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Brightspace Platform 10.7.4 Release Notes

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Contents Contents 2 ..............................................................................................................Features 6 ..............................................................................................................

Brightspace Learning Environment 6 .................................................................Activity Feed - Assignment Posts | New 6 .......................................................Assignments - Instructors can set the visibility state for Assignment content | Updated 9 Brightspace Data Platform (BDP) – Available in Canada – AWS Enabled | New 12 ......Brightspace for Parents - Limited Availability in US and Canada | New 13 .....Brightspace Portfolio – Limited Availability of the new Brightspace Portfolio tool - AWS Enabled | New 14 ............................................................................................Brightspace Portfolio – New iOS and Android apps for collecting evidence and reflections | New 17 ............................................................................................................Data Hub - Hourly data access for Brightspace Data Sets - AWS Enabled | New 18 .....Daylight Experience - Icons in Table of Contents | New 20 .............................Daylight Experience – Image-based navbar option | New 21 .........................Daylight Experience – Shortcut to edit or copy navbars from any page | New 24 ..........Email – Email Address book is restricted by section enrollment | Updated 25 Lessons – Available in Canada – AWS Enabled | New 27 ..............................Learning Outcomes Registry Service (LOReS) – Available in Canada – AWS Enabled | New 29 ............................................................................................................Lessons - Preview of learner experience in the Lessons tool | New 29 ..........Release Conditions – Updated rules for instructors applying release conditions | Updated 31 SCORM - Content Service available in Canada - AWS Enabled | Updated 33

Integrations 35 ....................................................................................................IPSIS – Ellucian ILP integration with IPSIS | New 35 ......................................Virtual Classrooms by YouSeeU – HTML5 Client is now the default for Virtual Classrooms - AWS Enabled | Updated 35 ...........................................................................Video Assignments - User experience improvements | Update 37 .................Virtual Classrooms - User experience improvements | Update 37 ..................

Known Issues 39 ....................................................................................................Assignments 39 .................................................................................................

PRB0054897 (Daylight) 39 .............................................................................Brightspace ePortfolio and Brightspace ePortfolio Mobile 39 .............................


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PRB0055413 39 ..............................................................................................Brightspace Learning Environment 39 ...............................................................

PRB0052675 (Daylight) 39 ..............................................................................PRB0055402 (Daylight) 40 ..............................................................................

Grades 40 ...........................................................................................................PRB0055444 (Daylight) 40 ..............................................................................

HTML Editor 41 ...................................................................................................PRB0055132 41 ..............................................................................................PRB0055302 41 ..............................................................................................

Integrations 42 ...................................................................................................PRB0055384 42 .............................................................................................

Lessons 42 .........................................................................................................PRB0055004 42 ..............................................................................................

Navigation and Themes 42 .................................................................................PRB0055367 42 ..............................................................................................

Quizzes 43 ..........................................................................................................PRB0054942 (Daylight) 43 ..............................................................................PRB0055443 43 ..............................................................................................

Self Assessments 43 ..........................................................................................PRB0054638 43 ..............................................................................................

Fixed Issues 45 ......................................................................................................Accessibility 45 ...................................................................................................

PRB0055017 45 ..............................................................................................Advanced Data Sets 45 ......................................................................................

PRB0055092 45 ..............................................................................................Assignments 46 ..................................................................................................

PRB0055464 46 ..............................................................................................Brightspace Learning Environment 46 ...............................................................

PRB0054763 (Daylight) 46 ..............................................................................PRB0055600 46 ..............................................................................................PRB0055654 46 ..............................................................................................PRB0055707 47 ..............................................................................................

Brightspace Platform 47 .....................................................................................


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PRB0055370 47 ..............................................................................................Brightspace Developer Platform 47 ....................................................................

PRB0054670 47 ..............................................................................................Classlist 47 .........................................................................................................

PRB0054978 47 ..............................................................................................Content 48 ..........................................................................................................

PRB0055301 48 ..............................................................................................Course Management 48 .....................................................................................

PRB0055125 (Daylight) 48 ..............................................................................Customizations 48 ..............................................................................................

PRB0055252 48 ..............................................................................................Data Export 48 ....................................................................................................

PRB0055181 48 ..............................................................................................PRB0052023 49 ..............................................................................................PRB0052021 49 ..............................................................................................PRB0055058 49 ..............................................................................................

