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I have one student in a course that doesn't have the writing options pop up when he's starting a ...
I have one student in a course that doesn't have the writing options pop up when he's starting a discussion thread. All other students have the options appear within the writing space. It looks like his is an html editor instead. This is what it should look like: But this is what his looks like:
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Anonymous marking and moderation - how to do it?
Hi everyone. At my institution, we have recently implemented anonymous marking. We are now struggling with how a moderation process would work. Traditionally, the first marker would provide the feedback in the annotations tool, and in the feedback box as usual. The second marker (moderator) would then add a comment in the…
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How do I bypass/resolve this error screen when trying to access manage grades link in course shell?
A professor is having trouble accessing the manage grades screen in his course shell. He syncs his gradebook with Connect and he's the only professor with this issue.
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How do I bypass/resolve this error screen when trying to access manage grades link in course shell?
A professor is having trouble accessing the manage grades screen in his course shell. He syncs his gradebook with Connect and he's the only professor with this issue.
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Anybody else experiencing significant problems with Rubrics? (began Tuesday, March 16th)
* No UI to attach or remove a Rubric to an Assignment or Discussion via any "experience." Existing Rubrics are visible when editing the respective activities. * Existing Rubric attached to an Assignment is no longer visible on the Evaluate page for scoring a student submission unless using the new activity evaluation…
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Hello,
Running into some issues with updating a user's profile image through the POST /d2l/api...
Hello,Running into some issues with updating a user's profile image through the POST /d2l/api/lp/(version)/profile/myProfile/image API. I’m using Node and the multer, form-data, and axios npm libraries. *Update* So far I have: // from multer — upload.single(‘file) const fileInfo = { name: file.originalname, contentType:…
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What exactly does the Office 365 integration do. Is this just a widget to be added to courses, or...
What exactly does the Office 365 integration do. Is this just a widget to be added to courses, or can it replace the course mail tool? How does it interact with the coursemail tool? From Classlsit can instructors still click "Mail class" which opens 365? I'm looking to have a way for students to access information in fewer…
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I have one student in a course that doesn't have the writing options pop up when he's starting a ...
I have one student in a course that doesn't have the writing options pop up when he's starting a discussion thread. All other students have the options appear within the writing space. It looks like his is an html editor instead. This is what it should look like: But this is what his looks like:
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Anonymous marking and moderation - how to do it?
Hi everyone. At my institution, we have recently implemented anonymous marking. We are now struggling with how a moderation process would work. Traditionally, the first marker would provide the feedback in the annotations tool, and in the feedback box as usual. The second marker (moderator) would then add a comment in the…
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How can I change the visibility status of an item from 'Hidden. Conditions are inactive' to 'Visi...
How can I change the visibility status of an item from 'Hidden. Conditions are inactive' to 'Visible if conditions met'? It seems the only way to achieve the 'Visible if conditions met' state is to 1. Make whatever it is you want globally visible 2. Quickly add start dates in the Manage Dates screen or whatever condition…
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Impersonate user permissions.
We are trying to allow some of our roles to be able to imperson...
Impersonate user permissions. We are trying to allow some of our roles to be able to impersonate other users. We have this working to allow them to impersonate learners. But we also want them to be able to impersonate some our "Instructors" However we get this error: Cannot Impersonate User You do not have sufficient…
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Developer Instance: Manage Extensibility item missed for Data Admin and I can't add LTI 1.3 Tool ...
Developer Instance: Manage Extensibility item missed for Data Admin and I can't add LTI 1.3 Tool Provider to check my tool. Is it okay? It seems that DevCoPDataAdmin has no permissions to do that. Maybe there is some other way how I can add my LTI 1.3 tool to the dev instance? Please, advice. Thank you!
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What is the best way to manually grade quizzes comprised of written response questions?
I am looking for best process I should use to manually grade quizzes that include written response questions only. There is no set due date for these quizzes, so I grade them as they come in, usually 4 or 5 per day. Therefore, it does not make sense to grade by question. I also want the grade and feedback to be available…
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How to access the API using LTI Launch data
Hi everyone! I'm wondering how to use the data provided in an LTI launch (oauth_nonce, etc...) to make API calls. We are currently using an OAuth 2.0 App to access the API but would like to not have to deal with syncing up access tokens across instances. Thank you!
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405: Method Not Allowed error when attempting to delete Discussion Posts
I'm am trying to add support for Discussions to my web application and have run into an issue with deleting discussion posts in particular (endpoint reference link). I've tested my GET, POST, and DELETE endpoint calls for Forums and Topics, and all work without issue. I am also able to GET discussion posts without a…
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Having trouble linking my Cengage MindTap course to my Brightspace course.
