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Assignments Tool Permissions Configuration Guidelines
By: Josh Roach, Software Developer As a developer on the Assignments team, I review and fix various defects and dev-assists that are reported by clients and internal stakeholders each week. We wanted to document some best practices around how permissions for the Assignments tool should be configured in order for it to…
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Brightspace Editor – Updating to the latest version across production to assist in troubleshooting efforts of license key errors
Updating to the latest version across production to assist in troubleshooting efforts of license key errors as of February 25th, 2026 As of 11.20am EST on February 25th, the Brightspace Editor was rolled back to version 7.7.0 across production environments. We identified 2 issues across users who reported an error using…
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Awards Share to Badgr Deprecated
Written by: Johnny Bayerl, Associate Product Manager, D2L. Introduction Since the original release of Brightspace Awards tool in 2016, D2L has been committed to supporting open digital credentials. This commitment enables learners to take their badges and certificates with them to external platforms that follow 1EdTech’s…
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Introducing Service Users and server-to-server authentication for Brightspace
By Joshua Vienneau, Senior Product Manager This article explains how integrators and administrators can leverage Brightspace Service Users and OAuth 2.0 client credentials to authenticate secure server-to-server integrations, automate workflows, and manage machine-to-machine API access without human accounts. Introduction…
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Group Assignments in Advanced Assessments
By: Jackie Guan, Product Manager Introducing Group Assignments in Advanced Assessment We’re excited to announce a new enhancement to Advanced Assessment (AA): Group Assignments. Advanced Assessment was introduced in Oct 2024 with Co-Marking, Delegation and Multi-Evaluator capabilities to help admins and lead instructors…
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Source Course Deploy data sets
Brightspace Data Sets for Source Course Deploy do not depend on specific tools being turned on. Entity Relationship Diagram The following diagram shows the relationships between entities used to create Brightspace Data Sets for Source Course Deploy. To enlarge the diagram, right-click on the image and select Open image in…
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New Content Experience - Frequently Asked Questions
This article answers frequently asked questions about New Content Experience What is the New Content Experience? NCE is Brightspace’s updated Content tool offering a modern interface and improved workflows for all users. Learn more: https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/33329 FAQ for Administrators Will this…
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Enabling New Content Experience
The New Content Experience (NCE) gives you a modern, streamlined content workflow without requiring migration. All content available in Classic Content is visible in the New Content Experience as well making deciding to use the New Content Experience is as easy as flipping a switch. Use this guide to decide how to enable…
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Content Experience Resources
Whether you are new to using New Content Experience, or have been working with it for some time. This is a list of resources that will support your success with Content in Brightspace. Content Overview What is the New Content Experience? The New Content Experience (NCE) in Brightspace is a modernized approach to creating,…
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Groups Management – A refresh of the manage groups page and increased numbers of groups per category
By: Elaine Jones, Product Manager Introduction Previously, in our August 20.25.08 release, we increased the number of users that you can enroll in a single group from 200 to 3000 users. This change was introduced on our High Impact Changes Timeline in April 2025. Now we are back to announce that we are making further…