{"id":15548,"date":"2020-06-25T18:08:20","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T23:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=15548"},"modified":"2020-06-26T08:14:08","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T13:14:08","slug":"brightspace-tip-168-june-continuous-delivery-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-168-june-continuous-delivery-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Brightspace Tip #168: June Continuous Delivery Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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.<\/p>\n

Our Continuous Delivery update occurs on the 4th Thursday of each month. D2L provides release notes<\/a> to help users stay up-to-date with the changes.<\/p>\n

Here are a few updates in the June 2020\/20.20.6 release that were added to our system this month:<\/p>\n

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1) Assignments - Create and edit experience<\/h4>\n

The create and edit Assignments page has an updated look and feel. The classic tabbed view has been transformed into a new, fully immersive page layout.<\/p>\n

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The updated look and feel of the new Assignment creation screen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

The primary panel on the left contains frequently used fields that are always displayed. These fields are most relevant to learners and are the core details instructors want to add; a due date, instructions, and attachments.<\/p>\n

The panel on the right organizes additional, more advanced options such as start and end dates, rubrics, annotation tools, and Turnitin. When these options are collapsed, summary text provides details about which settings are active and subtle hints that aid in the discovery of additional settings. As a result, you can see everything at a glance with little to no scrolling, and without having to navigate through any tabs.<\/p>\n

The new experience streamlines the process of linking assignments to your gradebook<\/strong> and builds on a pattern first introduced in Activity Feed<\/a>. When you enter a score, your assignment is added to Grades, and the name and score are automatically synced for you. If you traditionally create grade items in advance, support for selecting existing grades and categories is also available.<\/p>\n

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The new add to grades workflow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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2) Rubrics \u2013 Accessibility improvements in Rubric creation workflow<\/h4>\n

The following updates have been made to improve the accessibility of the rubric creation workflow:<\/p>\n