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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 July 2023\/20.23.7 release that were added to our system this month:<\/p>\n With this release, images edited within Brightspace Editor are saved with their original names followed by a date-time string, which helps instructors find changed images easily in Manage Files<\/strong>. Changes to an image using Edit image<\/strong> in the floating toolbar are saved as a copy of the image with the name format \"OriginalFileName_yyyyMMddHHmmss.jpg<\/em>.\"<\/p>\n This update resolves the Brightspace Editor - Crop function for images does not function as expected<\/a> issue. For more information about which defects have been resolved by this update, refer to the Known issues and Fixed issues<\/a> lists on Brightspace Community.<\/p>\n Previously images that were edited were given a different, random filename on saving.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n This feature updates the settings and format of availability dates and states in Discussions, to align with other activity tools and create a unified content experience for both instructors and learners. This update is a continuation of the changes introduced to the Assignment list tab in June 2023 Continuous Delivery Updates<\/a>.<\/p>\n Availability dates in the Discussions list are now displayed as a simple date range below the titles of discussion topics. Hovering over the date range text displays a tooltip that includes the information about start and end dates. Tooltips also include applied settings to explain how the discussion topic appears to learners before and after these dates.<\/p>\n Previously, the availability dates in the Discussions topics did not include a hover tooltip.<\/p>\n The corresponding update for Quizzes is planned for a future release.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n This release updates the Quiz Creation experience for instructors by simplifying the quiz timing setup workflow, adding useful new features, including the ability to auto-submit, and removing obsolete quiz timing options.<\/p>\n With this release, learners can show or hide the timer, receive time warning messages, and access more information about their quizzes.<\/p>\n Note:<\/strong> All Quiz Timer settings behavior and User Interface changes will immediately be applied to existing and in-progress quizzes with the Continuous Delivery Update.<\/p>\n The following workflow changes and advanced Quiz Timing<\/strong> options are now available for instructors.<\/p>\n The following improved Quiz Timing<\/strong> options are now available for learners:<\/p>\n If a learner is taking a quiz at the time of the update, they will notice the user interface changes and new quiz timer setting behaviors immediately following the Continuous Delivery update. For more information about the impact to existing and in-progress quizzes, refer to the Quiz Timing Improvements \u2013 Pilot Summary<\/a> blog post.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In this release, the New Quiz Creation Experience<\/a> reaches the end of the adoption phase of feature development and becomes the only editing experience for all customers. The New Quiz Creation Experience is now set to on as the default with no option to opt out.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n If you are interested in getting more information about these and all the July Continuous Delivery updates, refer to the Brightspace Platform July 2023\/20.23.7 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) Brightspace Editor \u2013 Edited images are saved with their original names to improve ease of location<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>2) Discussions \u2013 Consistent settings and interface of availability dates across Brightspace<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>3) Quizzes \u2013 Quiz Timing Improvements Featuring Auto-Submission<\/h3>\n
Instructors Workflow Changes<\/h4>\n
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<\/a>Improvements for Learners<\/h4>\n
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<\/a>4) Quizzes \u2013 The New Quiz Creation Experience is now universally enabled<\/h3>\n
Want more information?<\/h2>\n
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\nTry these Brightspace How-To documents<\/a>.
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\nor schedule a one-on-one session<\/a>, email<\/a>, or
\ncall Janice Florent: (504) 520-7418.<\/p>\n