{"id":19369,"date":"2023-05-26T03:16:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T08:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=19369"},"modified":"2023-05-26T03:16:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T08:16:51","slug":"brightspace-tip-389-may-continuous-delivery-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-389-may-continuous-delivery-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Brightspace Tip #389: May Continuous Delivery Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div align=\"center\"><a title=\"update\" href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/illustrations\/update-upgrade-renew-improve-1672363\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/update-1672363_640.jpg?resize=480%2C320\" alt=\"update\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>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<p>Our Continuous Delivery update occurs on the 4th Thursday of each month. D2L provides <a href=\"https:\/\/community.d2l.com\/brightspace\/categories\/release-notes-en\">release notes<\/a> to help users stay up-to-date with the changes.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an update in the May 2023\/20.23.5 release that was added to our system this month:<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>1) Awards \u2013 Add criteria to awards in compliance with the latest Open Badges standard<\/h3>\n<p>Instructors can now specify what a learner must do to achieve a particular award.<\/p>\n<p>This feature complements the use of evidence for awards by adding the new required Criteria field to the Awards tool.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19372\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19372\" style=\"width: 1064px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/new-award-page.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19372\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-389-may-continuous-delivery-updates\/new-award-page\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/new-award-page.png?fit=1064%2C589&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1064,589\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"new-award-page\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The new required Criteria field on the New Award page&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/new-award-page.png?fit=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/new-award-page.png?fit=625%2C346&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/new-award-page.png?resize=625%2C346\" alt=\"The new required Criteria field on the New Award page\" width=\"625\" height=\"346\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/new-award-page.png?w=1064&amp;ssl=1 1064w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/new-award-page.png?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/new-award-page.png?resize=1024%2C567&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/new-award-page.png?resize=768%2C425&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/new-award-page.png?resize=960%2C531&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19372\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new required <strong>Criteria<\/strong> field on the <strong>New Award<\/strong> page.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Availability of <strong>Criteria<\/strong> and <strong>Evidence<\/strong> fields meets the latest Open Badges 2.0 standard from 1EdTech (formerly known as IMS Global):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When instructors manually grant awards, they can now check the award's criteria and enter evidence describing what the learner did to meet the criteria and earn the award.<\/li>\n<li>When the award is automatically issued, the release conditions determine if learners meet the criteria.<\/li>\n<li>If learners share their award via a public link, both the Criteria and Evidence fields now appear on the Public Award page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19371\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19371\" style=\"width: 1224px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/awards-criteria-public-sharing.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19371\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-389-may-continuous-delivery-updates\/awards-criteria-public-sharing\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/awards-criteria-public-sharing.png?fit=1224%2C1110&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1224,1110\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"awards-criteria-public-sharing\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The new Criteria field on the Public Award page&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/awards-criteria-public-sharing.png?fit=300%2C272&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/awards-criteria-public-sharing.png?fit=625%2C567&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/awards-criteria-public-sharing.png?resize=625%2C567\" alt=\"The new Criteria field on the Public Award page\" width=\"625\" height=\"567\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/awards-criteria-public-sharing.png?w=1224&amp;ssl=1 1224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/awards-criteria-public-sharing.png?resize=300%2C272&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/awards-criteria-public-sharing.png?resize=1024%2C929&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/awards-criteria-public-sharing.png?resize=768%2C696&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/awards-criteria-public-sharing.png?resize=960%2C871&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new <strong>Criteria<\/strong> field on the <strong>Public Award<\/strong> page.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This feature implements PIE item D6128 (Incorporate Open Badge 2.0 Standards).<\/p>\n<p>For existing awards that do not have explicitly stated criteria, Brightspace treats the <strong>Criteria<\/strong> and <strong>Evidence<\/strong> fields as the same.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, there was no criteria field available in the Awards tool. When learners shared their awards to Badgr, the same field values were used for both <strong>Evidence<\/strong> and <strong>Criteria<\/strong> fields.\n<\/div>\n<p>If you are interested in getting more information about this and all the May Continuous Delivery updates, refer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/community.d2l.com\/brightspace\/kb\/articles\/16735-may-2023-20-23-5\">Brightspace Platform May 2023\/20.23.5 Release Notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, refer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/community.d2l.com\/brightspace\/categories\/release-notes-en\">Brightspace Release Notes for Continuous Delivery Releases<\/a>, for details about current, past, and to preview upcoming continuous delivery updates.<\/p>\n<h2>Want more information?<\/h2>\n<p>View current, past, and preview upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/community.d2l.com\/brightspace\/categories\/release-notes-en\">Continuous Delivery release notes<\/a><br \/>\nView all the <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?s=Brightspace+%2Brecap\">Brightspace training recaps<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/catwiki.xula.edu\/Brightspace:_Instructors_Quick_Start_Tutorial\">Instructors Quick Start Tutorial<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/catwiki.xula.edu\/index.php\/Brightspace_Known_Issues\">Brightspace Known Issues<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-2-sandbox-courses\/\">Request a sandbox course<\/a><br \/>\nSign-up for <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/events\/\">Brightspace training sessions<\/a><br \/>\nYou can find <a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.brightspace.com\/EN\/-\/-\/-\/welcome_page.htm\">Brightspace help<\/a> at D2L's website.<br \/>\nJoin the <a href=\"https:\/\/community.brightspace.com\/\">Brightspace Community<\/a>.<br \/>\nTry these <a title=\"Brightspace How-to\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-documents\/\">Brightspace How-To documents<\/a>.<br \/>\nVisit our <a title=\"Brightspace FAQs\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-faq\/\">Brightspace FAQs<\/a> for additional Brightspace information<br \/>\nor <a title=\"Schedule 1-on-1\" href=\"http:\/\/jflorent.youcanbook.me\/\">schedule a one-on-one session<\/a>, <a title=\"Send email\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/mail\/?to=31\">email<\/a>, or<br \/>\ncall Janice Florent: (504) 520-7418.<\/p>\n<p><strong>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-189-educator-share-showcase\/\">The Orange Room<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><small>Image credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/illustrations\/update-upgrade-renew-improve-1672363\/\">image<\/a> by geralt from <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/service\/license\/\">Pixabay<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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