Instructor Documentation (Higher Ed)

Documentation changes for higher ed instructors

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

May 2025/20.25.05

Updated the Visual tour of the Groups tool section in the About Groups and Sections topic to include the Export option.
Added the Export group and enrollment details section to the Create and manage categories and groups topic.
Updated the following topics to replace images where the old table sorting interface is visible:
Updated the Create and configure a quiz and View quiz statistics and attempt logs topic to add information about session IDs, which help identify when users have multiple sessions within a quiz attempt.
Updated the Evaluate assignments using the Assignments tool topic to describe the new Bulk Retract Feedback option.
Updated the Grade with Quick Eval topic to describe the new accessing option for Assignment, Discussions and Quiz Evaluations.

April 2025/20.25.04

Added the new Generate content module summaries using D2L Lumi Summary topic.
Added the new Use AI to generate learning materials from external files using D2L Lumi Content topic.
Added the new Suggest remedial content with D2L Lumi Study Support topic.
Updated the Generate learning outcome alignments for assignments using D2L Lumi Outcome to remove a note as D2L Lumi Outcomes is available in all regions.
Updated the Evaluate assignments using the Assignments tool > Evaluate assignment submissions sub-topic to include steps on how to provide bulk feedback when evaluating assignment submissions.
Updated the About Content and Add and organize learning materials in the New Content Experience (Lessons) topics to include information about new navigation buttons.
Updated the Evaluate quizzes using the Quizzes tool to rename the Turn on the new quiz evaluation experience heading to Turn the New Quiz Evaluation Experience on or off and added new instructions.
Updated the About Media Library, Manage audio-video content with Media Library, and Create a presentation with Capture Web topics to reflect the new user interface (UI).
Updated the Evaluate discussions using Discussions tool to add bulk feedback functionality, renaming the sub-heading To evaluate a topic to To evaluate a topic and provide individual feedback and adding two new workflows: To provide feedback to selected learners and To provide feedback to all learners