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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…
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Announcing Data Hub Brightspace Data Sets (BDS) Major Version 11
Our goal is to provide our customers with data access in a performant, complete, and understandable way. This means we need to periodically have major version releases for Brightspace Data Sets (BDS). In addition to making some major changes, we also made some minor changes, such as introducing new columns. In the upcoming…
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New Data Preparation in Analytics Builder
We are excited to announce a major upgrade to Analytics Builder, a new Data Preparation experience that makes it easier and faster to prepare your data for dashboards and reports. This update introduces a visual interface that allows authors to build and organize multi-step data preparation workflows. Raw Brightspace Data…
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Where to Find PIE Updates
Since the launch of D2L’s Product Idea Exchange (PIE), we’ve implemented many of your ideas into our tools and features. However, we know it hasn’t always been easy to track when or where your ideas were implemented. We’ve heard you, and we’ve created a dedicated space to make this process easier. Product Idea Exchange…
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Introducing Distributed Administration in Brightspace
This article introduces, explains, and addresses questions about the new Distributed Administration feature in Brightspace. By Andrew Ko, Product Manager At D2L, we know that learning organizations come in all shapes and sizes—universities with multiple campuses, global enterprises with diverse business units, and K–12…
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Impact of Selected Brightspace Data Set (BDS) Minor Version Changes on Analytics Builder
Brightspace Data Sets (BDS) receive minor version updates as part of the monthly Brightspace release cycle. These updates are typically backward compatible and require no action. For details on how versioning works, refer to our Brightspace Data Sets Change Management Policy (link). While BDS minor version changes don’t…
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Google Lens Homework Help feature update
[info callout] UPDATE We have received the following update from Google that we would like to share with you: The Homework Help feature was part of a recent test by Google aimed at enhancing the accessibility of Google Lens through a shortcut button in Chrome. They have currently paused this test to incorporate feedback…
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Re-offer Course Offerings with the Source Course Org Unit
By: Samantha Baran, Associate Product Manager What is a Source Course? The new Source Course org unit acts as an iterative model for you to create and update course material for a frequently-re-offered course. Source courses are available to all users in Brightspace Core following the October 20.25.10 release. Users can…
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Preparing for the Shift: Migrating from Teams LTI to the Microsoft 365 LTI App
By: Natalia Dias, Transition Consultant Microsoft has recently announced the launch of the Microsoft 365 LTI app, which consolidates all of its LTI integrations into a single experience. As part of this transition, the Teams Classes LTI and Teams Meetings LTI tools will be retired. Important Information No new deployments…
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Pausing Bulk Feedback Submission Config Variable Removal For 20.25.10
By: Jackie Guan, Product Manager This article explains and offers context on a recent decision to pause a planned removal of the Bulk Feedback Submission config variable. About the Support Bulk Feedback Submission Feature The Support Bulk Feedback Submission feature for Assignments and Discussions, introduced in the…