There is a known bug in the rubric tool that potentially affects a student’s ability to view the feedback. Specifically, if the overall feedback score is not selected students will be unable to view the rubric feedback. The overall score is automatically selected, but if the rubric is closed too quickly, the overall score is […]
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Brightspace (D2L) Pulse – Pin and unpin courses | New
To help learners more easily find their current courses in Brightspace (D2L) Pulse for iOS, learners can now pin and unpin courses from the Courses screens. Pinning a course ensures it remains at the top of the screen for easy access. Previously, learners could only pin and unpin their courses in D2L. To pin or […]
What is the best way to accept large video files from my students?
When creating the submission folder choose the option to set the submission to be text only. This setting forces the student to only use the text editor to submit their materials – they will be unable to submit a file. When submitting, the students will select the Insert Stuff icon (the one that looks like […]
D2L New Feature: Quick Evaluation (Quick Eval)
QuickEval is a new tool that allows Instructors to see a list of unevaluated learner submissions across all their courses from the main NavBar in D2L. Submissions, Quizzes, and Discussions (connected to a grade item) are displayed in one location to improve efficiency when locating work that requires evaluation. Instructors can now quickly and easily […]
Why can’t I renew my Respondus 4.0 license
We want you to be aware of an issue affecting a smattering of instructors who are trying to renew their Respondus 4 license. An update to Respondus 4 occurred over a year ago (version 4.0.8) that resulted in a change to the licensing system. If the instructor using Respondus 4 hasn’t updated their application since […]
D2L Update (July – 20.19.7): Activity Feed Improvements
This month brings two improvements to the functionality of the Activity Feed tool. Instructors can pin more than one post to the top of their Activity Feed. Previously, only one post could be pinned at a time. This allow instructors to highlight more than one important post at a time to ensure that students do […]
D2L Update (July – 20.19.7): Survey Improvements
To improve the learner experience when taking a survey, the following updates are now available: The primary button when completing a Survey has been updated from Save Responses to read as Submit Survey. Learners will continue to be prompted to confirm their submission when they submit the survey Learners can still save survey answers manually. The Save button now reads […]
D2L Update (July – 20.19.7): Profile Image
If a user does not upload a user profile image in D2L, the navbar now displays the user’s initials in the user-profile badge. Previously, if a profile image was not uploaded, a blank user image displayed.
D2L Update (July – 20.19.7): Assignments – Edit Category
An Edit Categories option is now available in Submissions. This allows Instructors to edit all categories from one page. You can add, modify, delete, and sort categories, as well as manage unused categories. If a category with assignments is deleted, those assignments are added to the No Category area.
Bad Request – Request Too Long Error
The “Bad Request – Request Too Long” error is exclusive to Chrome. Typically the solution is to clear the cache and cookies in your Chrome browser, making sure to completely close all browser windows and tabs after doing so. Instructions for clearing your cache and cookies in Chrome are found here. In addition to removing cookies one-time, however, […]