Discussions 49 ...................................................................................................PRB0055033 49 ..............................................................................................PRB0055274 49 ..............................................................................................PRB0055140 (Daylight) 50 ..............................................................................

ePortfolio and ePortfolio Mobile 50 .....................................................................PRB0053064 50 ..............................................................................................

HTML Editor 50 ...................................................................................................PRB0055350 50 ..............................................................................................

Import/Export/Copy Components 51 ..................................................................PRB0054912 51 ..............................................................................................PRB0055451 51 ..............................................................................................

Integrations 51 ....................................................................................................PRB0055047 51 ..............................................................................................PRB0053919 51 ..............................................................................................

Lessons 52 .........................................................................................................PRB0055015 52 ..............................................................................................

Quizzes 52 ..........................................................................................................


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PRB0042579 52 ..............................................................................................PRB0055168 52 ..............................................................................................PRB0055143 (Daylight) 53 ..............................................................................PRB0048093 53 ..............................................................................................PRB0054875 53 ..............................................................................................PRB0054584 (Daylight) 53 ..............................................................................

Surveys 54 ..........................................................................................................PRB0055107 54 ..............................................................................................

Widgets 54 ..........................................................................................................PRB0055185 (Daylight) 54 ..............................................................................PRB0055225 (Daylight) 54 ..............................................................................

About D2L 55.........................................................................................................


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Features

Brightspace Learning Environment

Activity Feed - Assignment Posts | New

Activity Feed now enables instructors to create assignment submission folders with an optional grade item, and post them to the feed as an assignment post. Assignment posts display the title, instructions, and due date of the assignment. The instructor view of assignment posts also includes how many learner submissions have been received. Learners can submit their assignments directly from the post, and monitor the status of their submission. Once a document has been uploaded, the learner’s "Submit" button changes color and displays either "Submitted" or "Graded", depending on its current status. Learners can also comment on assignment posts if they have questions, or want to start a discussion with their instructor and classmates.

! Figure 1: Instructor view of assignment post creation


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! Figure 2: Instructor view of an assignment post

! Figure 3: Learner view of an assignment post

! Figure 4: Learner view of an assignment post with a submission


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! Figure 5: Learner view of an assignment post with a graded submission

Impact of Change

Technical Details Next Steps

Slight impact to instructors due to new workflows for creating assignment submission folders, and sharing assignments with learners.

Availability: Assignment posts are available to all clients using Activity Feed. To enable: N/A Microservices Dependencies: Authentication Service, Landlord Service, and Activity Feed Service Microservices Location(s): Activity Feed is a service located in all supported D2L Amazon Web Services™ (AWS) locations:

• U.S. East (N. Virginia) • Canada Central (Montreal) • EMEA (Ireland) • Sydney • Singapore

Client regions are determined by D2L and routed accordingly.

1. From your course homepage, in the Activity Feed widget, click Create a post.

2. Click the Assignment tab.

3. Enter a title, instructions, a due date, and select the Add to Grades check box.

4. Click Post.

Ensure that you have the appropriate permissions to enable these features by checking your organization’s policies regarding data residency, and by consulting with your legal advisors.


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Assignments - Instructors can set the visibility state for Assignment content | Updated

Instructors can now set the visibility state for draft content within assignment submission folders in Content and Assignments. When content is in a draft state, it is not visible to learners in Brightspace Learning Environment. When instructors have set the visibility to draft, the hidden icon appears in the instructor view of the assignment.

! Figure 6: When instructors have set the visibility to draft, the hidden icon appears in the instructor view of the assignment In Content, when an instructor chooses to add existing assignments as topics, the visibility state of the topic is pulled from the visibility state of the assignment. The visibility status of a topic now also reflects the visibility status of the folder in which the topic resides.


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Changing state on the Edit Submission Folder page is done with the Hidden from users check box.

! Figure 7: Changing state on the Edit Submission Folder page is done with the Hidden from users check box The drop-down menu for content items offers the Hide From Users visibility state.


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! Figure 8: The drop-down menu for content items offers the Hide From Users visibility state When an instructor creates a new assignment folder, the new folder defaults to the draft visibility state, in the same method as Quizzes, Surveys, and Discussions. When an import file of Content topics and assignment folders contains a mix of visibility states, all topics are changed to the draft visibility state. When an instructor updates a visibility setting for a topic in Assignments, it is automatically updated in the associated Content topic. If multiple assignment topics are associated with the same Assignment folder but have different visibility states, the visibility state of the assignment topic that has been created or most recently modified between Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.3 and 10.7.4 becomes the state of all associated topics. If the visibility state has not been modified (for example, for older courses), the state is set to draft. The export process now includes the visibility state for the assignment content. The visibility state for export comes from the Assignment folder. The import and Copy Course Component process for assignment and content topics follows the following logic:

• If the Import package contains a visibility state on the assignment folder, use that state.


