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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\nD2L (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 September 2021\/20.21.9 release that were added to our system this month:<\/p>\n This feature builds on the Add categories capability in the Assignment Creation Experience | New feature released in July 2021\/20.21.7<\/a>. <\/p>\n With this release, the new assignment creation experience supports creating new select box grade items. Previously, only numeric grade items could be created from the new assignment creation experience.<\/p>\n In addition, this feature provides support for choosing a grade scheme when creating numeric or select box grade items. Grade categories now progressively display when creating a grade item. Previously, grade categories always displayed when available.<\/p>\n Also, to make interface text more clear, the following labels have been renamed in the new assignment creation experience:<\/p>\n When creating a new assignment as an instructor, under Grade Out Of<\/strong>, click Ungraded<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Click In Gradebook<\/strong>, and then select Edit or Link to Existing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n From the Edit or Link to Existing<\/strong> dialog, the following options may display under Create a new grade item<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Click OK<\/strong>, and then Save<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Instructors can now specify the extensions of files that learners can upload as assignment submissions. When an instructor is creating a file submission assignment, there is a drop down in the Submission and Completion section of the New Assignment Creation Experience. In this drop-down list, instructors can choose the restrictions they want. Choices include: <\/p>\n Note:<\/strong><\/p>\n Users now have the option to indicate their preferred pronouns in their user profiles. Brightspace user profiles are visible to anyone who shares a course with a particular user, including students, instructors, administrators, etc.<\/p>\n NOTE:<\/strong> You can find the option to indicate your preferred pronouns in your Account Settings<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n This feature is a continuation of the Discussions - Consistent evaluation experience feature introduced in August 2021\/20.21.8<\/a>.<\/p>\n With this setting, the new evaluation experience for Discussions appears first for all users, but they have the ability to opt-out until the December 2021\/20.21.12 release, at which time the new evaluation experience for Discussions will become the only option available.<\/p>\n For more detail about the improvements in this new experience, visit the Welcome to Our New Discussion Evaluation Experience<\/a> post on Brightspace Community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Now when you export Brightspace Learning Environment course packages, you can export Release Conditions and any associations. As a result, you no longer need to re-create these Release Conditions when you import the course package.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n When a rubric is collapsed, instructors can now see if the rubric is complete. If the rubric is complete, the collapsed rubric shows the overall level of the rubric, and if the rubric is not complete, the number of unscored criteria appears on the tile. <\/p>\n Previously, it was only possible to see the overall score of the rubric when the rubric was expanded.<\/p>\n This feature updates the Brightspace Editor \u2013 Additional Functionality | Updated<\/a> released in June 2021\/20.21.6 and updated in Brightspace Editor \u2013 Available in ePortfolio External Comments and Quiz Builder | Updated<\/a> released in July 2021\/20.21.7. This update includes the following:<\/p>\n In response to client feedback about the New Assignment Evaluation Experience, it is now possible to copy or delete a criteria group on a rubric. The delete option is only available if there is more than one criteria group.<\/p>\n Note:<\/strong> When a rubric with attached assessment items has submissions evaluated against it, the rubric is locked and can no longer be edited or deleted. <\/p>\n After you click Copy Criteria Group, a new criteria group appears below the original criteria group. <\/p>\n If you are using keyboard-only navigation, these options are available in the tab order after the criteria group name. Once the criteria group is copied using keyboard navigation, the keyboard focus moves to the new group's name.<\/p>\n There is a new workflow that makes it easier for instructors to set visibility and posting restrictions for discussion forums and topics. More specifically, this change simplifies date management for discussion activities, offering a more consistent, simplified, and consolidated experience for instructors.<\/p>\n The following changes are visible to instructors when creating or editing discussion forums and topics:<\/p>\n Note:<\/strong> These changes also affect the Classic Content and Manage Dates tools.<\/p>\n If you are interested in getting more information about these and all the September Continuous Delivery updates, refer to the Brightspace Platform September 2021\/20.21.9 Release Notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n Additionally, refer to the Brightspace Release Notes for Continuous Delivery Releases<\/a>, for details about current, past, and to preview upcoming continuous delivery updates.<\/p>\n View current, past, and preview upcoming Continuous Delivery release notes<\/a> Note: Are you doing something innovative in Brightspace or perhaps you've discovered a handy tip? Share how you are using Brightspace in your teaching and learning in The Orange Room<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Image credit: image<\/a> by geralt from Pixabay<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1) Assignments \u2013 Create select box grade items in the New Assignment Creation Experience<\/h4>\n
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<\/a>2) Assignments - Restricting file extensions for submissions<\/h4>\n
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3) Brightspace Learning Environment - Set and view user pronouns<\/h4>\n
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<\/a>4) Discussions - New Discussion Evaluation Experience<\/h4>\n
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<\/a>5) Import \/ Export \/ Copy Components \u2013 Export Release Conditions in course packages<\/h4>\n
6) Rubrics - Additional information on Grade tiles<\/h4>\n
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<\/a>7) Rubrics \u2013 Brightspace Editor Additional Functionality<\/h4>\n
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<\/a>8) Rubrics - Copy and delete criteria groups<\/h4>\n
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<\/a>9) Discussions \u2013 Improvements to visibility and posting restrictions<\/h4>\n
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