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Published on Leave a comment on Brightspace Tip #396: July Continuous Delivery Updates

D2L (the company that owns Brightspace) uses Continuous Delivery to update our Brightspace system. The Continuous Delivery model gives us regular monthly updates allowing for incremental and easily integrated changes with no downtime required for our Brightspace system. Our Continuous Delivery update occurs on the 4th Thursday of each month. D2L provides release notes to ...continue reading "Brightspace Tip #396: July Continuous Delivery Updates"

Published on Leave a comment on Brightspace Tip #394: June Continuous Delivery Updates

D2L (the company that owns Brightspace) uses Continuous Delivery to update our Brightspace system. The Continuous Delivery model gives us regular monthly updates allowing for incremental and easily integrated changes with no downtime required for our Brightspace system. Our Continuous Delivery update occurs on the 4th Thursday of each month. D2L provides release notes to ...continue reading "Brightspace Tip #394: June Continuous Delivery Updates"

Published on Leave a comment on Brightspace Tip #393: New Quiz Creation Experience

The new Quiz creation experience was one of the changes implemented with our June 2022 Continuous Delivery update. The create and edit consistency changes that you see in Assignments and Discussions are available in Quizzes. D2L’s goal with the create/edit quiz redesign is to simplify common tasks for first-time or infrequent users, while giving easy ...continue reading "Brightspace Tip #393: New Quiz Creation Experience"

Published on Leave a comment on Brightspace Tip #392: Discussions – @mentions

Did you know the Discussions tool has an @mentions feature? Within the Discussion tool, users can tag other users within the same course using @mentions. Tagged users are notified by alerts in the Minibar directing them to the thread in which they were tagged. Additionally, users can edit their notification settings and opt to receive ...continue reading "Brightspace Tip #392: Discussions – @mentions"

Published on Leave a comment on Brightspace Tip #391: Use Private Discussions for Journaling

Many instructors are using reflective journaling as a teaching strategy. Reflective journaling is used as a means of aiding reflection, deepening students' understanding and stimulating critical thinking. Brightspace does not have a journal tool. However, you can setup private discussion forums for journaling using the Groups and Discussions tools. A private discussion forum is the ...continue reading "Brightspace Tip #391: Use Private Discussions for Journaling"

Published on Leave a comment on Brightspace Tip #390: Setup Your Summer Courses

As you prepare to teach this summer, now is a good time to get started setting up your Brightspace courses. Our Information Technology Center (ITC) has created the summer courses in Brightspace. NOTE: You should see your summer courses in the My Courses widget. If you do not see your summer courses in your My ...continue reading "Brightspace Tip #390: Setup Your Summer Courses"

Published on Leave a comment on Brightspace Tip #389: May Continuous Delivery Updates

D2L (the company that owns Brightspace) uses Continuous Delivery to update our Brightspace system. The Continuous Delivery model gives us regular monthly updates allowing for incremental and easily integrated changes with no downtime required for our Brightspace system. Our Continuous Delivery update occurs on the 4th Thursday of each month. D2L provides release notes to ...continue reading "Brightspace Tip #389: May Continuous Delivery Updates"

Published on Leave a comment on Brightspace Tip #388: Accessibility Checker

Thursday, May 18th, is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). GAAD aims to get you talking, thinking, and learning about digital access/inclusion and people with different abilities and talents. Accessibility is about everyone. It is extremely important for students with disabilities to have access to accessible course content. The Brightspace Editor has a built-in accessibility checker ...continue reading "Brightspace Tip #388: Accessibility Checker"

Published on Leave a comment on Brightspace Tip #387: End-of-Semester Tasks

As we approach the end of the semester there are a few things you can do in Brightspace to wrap up for the semester. Release final course grades Unlike other grade items and categories in the Grade Book, final grades are not available to students by default. Final grades must be released. If you did ...continue reading "Brightspace Tip #387: End-of-Semester Tasks"

Published on Leave a comment on Brightspace Tip #386: Grade Book – Adjust Final Grades

Brightspace calculates final grades for each student based on the grading system and the students' grades that are entered into the Grade Book. If the instructor wants more control over the final grades, perhaps to adjust the final grade for a student that is on the cusp of a higher grade, then adjusted final grades ...continue reading "Brightspace Tip #386: Grade Book – Adjust Final Grades"