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• If the package contains Assignment folders with no state and no associated content topics, the visibility state is to show the imported content.

• If the import package contains both content and assignment folders, use the visibility state on the folders. If no visibility state exists on the folder, use the visibility state from the content.

• If multiple content topics with the same visibility state point to an assignment folder without a visibility state, set the assignment folder to the same state as the topics.

• If multiple content topics with different visibility states point to an assignment folder without a visibility state, set the assignment folder to draft, and change all the topics to draft.

Brightspace Data Platform (BDP) – Available in Canada – AWS Enabled | New

As of this release, the Brightspace Data Platform (BDP) is available to both co-located and AWS-hosted D2L clients in Canada. The BDP stores raw events, and computes and stores aggregated data. Clients can use the BDP to collect this event-based data, which can be accessed through Brightspace Insights or Brightspace Data API.

Impact of Change


Slight disruption to instructors who are now able to hide draft content from users within the assignments tool. Slight disruption to learners who are no longer able to see draft content in Assignments.

Availability: This feature is available to all instructors who have the appropriate permissions. To Enable: Instructors must have the See and Manage Assignment Submission Folders permission to access topics, and the Add/Edit Assignment Submission Folders permission to see and modify the content properties, including the visibility setting. Microservices dependencies: N/A Microservices location(s): N/A

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Brightspace for Parents - Limited Availability in US and Canada | New

Brightspace for Parents is releasing with limited availability to clients in the US and Canada. This solution is targeted towards the K-12 segment. Brightspace for Parents uses the Holding Tank, IPSIS LIS 2.0, or OneRoster* SIS integration to create parent-child relationships in Brightspace Learning Environment. This allows authorized parents and guardians to view their child's class activity feed, portfolio items, and upcoming assignments, from their own parent account. Instructors can use this increase parent engagement, and improve learner success.

Impact of Change


Slight system requirement impact for administrators because of a recommendation to review data residency policies.

Availability: This feature is available to co-located and AWS-hosted clients in Canada. To enable: Enablement of the BDP requires submitting a Service Request. Microservices Dependencies: The BDP depends on the Distributed Event Framework Service, the Landlord Service, and the Authentication Service. Microservices Locations: The BDP is available to Canadian clients in the following Amazon Web Services™ (AWS) locations: Canada Central (Montreal).

Contact your D2L Account Manager to submit a Service Request to enable the BDP. D2L recommends checking your organization’s policies regarding data residency, and consulting with your legal advisors. For detailed information regarding data residency, privacy, and transmission, refer to the updated Microservices in the Brightspace Cloud guide when it is released.


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*OneRoster is currently only available in the US, Australia, and Ireland and is dependent on the IPSIS service.

Brightspace Portfolio – Limited Availability of the new Brightspace Portfolio tool - AWS Enabled | New

This limited release of Brightspace Portfolio provides an online artifact space for classrooms and individual learners. Administrators and Instructors can create categories to tag evidence according to course learning objectives or other collections (such as All About Me for younger students). A unique identifier is available for each classroom, and for all the learners within the classroom. After Brightspace Portfolio is set up, instructors use a shared classroom device to scan a code to access their online classroom, and learners scan a unique identifier code to add a new artifact. Then, instructors and learners can use the Portfolio tool in the Brightspace Learning Environment to manage the information they have added to their Portfolios. With the new Brightspace Portfolio tool, learners can use the Portfolio app on a classroom device to capture images of their best work, and record an audio reflection about their work. Older students can also record reflections using the mobile Brightspace Portfolio app. These artifacts are saved directly to the cloud location set up for the classroom. Then learners can view

Impact of Change


Slight impact to administrators due to new options when configuring Holding Tank, IPSIS LIS 2.0, or OneRoster* integrations.

Availability: Limited Availability to K-12 clients in the US and Canada. To Enable: Brightspace for Parents is enabled by default for all existing K-12 clients. Microservices Dependencies: This service depends on the Authentication Service, Landlord Service, and Parents Service. Microservices Location(s): Parents Service is located in the following D2L Amazon Web Services™ (AWS) locations:

• U.S. East (N. Virginia) • Canada Central (Montreal)

Client regions are determined by D2L and routed accordingly. Parent-child relationships in Brightspace Learning Environment cannot be created using D2L Standard CSV or APIs at this time.

