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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 some of the updates in the January 2025\/20.25.01 release that were added to our system this month:<\/p>\n Brightspace's minimum for supported browser versions increases every January and July. The January update increases the minimum supported browser versions to:<\/p>\n The minimum legacy browsers are now:<\/p>\n The following browsers are no longer supported:<\/p>\n D2L has also added support for Firefox ESR, versions 115 and above. For an optimal experience that offers better performance, accessibility, and security, D2L recommends using the latest version of a supported browser to access Brightspace. D2L is also updating the browser classification system with this release; browsers are either Supported<\/strong>, Legacy<\/strong>, Unsupported (Warning)<\/strong>, or Unsupported (Blocked)<\/strong>. For more information, refer to this updated Browser support<\/a> topic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The individual scores and feedback from Assignment and Discussion grade items are now synchronized with the grade book using the Update<\/strong> button regardless of whether a change was made. The Update<\/strong> button in Assignments and Discussions evaluations is always available to update, even when no changes were made. This feature also enables instructors to verify that the information between the grade book and the Assignment or Discussion tool is properly synchronized.<\/p>\n Previously, In Brightspace, when an instructor evaluated an assignment, discussion, or quiz using a rubric and saved it as a draft, then added feedback directly in the grade book and saved, the feedback did not sync back to the evaluation page when the instructor clicked Update<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Note:<\/strong> Consistent Evaluation for quizzes is excluded from this update as Grades sync works seamlessly. Individual quiz question attempts are not sent to Grades upon saving, and publishing the quiz using the Completion Summary ensures no sync issues occur.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n This feature updates the instructor workflow of evaluating a rubric and providing feedback to learners. Now, instructors can quickly assess all ungraded Rubric criteria and then go back through to add feedback where necessary. To provide a more streamlined experience for instructors using analytical type rubrics for assessments in the Consistent Evaluation experience for assignments, discussions, and written response quiz questions, the instructor can automatically set ungraded levels to a minimum or maximum value.<\/p>\n From a drop-down beside the rubric name in each assessment pop-out, or from a context menu in Consistent Evaluation, there are two options:<\/p>\n When an instructor selects an option, a confirmation dialog appears to advise of the bulk action and provides an option to undo the update.<\/p>\n Previously, instructors were required to click individual criteria, which, for large rubrics was a time-consuming task involving many clicks to set the rubric score to 100%.<\/p>\n Note:<\/strong> The updated functionality does not appear as an option in the following scenarios:<\/p>\n This feature implements the following PIE\u202fitems:<\/p>\n If you are interested in getting more information about these and all the January Continuous Delivery updates, refer to the Brightspace Platform January 2025\/20.25.01 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's minimum for supported browser versions<\/h3>\n
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2) Consistent Evaluation \u2013 Assignment and Discussion evaluations now synchronized with Grade Book<\/h3>\n
3) Rubrics \u2013 Streamline grading with minimum or maximum score for ungraded rubric criteria<\/h3>\n
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\nInstructors Quick Start Tutorial<\/a>
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\nYou can find Brightspace help<\/a> at D2L's website.
\nJoin the Brightspace Community<\/a>.
\nTry these Brightspace How-To documents<\/a>.
\nVisit our Brightspace FAQs<\/a> for additional Brightspace information
\nor schedule a one-on-one session<\/a>, email<\/a>, or
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