{"id":20322,"date":"2024-03-28T01:23:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T06:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=20322"},"modified":"2024-03-28T01:23:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T06:23:40","slug":"brightspace-tip-439-march-continuous-delivery-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-439-march-continuous-delivery-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Brightspace Tip #439: March 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 some of the updates in the March 2024\/20.24.3 release that were added to our system this month:<\/p>\n

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1) Brightspace Editor \u2013 Consistent link creation with the ability to choose link format<\/h3>\n

As of this release, inserting a link into Brightspace Editor opens the Add Link<\/strong> dialog which allows users to determine if their links open in a new window (set as the default) or in the current window. The text box in the Add Link<\/strong> dialog also allows users to add text to their link. This provides users with a consistent workflow and control over how links respond in their content.<\/p>\n

The Add Link<\/strong> dialog opens when inserting links with the context menu or with keyboard shortcuts (for example, ctrl+K or command+K).<\/p>\n

Additionally, the dialog includes a new Insert Quicklink<\/strong> option, allowing users to easily insert a quicklink. When using Insert Stuff<\/strong> > Insert Link<\/strong> or Insert Quicklink<\/strong> > Link<\/strong>, the same Link<\/strong>, Text<\/strong>, and Open In<\/strong> options are displayed ensuring consistent link creation.<\/p>\n

Finally, this feature updates the icons shown in Insert Quicklink<\/strong> to ensure all icons use the new style.<\/p>\n

Previously, adding links throughout the editor resulted in different workflows, different fields, and different behaviors in the way that links would open. The previous Whole Window<\/strong> option is removed, as it was being treated as the current window and thus cause inconsistent behavior. Several options have been renamed from the previous version to improve consistency:<\/p>\n