Brightspace for Parents must be turned on in Org Tools. Contact your D2L Account Manager to inquire about using Brightspace for Parents with your Holding Tank IPSIS LIS 2.0, or OneRoster* SIS integration. Ensure that you have the appropriate permissions to use this product by checking your organization’s policies regarding data residency, and by consulting with your legal advisors. D2L recommends that only authorized parents and guardians be allowed to access Brightspace for Parents.


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the artifacts from within the Brightspace Learning Environment in the Portfolio tool. Learners can also manage the evidence by adding or deleting the content they have captured and described, including audio, video, and text reflections. In addition, learners can view instructor comments, and link Google Drive and Office 365 artifacts. Instructors can manage the evidence and reflections captured by their learner. Instructors can also save evidence to a learner’s Portfolio, delete evidence that is not of good quality (such as blurry images), share artifacts to parents (if the Brightspace for Parents is turned on), add comments on the learner’s work, tag the artifacts with pre-set categories (such as categories that meet learning objectives), upload additional video or audio evidence, add text reflections for the learner, delete text reflections, and link Google Drive and Office 365 artifacts. Brightspace Portfolio is intended to replace Brightspace ePortfolio, and it is not recommended that clients use both tools concurrently.


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Impact of Change


Severe impact to users due to new product launch to replace existing ePortfolio offering. There is no migration from the existing Brightspace ePortfolio tool to the new Brightspace Portfolio.

Availability: This feature is being released to new Portfolio customers in Canada through AWS Montreal and the United States through AWS East. To Enable: When an Instructor accesses a classroom in the Portfolio tool of the Brightspace Learning Environment for the first time, a unique classroom QR code and a list of unique learner QR codes is created. Microservices Dependencies: This feature depends on the following:

• Content service • Auth service • Landlord service • Brightspace Event Framework

Microservices Location(s): Canada (AWS Montreal) and USA (AWS East)

The Portfolio tool must be turned on in Org Tools. The following configuration and permissions must be set up before you can use Brightspace Portfolio: The configuration variable d2l.Tools.Folio.Endpoint must point to the appropriate AWS region microservice endpoint. Instructors must have View User Enrollments (User Permissions), and Can Access the Portfolio Instructor View (Portfolio Permissions). Learners must have Can Access the Portfolio Student View (Organization permissions) Administrators or Instructors who intend to add category tags must have Can Add Portfolio Tags (Organization permissions) If you intend to use Brightspace for Parents to share evidence, it must be configured and turned on in Brightspace Learning Environment under Org Tools > Brightspace for Parents.


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Brightspace Portfolio – New iOS and Android apps for collecting evidence and reflections | New

There are new Brightspace Portfolio iOS and Android apps to help learners create a record of their learning by guiding them to capture evidence and reflecting on the evidence they have captured. Before using the app, instructors must log into Brightspace. In the Portfolio tool, they print out classroom and student QR codes which are then used with the Brightspace Portfolio app on a shared classroom device, such as a tablet with a camera and microphone. Instructors select a classroom grade level. For kindergarten through grade 3, they can use Funster mode, where a creature guides learners to take a picture of their work and then record their thoughts with the microphone. For grades 4 and up, learners have more options, such as recording videos, and typing reflections instead of recording audio reflections. After evidence and reflections are saved, learners and instructors can use the Portfolio tool in the Brightspace Learning Environment to manage the evidence, add new evidence or reflections, and if Brightspace for Parents is being used, send alerts to parents that new content is available for their children.


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Data Hub - Hourly data access for Brightspace Data Sets - AWS Enabled | New

Clients can now purchase an add-on for the Data Hub tool that generates Brightspace Data Sets on an hourly basis. This feature is intended for administrators with high-frequency reporting needs. The add-on enables hourly data freshness for the following Brightspace Data Sets:

• Quiz Attempts

Impact of Change


Severe impact to K-12 users due to new product launch to replace existing ePortfolio offering.

