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Create a Custom Certificate that uses Replace Strings
To create a certificate with editable form fields which include replace strings, you will require PDF editing software such as Adobe Pro. The Certificate can begin as a word document or PowerPoint which you save as a PDF. Do one of the following: If you need to add blank spaces prepared as a field for a name or date to…
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Course Merchant Support
About Course Merchant Learn more about Course Merchant for course enrollment, registration, and e-commerce. Documentation and Resources Course Merchant is a shopping cart capable of integration into Brightspace™ by D2L. Course Merchant is a search-friendly and brand matched e-commerce storefront that allows anyone,…
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Activity Visibility Improvements
Originally published August 8, 2019 At D2L, we aim to improve how efficient you can be while using Brightspace. Previously, we had multiple terms to mean that an activity is not visible (inactive, draft, hidden). We also had four different controls and four different workflows to switch visibility. There are now numerous…
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Enabling Third-Party cookies on a mobile device
Why do I need to enable Third-Party cookies for Kaltura? Some users may see the following error message when trying to view the Kaltura player: "It seems your browser is blocking 3rd party session cookies required for the Kaltura application. To resolve this issue, please update your settings to allow 3rd party cookies."…
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Motivations behind the changes in Data Hub Brightspace Data Set (BDS) Major Version 9
By: Monica Gaertner, Product Manager With the December 2023/20.23.12 release, we introduce a new major BDS version: 9 (d2l.Tools.BrightspaceDataSets.Version: 9.0). As our Brightspace Data Sets Change Management Policy indicates, we provide a 4-month adoption period for major changes because we recognize adopting major…
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Analytics Builder – Visualization Infrastructure transition
By Lavniet Dhillon, Senior Product Manager In the contemporary landscape of data-driven practices, educational institutions and organizational Learning and Development (L&D) teams heavily depend on learning analytics to extract essential insights to help facilitate well-informed decision-making. At D2L, we recognize the…
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Introducing New Display Pages for Assessable Activities in New Content Experience
By: Ed Vannatter, Senior Product Manager; Stefano Nicoli, Senior Product Manager; Susan Kleisath, Product Manager Introduction Brightspace assessable activities inside the New Content Experience (NCE) are getting an exciting makeover! These new pages will be available for Assignments, Quizzes, Discussion Topics, and…
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Intent to End of Life Notice: Hosted Homepage Widget Expansion Pack
By: Kathleen Murphy, Manager, Learning Solutions UPDATE End of Life Date: December 2024 release The Homepage Widget Expansion Pack (HWEP) is a collection of widgets created by D2L Learning Services (formerly Learning and Creative Services). Widgets in the initial generation of the HWEP were delivered as custom widgets and…
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Update to Survey Brightspace Data Sets
Written By Natalie Deane, Senior Product Manager Removal of Survey Question Answer Options While performing some infrastructure updates and improvements we undertook a review of the existing Survey Brightspace Data Sets (BDS). During this review it became clear that the Survey Question Answer Options BDS is not providing…
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Keeping on top of Brightspace Data Sets updates
All upcoming and recent Brightspace Data Set (BDS) updates, now in a single location! Subscribe for Notifications Every month, shortly after new Brightspace Data Sets updates are announced in the Product and Services Preview, the upcoming changes will be added to this blog post and the Brightspace Data Sets Updates…