Product blogs
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Quiz Timing Improvements - Phase 3 of 3
By: Natalie Deane, Senior Product Manager This topic describes Phase 3 of the three-phase Quiz Timing Improvements. For information about the overall improvements, see Quiz Timing Improvements - Summary. Phase 3 will be available in September 2023 (20.23.9) for all clients, and includes improvements to support both…
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Quiz Timing Improvements - Phase 2 of 3
By: Natalie Deane, Senior Product Manager This topic describes Phase 2 of the three-phase for Quiz Timing Improvements. For information about the overall improvements, see Quiz Timing Improvements - Summary. Phase 2 is available starting in 20.23.7 (July 2023) for all clients, and includes improvements to the Quiz…
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Quiz Timing Improvements - Phase 1 of 3
By: Natalie Deane, Senior Product Manager This topic describes Phase 1 of the three-phase for Quiz Timing Improvements. For information about the overall improvements, see Quiz Timing Improvements - Summary. Phase 1 is available now for all clients, and includes changes to auto-submission, provides a simplified quiz setup,…
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Creating An Online Course: A Step-By-Step Guide
By Darcy White, Instructional Designer You've been asked to put together an online course. You're excited to get started with this new project, then realize that you're not sure where to begin. Don’t worry, you’re not alone! This is a common problem encountered by people who are new to designing online content. The key to…
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SCORM: Know Which Player You Are Using
There are two different SCORM players used in Brightspace, and which player is used depends on how the SCORM package has been uploaded into the course: If you use the Add Existing > SCORM/xAPI workflow in the Content tool, the file plays on the new SCORM player.If you use the Import/Export/Copy Components tool to upload…
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How To Get Started With Data Hub's APIs: Advanced Data Sets
This article introduces using the Data Hub APIs to retrieve an Advanced Data Set and gives a practical example using the process. Data Hub houses data exports from Brightspace. Data Hub contains a selection of data set that authorized users can run and export to CSV. Once Data Hub has been enabled for your Brightspace…
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How Brightspace Can Enhance In-person Learning
By Amanda Darling – Instructional Designer Brightspace excels with self-guided online courses, but it can also be used to support in-person learning. This article explores how Brightspace can enhance a traditional classroom experience. As an in-person college instructor for years before becoming an instructional designer…
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Upcoming changes to content and discussion API scopes
By: Elaine Jones, Product Manager D2L is aware that a small number of API scopes do not adhere to our current implementation approach. When created, API scopes are configured in a way that allow access to either read or manage data – however where a single scope covers both read and manage data, we will be making changes…
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Quiz Timing Improvements - Summary
By: Natalie Deane, Senior Product Manager Quiz Timing Improvement Summary D2L is updating the quiz creation and quiz taking experiences to simplify existing workflows and add useful new quiz timing options. These quiz timing improvements are released in three stages. Quiz Timing Improvements & Auto-submission – available…
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Brightspace Data Sets - Headless (Non-Interactive) Client Example
by Mark Tse, Software Developer, Platform Development D2L originally published 24 March 2018 In this article, we will be looking at how to keep a database updated with the daily Brightspace Data Sets (BDS) extracts. Introduction The release of BDS allows administrators access to raw data that can be aggregated and filtered…