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Enhancing Security with Single Sign-On (SSO) and Local Authentication Controls within D2L Brightspace
Authored by: Alexander Persaud, Senior Director, Implementation Services At D2L, we strive to maintain open communication with our customers about the security of our products, including clear resources on security features, updates, and precautions or issues that may require customer action. One of the key aspects of a…
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A Case Study on Roles and Permissions Across Multiple Clients
By Barry Dahl, Teaching & Learning Advocate, D2L The D2L Site Admins Affinity Network is a role-based network that brings together Site Administrators to learn from one another and share effective practices to help everyone be more productive. Roles and Permissions Project During Fusion 2023, members of the Fusion Steering…
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Availability: The Most Important Feature
Written By: Kevin Willms, Senior Cloud Operations Reliability Engineering Manager and Matthew Campbell, VP Cloud Platform At D2L, we’re committed to ensuring your users have the best experience that they can, and that starts with availability. By availability, we are referring to the measure of how available our products…
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D2L Progress to K-12 Cybersecurity Pledge Commitments
As part of our ongoing prioritization of privacy and security, D2L made a number of commitments in August and September 2023. We document our advances to meeting those pledges below. On August 8, 2023, D2L CEO John Baker was invited to announce several D2L commitments at a White House forum hosted by First Lady Jill Biden.…
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Learner-first: Feeling Safe in Exploring: Learners’ Educational Journey
Written by: Tay Roth, Senior Product Manager and Megan Shuker, Senior Manager, Product Management The environment in which learning takes place has changed drastically over the last few years. Whether a learner is in primary school, secondary school, continuing education, or corporate learning, the mediums and means of…
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Product Development Is Incremental
Written by: Pamela Gaudet, Sr. K12 Product Strategy Manager Ever think about how most days in your life are relatively similar – maybe it’s a weekday, and you have pretty much the same breakfast, drink some coffee or tea, and then start your day? There are problems to solve, meetings to attend, and deadlines. If you’re a…
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A Standards Based Approach to AI Detection
Written by: Mike Johnston, Product Manager It seems like everyone is talking about Artificial Intelligence (AI) these days. With the recent growth of AI in education, many are looking to understand how D2L will respond to this new technology and what services will be available to detect AI generated content in learner…
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Putting Users First: D2L's User-Centered Design Elevates Teaching and Learning
Written By: Mariya Boyko, Product Manager and Christian Pantel, SVP Ux Development and Design At D2L, we prioritize the needs of learners and educators. We place our users at the heart of our product development process, using user-centered design practices to create an intuitive learning platform. About User-Centered…
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Towards a More Equitable Learning Management System Experience with Large Language Models*
Written by: Sambhavi Chandrashekar, Global Accessibility Lead, and Rajesh Talpade, SVP Product Management Fueling our mission with AI“The amount of intelligence in the universe doubles every 18 months.” - Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAIThis statement signals the shift in the focus of technology from automation of processes to…
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Assignment Ideas using ChatGPT and other AI tools
By: Jackie Guan, Product Manager, Product Management With the explosive availability of AI Large Language Model (LLM) tools, it is well known that ChatGPT and others can and will be used for cheating in academic contexts. It is time for educators to rethink the place of AI in pedagogy and learning. Banning the new tool…