System administration
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Test Environment Refresh - Integration Options
For information regarding what Test Environment Refresh (Refresh) is and how to request one please refer to: Options do not need to be requested if the you would like a Standard Refresh where all Production LTI/Extensibility Tools and Links are brought to the Test site. This includes LTI 1.1 and 1.3 Tools bring copied down…
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Brightspace PII Data Anonymizer - FAQ
What is the Brightspace PII Data Anonymizer? The Brightspace PII Data Anonymizer (Anonymizer) replaces user PII in the ILP using various definitions, such as replacing usernames with newly generated GUIDs and randomly replacing first and last names of users using a dictionary of common names. Can I request Data…
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Test Environment Refresh - PII Options
For information regarding what Test Environment Refresh (Refresh) is and how to request one please refer to: . The purpose of the the PII Options is to mask sensitive PII upon request. PII Options are most commonly paired with a Refresh but can be run without a Refresh. PII Options are standard offerings included with any…
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Developer Platform Support Paths
We provide support for the developer platform through a number of channels, depending upon the nature of your issue or question. If you... Then... Have a question about an API, tool, or code you are working on Search, then, post to the Brightspace Community Developers forum. Have identified a candidate defect or an LE…
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Continuous Delivery Process Changes
What’s Changing?Specifically for client facing production instances, we will be looking to switch to a “12hr Window” for Continuous Delivery (CD) Deployments. This change will dramatically increase our DevOps teams' ability to “tune-the dials” ensuring a seamless experience for our clients as it relates to our CD Updates.…
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Planned Maintenance Downtime for Brightspace
We understand the importance of reliability. D2L employs a Continuous Delivery model for the Brightspace platform, releasing defect fixes and new features on a monthly recurring schedule which does not require downtime or unavailability of the environment. As of January 2018, for maintenance of our Cloud environments, we…
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Brightspace IP Safelisting
Written by: Mike Kraska, Senior Cloud Operations Administrator Safelist IPs for Authentication InfrastructureIf you have strict firewall policies that restrict connections from being established or received from unknown sources, every connection that is made to your infrastructure must be explicitly allowed. We offer the…
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Solutions for the Government of Canada
Solution pour le gouvernement du Canada (français) What is it?In 2020, D2L and the Canada School of Public Service (CSPS) came to an agreement to deliver a next generation digital learning environment Solution. This is a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS), cloud-hosted Solution in Canada that has been created to serve not…
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Content Security Policy Usage within Brightspace
What is it? Content Security Policy (CSP) is a mechanism for adding additional security to websites to eliminate several attack types. It works by adding a header to web traffic from the originating server that states how the server should operate. This means that every page loaded from the site is protected by these…
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Keeping Up with Continuous Delivery
Originally published December 17, 2018 Hello, Brightspace Community! My name is Dana Knarr, and I run the Brightspace Teaching and Learning Certificate Program (BTLCP). The BTLCP is a trio of self-paced training courses that include the latest updates to Brightspace Learning Environment. To stay on top of product and…