Product blogs
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Holding Tank XML Parser 2 conversion to D2L Standard CSV Quick Start Guide
Purpose This document is intended as a guide to map the fields from Holding Tank XML Parser 2 to the fields within IPSIS D2L Standard CSV for the purposes of switching integrations. The data listed consists of examples only. Specific client data may differ slightly from what is presented here. For further assistance…
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D2L requires upgrade from TLS 1.1 to TLS 1.2
As communicated in January 2022, D2L would be disabling support for any TLS encryption protocols less than 1.2. What has been completed: All customer test (non-production) instances have been updated to support TLS 1.2 All customer production instances have been updated to support TLS 1.2 Who should I contact if I…
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Insights Portal Improvements
In July we released a new version of the Adoption dashboard, which marked an important milestone in finalizing the transition of our Insights Portal dashboards to a new user interface started last year and expanding their functionality to better align with the needs of users. These updates are based on our continuous…
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How to get data from Brightspace into usable reports: An Overview
Originally published November 16, 2018 Does your organization want to report on data coming from Brightspace? There are of course reports available in Brightspace, and they should be your first destination. If your needs can be met by those, fantastic! You may have a more unique reporting need though, and therefore you…
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Evolving the Audio-Video Experience
Our Mandate: Consolidate and improve the audio-video (A-V) experience in Brightspace Core We know that our clients have come to expect high-quality A-V content as an essential part of the modern learning experience in Brightspace. During the last few years, we saw a major increase in the number of users accessing and…
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Assessment Quality Dashboard Updates
What is the Assessment Quality Dashboard in Insights? The Assessment Quality Dashboard provides instructors, instructional designers, and others interested in understanding Quiz efficacy, a tool to identify poorly performing assessments and take informed action to iteratively improve on those assessments. It compiles…
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Motivations behind the changes in Data Hub Brightspace Data Set Major Version 7.0 October 2021 Release
With the 20.21.10 October release, we introduced a new major BDS version: 7.0 (d2l.Tools.BrightspaceDataSets.Version: 7.0). As our Change Management Policy indicates, we provide a 6-month adoption period for major changes because we recognize adopting major changes requires effort on your end to accommodate the changes in…
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Quizzes or SCORM: What is best for you
A goal many have when creating online courses is to maximize engagement and interaction – assessments and knowledge checks are great ways of achieving this and both SCORM and Brightspace quizzes are two of the many tools that are commonly used to create these experiences. There are some considerations to be made when using…
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Introducing SAML Administration
What is SAML and SAML Administration? Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), enables users to access multiple web applications using one set of login credentials. SAML based Single Sign-On (SSO) is the most requested user authentication method within Brightspace, and since SSO is a customer managed workflow, we built…
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Data Portability and the GDPR
DataPortability_GDPR_Admin.docx This resource provides an overview of Data Portability in Brightspace and the General Data Protection Regulation. It includes types of portable data as well as extracting portable data from Brightspace.