For a consistent and simplified user experience, learners can now view their graded rubric feedback in Gradebook for discussions, assignments, and quizzes. Learners can view their completed rubric (including the selected levels and instructor feedback) in the following tools: – Gradebook (new) – Discussions (new) – Assignments – Quizzes – Content (classic Content experience), where […]
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June 10.8.2 – D2L Rubrics Improvements to Rubric Feedback for Learners
To provide learners with more detailed feedback on activities and apply a consistent look and feel to rubric feedback, this release includes the following improvements: – Rubric feedback now has a consistent appearance across tools in Brightspace Learning Environment, including responsive display on desktops and mobile devices. The grading criteria that a learner achieves in an […]
June 10.8.2 – D2L Rubrics Control Rubric Visibility for Learners
This release introduces the ability to control rubric visibility for learners. This is useful for preventing learners from using preview rubrics as answer keys for activities. For example, an instructor can now describe assessment expectations in assignment instructions, hiding the associated preview rubric. Once the assignment is graded, the instructor releases the graded rubric as […]
June 10.8.2 – D2L Quiz Question “Pools” Replace “Random Sections”
Question pools are now available to improve the process of creating quizzes with randomized questions, and are an effective way of preventing cheating on quizzes. All the functionality random sections provided is now located on a single screen, with a simplified workflow. When creating a question pool, instructors enter a title, the number of questions […]
June 10.8.2 – D2L HTML Editor Emoticons Available
Emoticons are now available across Brightspace Learning Environment in the HTML Editor. Use them to express feelings or mood in announcements, instructions, discussion posts, and anywhere else the HTML Editor is available. (Source: D2L)
June 10.8.2 – D2L Group and Sections Interface Improvements
Fixed headers and wider columns now appear on the Enroll Users page in Groups. This change helps users easily view and scroll through large numbers of groups and sections. This change is available in the Daylight Experience only. This feature is not supported in the Internet Explorer 11 or Microsoft Edge web browsers. The Enroll […]
June 10.8.2 – D2L Grades Linked Discussion Threads Available
When assessing a discussion post in the Assess Post pop-up, an instructor can now see a link to the original discussion post. This allows instructors to see more information about why the user posted that reply, or what other learners replied to their post. Previously, there was no hyperlink, and instructors had to open Discussions […]
June 10.8.2 – D2L Course Copy Components Date Offset Tool
When instructors copy the content of one course to another, old course dates are also copied over. This feature enables instructors to offset those old dates to dates relative to the new semester. This feature also eliminates the burden of tweaking delivery and due dates for their learners. When instructors copy course components in bulk, […]
June 10.8.2 – D2L Assignment Grader Apps allow Annotations without EduDentity Credentials
Instructors that use Assignment Grader (available for iOS and Android) are no longer required to log in using EduDentity in order to annotate non-PDF assignment submissions. Instructors can now log in using their Brightspace credentials and have the same functionality as they have had in EduDentity. For more information or to download the Assignment Grader […]
May 10.8.1 – D2L Manage Dates Improvements
The May 2018 D2L 10.8.1 update will bring added functionality for managing dates via the Offset Dates tool in the Calendar. Specific changes include: Offset other activity dates – In addition to offsetting start, end, and due dates, instructors have the option to offset other dates associated with activities. Affected dates are: discussion topic and […]