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.

June 2025/20.25.06

Added and updated the following topics to detail the new Courses tool:
Removed references to the obsolete Preparedness domain from Manage Student Success System and Set up Student Success System.
Updated the Administering Analytics Builder topic to make a correction to the default SPICE usage limit.
Updated the Manage Award icons and templates topic with the new {IssuerFirstName} and {IssuerLastName} replacement strings and notes.
Added the new topic Configure options for the Awards Leaderboard Widget.
Updated the Deploy and configure the Multi-Profile Widget topic with updated title and steps to reflect the UI changes.
Updated the System Widgets Permissions topic with the new Awards Leaderboard > See Masked User Details permission.
Updated the Homepage Widget Expansion Pack configuration variables topic with two new Awards Leaderboard variables.
Updated the Grades permissions topic to add permissions required for bulk retrieval of grade values by user, org unit, or parent org unit.
Updated the Course Completion Tracking in Manager Dashboard topic to add information about copying Course Completion Tracking settings.

May 2025/20.25.05

Added the Courses tool configuration variables topic to document new (non-functional) configuration variables that support a future release of the Courses tool.
Added the new Analytics Builder permissions topic.
Updated the Insights permissions topic to remove two Analytics Builder permissions.
Updated the Notifications configuration variables and Set default notification options for users topics with information to configure the Unsubscribe option for user emails.
Added the Group Export option to the Manage Groups and Categories permission in the Groups and Sections permissions topic.
Updated the Administering Analytics Builder topic with the new Analytics Builder permission categories and to clarify how roles are assigned.
Updated the Author workflows in Analytics Builder topic with the new Analytics Builder permission categories and to clarify how to share with role-based groups.
Updated the Administering Insights Report Builder topic with the new Analytics Builder permission categories.
Updated the Quizzes configuration variables topic to add the new d2l.Tools.Quizzes.ShowSessionId configuration variable.
Updated the Activities configuration variables topic to update the description of the d2l.Tools.Activities.CEQuizzesOptIn configuration variable.