The functionality of the iOS and Android app does not duplicate the functionality of the Portfolio tool in the Brightspace Learning Environment. The apps are the primary way to capture evidence, which is then managed in the Brightspace Learning Environment. Availability: This feature is being released to new Portfolio customers. The iOS and Android apps are available for download in all regions; however, they are intended for use with the Brightspace Portfolio tool in the Brightspace Learning Environment, which is available in limited release in Canada through AWS Montreal and the United States through AWS East. To Enable: Administrators must set up the Portfolio app on the classroom device. After the setup is complete, instructors use their QR code to access a classroom, after which learners can use their unique QR codes to save evidence and record reflections. Microservices Dependencies: The Brightspace Portfolio App depends on the Brightspace Portfolio tool in the Brightspace Learning Environment. For more information about the microservices dependencies and locations for the Brightspace Portfolio Tool in the Learning Environment, see Brightspace Portfolio – Limited Availability of the new Brightspace Portfolio tool – AWS Enabled | New. Microservices Location(s): N/A

Administrators must load and set up the Portfolio app on the classroom device. The Brightspace Portfolio tool in the Brightspace Learning Environment must also be set up. For more information about setting up the Brightspace Portfolio Tool in the Learning Environment, see Brightspace Portfolio – Limited Availability of the new Brightspace Portfolio tool – AWS Enabled | New.


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• Quiz Question Answer Options • Quiz Question Answers • Quiz Questions • Quiz User Answer Responses • Quiz User Answers • Survey Attempts • Survey Question Answer Options • Survey Question Answers • Survey Questions • Survey User Answer Responses • Survey User Answers • Grade Objects • Grade Results • Grade Schemes • Grade Book Settings • Assignment Submission Details • Assignment Submissions • Assignment Summary • Discussion Posts • Discussion Posts Read Status • Discussion Topic User Scores


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Daylight Experience - Icons in Table of Contents | New

Previously, icons displayed in Content to help users distinguish between content file types (for example, an icon for a video topic or an icon for a discussion topic). Now, icons reflecting the Daylight look and feel are re-introduced in Content. These icons are visible in the main Table of Contents view, the Module Content view, and the Table of Contents fly-out menu when viewing a topic or activity. This feature implements PIE item D3333.

Impact of Change


Slight impact to administrators because of a tool change.

Availability: Brightspace Insights and Brightspace Core clients in the following regions:

• North America • EMEA • APAC

Microservices Dependencies: Authentication Service and Landlord Service. Microservices Location(s): Authentication and Landlord are services in the following Amazon Web Services™ (AWS) location: U.S. East (N. Virginia) For each Brightspace Data Set, the full CSV continues to generate on a daily basis. The add-on provides additional CSV updates, produced on an hourly basis, containing the differences (diffs) of the data that has been updated or inserted in the previous hour. Each diff is designed to keep the data set up-to-date with minimal overhead, and reduce the time it takes to produce an up-to-date extract to maintain hourly data freshness (depending on the data freshness level the client's package entitles them to). To address gaps in how data is generated for certain fields in Brightspace Data Sets, this release also introduces new fields to some of the affected data sets. For more information, refer to the updated Data Hub - Administrator Guide when it is released.

To enable the add-on for the Data Hub tool, contact your D2L Account Manager.


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! Figure 9: Daylight icons in Content reflecting different content file types

Daylight Experience – Image-based navbar option | New

The Daylight Experience includes a new navbar option for displaying images with link text in Brightspace Learning Environment. When enabled, all navbar links have a dedicated space for an image above the link text. System links have default icons with a colorful Daylight style, and users may also upload images for custom links. This option provides pre-readers with a way to easily navigate Brightspace Learning Environment.

Impact of Change


Slight impact to all users, as new icons that reflect different content file types (for example, an icon for a video or an icon for a discussion) now display in Content.

Availability: This feature is available to all clients. To Enable: Before the icons will display, the d2l.system.BrightspaceDaylightExperience configuration variable must be turned on. Microservices Dependencies: N/A Microservices Locations: N/A

You must have the configuration variable set before the icons display.


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! Figure 10: Desktop view of an icon-based navbar showcasing system links with the Daylight Experience turned on


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! Figure 11: Mobile view of an image-based navbar with the Daylight Experience turned on


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Daylight Experience – Shortcut to edit or copy navbars from any page | New

The Daylight Experience includes a new shortcut to edit or copy navbars directly from the navbar. This feature restores functionality that existed pre-Daylight, while also providing a new shortcut for copying shared navbars and setting the copy as active. This feature is available for both text-based and image-based navbars.

Impact of Change


Moderate impact to administrators due to new permission and setting required to enable this functionality.

