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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…
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D2L's New Beta Program Announced!
First off, what is the new Beta Program? The new Beta Program at D2L is a new name for the (historically known) Dev Pilot and Early Access Programs for D2L's early-stage product releases. This new program is a result of efforts to increase clarity in our naming conventions for product releases while also adding structure…
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Google Integrations Introduction
Here at D2L, we believe in enabling our clients to have access to the tools they know and love right from within Brightspace. Whether that be through open standards like LTI, or with deep integrations, your Brightspace should serve as a hub for all your favorite tools. One of the most popular tools we find…
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Change Management of Brightspace Data Sets Major Version within Insights Report Builder
Written By Sagar Warghade, Senior Product Manager, Data and Analytics Insights Report Builder (IRB) provides you with access to your Brightspace Data Sets (BDS) so that you can leverage them easily to meet your reporting needs. IRB is not for long-term storage of obsolete versions of Brightspace Data Sets. To ensure the…
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Getting Started with Brightspace Data: Learner Usage and Microsoft Excel
Since the initial release of Brightspace Data Hub, we have seen incredible usage of our Brightspace Data Sets and continue to hear great stories about how our customers are leveraging the data available through Brightspace Data Hub. This blog post is intended for those customers looking to get started with Brightspace…