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 help users stay up-to-date with the changes.
Here are some of the updates in the February 2024/20.24.2 release that were added to our system this month:
1) Question Library – Removal of the question mark icon
The question mark (?) icon that appears next to questions in Question Library is removed to prevent visual clutter. However, the folder icon that appears in Question Library next to each section remains.
This change only impacts Question Library and the question mark icon remains in other areas of Brightspace.
2) Brightspace – Branded footer on main pages
With this release, a Powered by D2L Brightspace footer now appears on select pages in Brightspace. The footer appears on the following pages:
- D2L’s login pages
- Org and org unit homepages
- Portfolio
- Brightspace for Parents and Guardian
- Discover
- Manager Dashboard
- Insights Portal Dashboard
This replaces the footer that previously appeared at the bottom of the login page and removes the corresponding Do not display D2L branded footer setting from the Login Page Management tool.
To learn more, refer to the Powered by D2L blog post in Brightspace Community.
If you are interested in getting more information about these and all the February Continuous Delivery updates, refer to the Brightspace Platform February 2024/20.24.2 Release Notes.
Additionally, refer to the Brightspace Release Notes for Continuous Delivery Releases, for details about current, past, and to preview upcoming continuous delivery updates.
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