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Brightspace Data Sets Change Management Policy
Written by: Monica Gaertner, Product Manager A key feature of the Brightspace Data Sets (BDS) is a strong data contract, ensuring that the data we deliver works consistently and changes predictably. To facilitate this, we've developed a change management policy that outlines changes will be made in a way that adds value…
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Welcome to Discover
Welcome to Discover, Brightspace’s internal course discovery and self-registration tool. The purpose of this blog is to provide you with an overview of recent improvements to Discover and show you some exciting previews of what we have planned for future releases. Review the following headings to learn about what new and…
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Quiz Timing Improvements - Summary
By: Natalie Deane, Senior Product Manager Quiz Timing Improvement Summary D2L is updating the quiz creation and quiz taking experiences to simplify existing workflows and add useful new quiz timing options. These quiz timing improvements are released in three stages. Quiz Timing Improvements & Auto-submission – available…
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Deciding Between Using Quizzes, Surveys or Self Assessments
originally published 24 March 2018 D2L offers a variety of formative and summative assessment tools, deciding which one to use is often seen as a challenge. This effective practice can help you make that decision. Quizzes Surveys Self-Assessments Feedback for learner Feedback is released based on setup of quiz by…
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Standardization of Data Types in Brightspace Data Sets Documentation
by Mark Tse, Senior Software Developer, Platform Development D2L originally published Aug 13, 2020 As part of our documentation improvements, we plan to align all column data types in our Brightspace Data Sets (BDS) documentation and ERD diagrams to SQL Server data types in 20.20.10. This should help provide a more…
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Impact of Minor & Major Version Changes on Insights Report Builder
In Insights Report Builder, part of Performance Plus, all the data is sourced from our Brightspace Data Sets. Therefore, as the Brightspace Data Sets (BDS) evolve over time, you will be able to benefit in Insights Report Builder as well. Changes to Brightspace Data Sets follow our Change Management Policy. Adopting Minor…
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Advanced Data Sets: Filtering by (Organizational) ‘Org Unit ID’
Originally published April 30, 2019 If you are new to reporting or Brightspace in general, the terms Org Unit and Org Unit ID are likely confusing, but it is the most valuable filter/parameter you can use to limit the data sets you generate to the scope needed for the specific reporting need. Four Advanced Data Sets (found…
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Reducing SPAM in Your Brightspace Email
The following are generic steps you can take to implement SPAM filtering rules on your email controller: 1. Determine what you classify as spam Do you wish to block emails from an entire domain? Do you wish to block emails from a source IP? Do you with to block emails from one user address? Do you wish to block emails…
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New Assignments Date Feature - Updated Date Availability, Visibility, And Access Options
Introduction In late summer 2021, we released a new feature in Discussions to consolidate availability dates and started on a journey of consistency with Brightspace dates, behavior of activity visibility, and access around dates and calendar event control. We’re at the next phase of that journey. This blog post details…
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Data Hub - New Advanced Data Set: Course Offering Enrollments
As of the January 2021 (20.21.01 release) you will find a new Advanced Data Set (ADS) - Course Offering Enrollments - available within Data Hub. You may be wondering – why another enrollment ADS? We are providing the Course Offering Enrollments ADS for clients that are interested in knowing the current state of all…