After I create a module named Access to Cengage Course and Registration and drag the Cengage icon into it, I have not been able to bring up the course from the Cengage resource list. It will find the ebook, but not the course platform. What needs to be entered into the search bar to bring up a course? Please help. Margaret…
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We would like to have a short answer or written response question where regardless of what the st...
We would like to have a short answer or written response question where regardless of what the student enters for the answer, it auto scores it correctly as long as they enter something. This would be for the use case of a completion question. Any creative ways on how we might accomplish this?
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Is there a way to make discussion board responses private between an instructor and learner?
I'm looking for a way to personally respond to learners in a discussion board through a private thread once their initial thread has been posted. Is there a button allowing instructors to toggle responses between responding to all learners and individual learners?
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Does feedback that has been published appear to students even if the grade item is hidden?
I am working with a faculty member where students are able to view the feedback for the Final test with grade item hidden. The instructor says feedback was added when grading through Enter Grades in the course, and students are able to view the feedback when going and viewing their attempt on the Final test. I suspect this…
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Is there a way to put the same piece of content - in this case a survey - into hundreds of course...
Is there a way to put the same piece of content - in this case a survey - into hundreds of course offerings that already exist? I need to put a survey into lots of pre-existing course offerings. I know this is possible if you create a course offering from scratch by copying another, but what is the quickest way to put a…
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Can BrightSpace confirm that the "Short Description" field for Quiz questions is NEVER accessible...
Can BrightSpace confirm that the "Short Description" field for Quiz questions is NEVER accessible by students taking a Quiz (even using DevTools to look at the raw HTML)? It is tempting to name Quiz questions in a way that may give away the answer. Obviously this would be a bad idea if the "Short Description" field ever…
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Is it possible to automatically put content, like a survey, into every course offering?
I'd really like to know what the best way of putting content in every course offering is. Is it possible to do this in a way that courses automatically contain certain content items when they are created? If not, what would be the best way to do this? Our particular use case is that we want to put the same survey into…
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What's the best way to copy/import a Rubric over from another course? (having issues...)
Trying to import/copy a Rubric from another course. I import it over. Set it to publish. But in Dropbox when I try to add Rubric, it doesn't show up in the list.
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Token being invalidated when config TokenTimeout is -1 (no expiration)ww
Hi there, I have an API that does communicate with D2L API in the background to do some scheduled and user-requested actions. Therefore OAuth does not work for me as D2L does not support OAuth client credentials type, which would allow a nom-browser environment to request OAuth credentials.…
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Adding Activity Feed permissions to new roles...
I'm trying to allow a new role to post via the Activity Feed widget in a course offering, but since this widget is not included in "Roles and Permissions," I'm unsure how to go about adding this ability to a specific role in a course offering beyond facilitator/instructor . I do not want learners to be able to post, so the…
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Receiving an invalid token (403-Forbidden) error from POST when using Python d2lValence library. ...
Receiving an invalid token (403-Forbidden) error from POST when using Python d2lValence library. Exact call is successful (200-OK) when using .NET d2Valence library. Hello - I have been using the D2LValence .NET extension for quite some time to automate the downloading and processing of BDS reports. We have need of the…
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Hi Guys,
Need your help configuring the look of our Brightspace instance. Please see attached...
Hi Guys,Need your help configuring the look of our Brightspace instance. Please see attached. The first one is our current look for the contents of a course offering as a student. How do I change it so that it looks like the second picture? I think this is a value I need to change in the config variable section found in…
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Can a Learner have two different roles in the same course?
Hi all, I have set up a online course for a subject matter expert. They need to complete the course themselves, a ong as everyone else in the organisation; however, I also want them to take responsibility for the course long term and do any course updates and run reports so I have set them up as a Super Designer so they…
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Quiz timer - student disconnect from quiz - time lost? timer stays on? timer reset?
Student gets kicked out of quiz due to interent connection loss or computer froze - timer keeps running? timer resets when student re-enters? timer pauses and restarts once student re-enters? **re-enters: meaning re-entering the same attempt - NOT a new attempt
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Is there a D2L-created article on using the "view as" feature, particularly for instructors viewi...
Is there a D2L-created article on using the "view as" feature, particularly for instructors viewing course sites as students? I've search the community and am coming up empty. Vanderbilt has an awesome guide (https://www.vanderbilt.edu/brightspace/on-demand-resources/how-do-i-view-my-course-from-the-student-view/) and I'd…