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Course Access vs Course Access Log – why do we have two Brightspace Data Sets for course access?
With the April 2022 release, you will find a new Brightspace Data Set (BDS) within Data Hub named Course Access Log. You might be wondering – why do we now have two BDSs for course access? This blog post describes each of these data sets so that you can understand the differences. The vision for course access data is to…
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Third-Party Cookie Issues for LTI Tools
In February 2020, Google released version 80 of its Chrome browser, which introduces Google’s plan to phase out third-party cookies sometime in 2022 . With their phased approach, they also introduced a same-site cookie attribute.. In March 2020, Apple released Safari 13.1, which turned full cookie blocking privacy feature…
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A Tale of Two Data Driven Questions
Originally Published December 5, 2018 In today’s higher education landscape, it is more important than ever to make decisions based on factual data and to be able to analyze data. In 1981, Ronald Coase, a Nobel Prize Laureate and Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Chicago Law School, made the following…
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Using Differential Files with Data Sets Lacking Soft-Delete Indicators
What is a Soft-Delete Indicator? This is a column on the data set that indicates that the item has been deleted in the interface and will no longer appear in the Brightspace UI. In the context of differentials, it is a way of indicating that the row is no longer in use and potentially can be removed from your data store.…
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An Example for Analyzing Course Access in Insights Report Builder
With the April 2022 release you will find a new Brightspace Data Set (BDS) within Data Hub named Course Access Log (review this blog post for further details). Since we understand that most of our customers want to analyze all course access data together, you might be wondering – how can I analyze both this new data set…
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Everything You Need to Explore Data and Analytics with Brightspace
Whether you’re new to data and analytics or have been working with it for some time, here are a set of assets and resources that will support your success with data and analytics in Brightspace. Just started thinking about data and analytics? Part One: Easy Analytics (within a course) (30 min video) Audience: Instructors…
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Outcomes Assessment: How-To
Outcomes Assessment: Trialing or Using This guide describes how to enable the Learning Outcomes features of Brightspace Platform trial or production courses. In Brightspace Platform December 2018/10.8.8 release (10.8.8), we introduced the first features for Learning Outcomes. The guide was updated for Brightspace Platform…
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Preparing for Upcoming Changes in the Google File Picker
Preparing for Upcoming Changes in the Google File Picker The multiple Google files pickers currently used in Brightspace are now updated to be one file picker. While there is no change to the mechanics of selecting files, features related to account types and permissions are changing. The updated file picker supports PIE…
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Comparing Quiz Creation Experiences
The following tables compare Classic Quiz creation functionality to the New Quiz Creation Experience. Properties Classic New Location in New Name ✓ ✓ Primary panel Category (existing/new) ✓ *1 Attempts & Completion Questions per page ✓ ✓ Timing & Display Prevent moving backwards through pages ✓ ✓ Timing & Display Shuffle…
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Getting Started with Brightspace Data: Instructor Usage and Microsoft Excel
We continue to hear great stories about how our clients are leveraging Brightspace Data Sets to help drive better student outcomes. Back in June, we provided a simple Excel example to help you get started using the Learner Usage Advanced Data Set. The Learner Usage example focused on aggregating data across your…