Version 9.
- Moved the Share dashboards with role-based groups and Using Row-level and Column-level security with Analytics Builder sections to the Author workflows topic.
Updated the Author workflows in Analytics Builder topic:
- Renamed the topic from Creating Reports using Analytics Builder to Author workflows in Analytics Builder.
- Reorganized content and removed redundant image captions.
- Added the Share dashboards with role-based groups, Using Row-level and Column-level security with Analytics Builder, and Creating a new analysis in Analytics Builder sections from other topics.
Updated the Reader workflows in Analytics Builder topic:
- Renamed the topic from Creating a new analysis in Analytics Builder to Reader workflows in Analytics Builder.
- Removed unnecessary steps from workflows and redundant image captions.
- Moved the Creating a new analysis in Analytics Builder section to the Author workflows topic.
Updated the Awards data sets topic to add the new CertificateId column to the Awards Issued BDS.
Updated the Questions data sets topic to clarify the descriptions of the QuestionId and ObjectId columns in the Question Relationships BDS.

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.
Updated the Rubrics configuration variables topic to add information about the new d2l.Tools.Rubrics.EnableRubricLevelRanges configuration variable.
Updated the Awards configuration variables and About Awards topics to add information about the new d2l.Tools.Awards.DisplayCertificateId configuration variable.