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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 August 2022\/20.22.8 release that were added to our system this month:<\/p>\n Previously, the only way to remove PDF annotations in Assignments<\/strong> was to use the eraser tool or delete the selection. Now, an undo\/redo button<\/strong> is added for PDF annotations when evaluating in Assignments. Alternatively, standard keyboard shortcuts are now also supported for undoing and redoing annotations:<\/p>\n This feature implements PIE items D6620, D7342, and D8698.<\/p>\n Previously, in Assignments<\/strong>, the search filter defaulted to Users with submissions<\/strong> for individual assignments and Submitted groups<\/strong> for group assignments. Now, instructors will instead default to Show everyone<\/strong> for individual assignments and Show all groups<\/strong> for group assignments. These modified filters are the new default search option. After applying one of these default filters, instructors can apply additional filters to improve search optimization.<\/p>\n This feature implements PIE items (D1659 and D5126). Data also shows that instructors prefer to display all users before applying additional filters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n There is a new option in Brightspace HTML Editor that allows instructors to directly insert a code snippet into their content. This is done by selecting the Other Insert Options<\/strong> menu from the Editor toolbar, and then selecting the new Insert Code<\/strong> option. From there, instructors select their programming language from a list of available choices and add their code into the interface to format before inserting it into the Editor.<\/p>\n Previously, instructors had to use the <code> tag and build out their own code to add a code snippet in the editor.<\/p>\n Note: The Insert Code<\/strong> option is not available in the Quizzes tool.<\/p>\n Media Library is now available as an option within Insert Stuff<\/strong>. This allows users to embed any audio or video files added via Content since 20.22.1 and any existing Audio Notes and Video Notes into any supported Brightspace Editor field.<\/p>\n Previously, Media Library was not accessible from Insert Stuff and it was only possible to insert Video notes via Search for Video<\/strong> or Insert Video Note<\/strong>.<\/p>\n This release also allows instructors to embed a new inline Audio Player using Insert Stuff<\/strong>. <\/p>\n This feature releases an improvement to the Brightspace Editor > Insert Stuff<\/strong> dialog.<\/p>\n Now, when you are in the Brightspace Editor and you upload a file using Insert Stuff<\/strong>, a message appears indicating that the files uploaded using Insert Stuff<\/strong> are saved in the Manage Files<\/strong> area. The message also indicates that files in the Manage Files<\/strong> area are potentially accessible to all users enrolled in the course or to anyone who has access to the course.<\/p>\n As best practice, do not include individual learner feedback in the files you are uploading using Insert Stuff<\/strong>.<\/p>\n On the New Agent<\/strong> page, in the Criteria<\/strong> section, all selections under Take Action on Activity<\/strong> are now optional. This means users can now create a new Intelligent Agent that applies to certain roles and doesn't require any other criteria. Users are still required to select one of the options under Role in Classlist<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Previously, to create an Intelligent Agent, users had to select the roles the agent applies to, and one or more conditions the agent must check against: login activity, course activity, or release conditions. If a user attempted to save the agent without selecting a condition to check against, they received an error saying No Agent Criteria Defined<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Also in this update, on the New Agent<\/strong> page, in the Criteria<\/strong> section, under Role in Classlist<\/strong>, the option All users visible in the Classlist<\/strong> is no longer selected by default. This is a precaution to prevent users from accidentally creating an agent that runs against everyone.<\/p>\n As of this release, the Disable Right Click<\/strong> option in quizzes is removed from Quizzes in Brightspace Learning Environment. The option is no longer available in Quiz Setup, and existing quizzes with the setting no longer enforce the limitation on learners.<\/p>\n This option was previously intended to allow Instructors to disable right-clicking during the time a learner was taking quiz, thus making it more difficult for learners ability to copy or print the quiz and share it with others. However, as browsers have reduced the ability for web sites to control end-user behavior, the Disable Right Click<\/strong> setting could not necessarily be applied to all students, and it provided a false sense of security around quiz content.<\/p>\n For more information concerning this change, refer to Advanced Notice: Retirement of Quizzes \"Disable Right Click\" Setting<\/a> in Brightspace Community.<\/p>\n This feature implements the following PIE items:<\/p>\n This feature adds a new option in quizzes that allows instructors to restore deleted quizzes. This option appears in the More Actions<\/strong> menu in the Quizzes tool. Instructors using this option are provided with a list of deleted quizzes that indicates when they were deleted and by whom, along with a button to restore a selected quiz.<\/p>\n Restored quizzes automatically have any associated quiz attempts that were already taken, statistics, and scores for those quiz attempts restored as well. Learning Outcomes associated to quiz questions are unaffected, and re-appear with the questions when the quiz is restored. Links to a grade item and competencies are not restored.<\/p>\n This feature implements the following PIE items:<\/p>\n If you are interested in getting more information about these and all the August Continuous Delivery updates, refer to the Brightspace Platform August 2022\/20.22.8 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 Access new shortcuts to undo and redo PDF annotations on evaluations<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>2) Assignments \u2013 Apply the filters Show everyone and Show all groups for individual and group assignments<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>3) Brightspace Editor \u2013 Easily insert code snippets with the Insert Code option<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>4) Brightspace Editor \u2013 Insert Stuff now includes Media Library<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>5) Brightspace Editor \u2013 Quickly access and manage the files you uploaded using Insert Stuff<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>6) Intelligent Agents \u2013 Create more flexible agents with fewer criteria<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>7) Quizzes \u2013 End of Life for Disable Right Click option<\/h3>\n
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8) Quizzes \u2013 Save time and prevent data loss with the Restore Deleted Quizzes functionality<\/h3>\n
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