Availability: This feature is available to all clients. Although it can be enabled for all learners, D2L recommends enabling it for grades K-5 learners. To Enable: The d2l.system.BrightspaceDaylightExperience configuration variable must be turned on. The permission Navbars - Enable Icon Based Navbars must be turned on for the appropriate roles. The field Icons: Enable Icon Based Navbars must be selected for the navbar that will use image-based navigation. Microservices Dependencies: N/A Microservices Locations: N/A

You must have the Daylight system configuration variable turned on, give users the appropriate permission, and select the appropriate field on the navbar before that navbar will display image-based navigation.

Slight impact to instructors due to the ability to create or use an image-based navbar.

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Slight impact to learners due to the ability to navigate Brightspace Learning Environment using images.

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! Figure 12: Edit navbar shortcut menu

Email – Email Address book is restricted by section enrollment | Updated

Users from one section of a course no longer see learners from other sections of the course. If the course is set up so that there is an email address book for the section, the learners listed in the address book are now filtered in a drop-down menu by section. A learner can only see sections in which they are enrolled. Instructors will continue to see all sections listed here if they have Access all Sections permissions.

Impact of Change


Slight impact to administrators, instructors, and learners with the ability to create or edit navbars due to a new edit/copy option directly from the navbar.

Availability: This feature is available to all clients. To Enable: The d2l.system.BrightspaceDaylightExperience configuration variable must be turned on. Microservices Dependencies: N/A Microservices Locations: N/A

You must have the configuration variable set before the option will display.


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! Figure 13: The user only sees the sections in which they are enrolled displayed in the System Contacts drop-down list This feature partially implements the following PIE items: D3652, D3642, D2541, D2001, D1534, D1477.

Impact of Change


Slight impact to users who are enrolled in courses that have an email address book available for course sections. Users can only see addresses for users in sections in which they are enrolled.

Availability: This feature is available to all users. To Enable: N/A Microservices dependencies: N/A Microservices location(s): N/A

During course section setup, administrators must select the email option for a course section in order for any email addresses to appear for the section.


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Lessons – Available in Canada – AWS Enabled | New

Lessons is now available to clients in Canada. Lessons is a new way for instructors and learners to experience the Content tool in Brightspace Learning Environment. It offers a simplified experience for organizing content, aligning to learning standards, managing the availability of course materials, and automatically scheduling content units as a pacing guideline. With Lessons, instructors can import from the Achievement Standards Network, and map content items to those standards. Instructors can also add their own materials from external sources, such as Google Drive, to supplement existing resources. To promote classroom engagement, the Lessons experience works with the Activity Feed, allowing instructors to easily post content materials to a course homepage.


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Impact of Change


Moderate impact to administrators due to required configuration variables, tool changes, and permissions to make this feature available.

Availability: This feature is now available to clients in Canada. It is also available to US clients. To enable: To make Lessons available in Brightspace Learning Environment, the d2l.Tools.Content.IsLessonsEnabled, d2l.Tools.Content.UseLessonsExperience, and d2l.System.Services.DocumentConversion.IsEnabled configuration variables must be turned on. The Learning Outcomes tool must be turned on, and the Manage Outcomes permission is required to import standards from the Achievement Standards Network and to copy standard requirements between courses. Microservices Dependencies: The Lessons Experience depends on the Document Conversion Service, the Activity Feed Service, and the Learning Outcomes Registry Service (LOReS). These services depend on the Authentication Service. Microservices Locations: The Document Conversion Service is available in the following Amazon Web Services™ (AWS) locations: U.S. East (N. Virginia), Canada Central (Montreal), Asia Pacific (Sydney). The Activity Feed Service is available in the following Amazon Web Services™ (AWS) locations: U.S. East (N. Virginia), Canada Central (Montreal), EU (Ireland), Asia Pacific (Sydney, Singapore). LOReS is available in the following Amazon Web Services™ (AWS) locations: U.S. East (N. Virginia), Canada Central (Montreal). The Authentication Service is available

1. In the Config Variable Browser, set the Organization Value for d2l.Tools.Content.IsLessonsEnabled to on. 2. Turn on d2l.Tools.Content.UseLessonsExperience for all courses to use the Lessons experience. To enable Lessons for individual courses, set override values in the d2l.Tools.Content.UseLessonsExperience configuration variable for the desired courses. 3. Turn on d2l.System.Services.DocumentConversion.IsEnabled to activate Document Conversion Service for your organization. 4. From the Admin Tools menu, select Organization Tools and turn on Learning Outcomes. 5. Grant the Manage Outcomes permission for the Learning Outcomes tool to roles responsible for importing standards and copying standards between courses. For detailed information on data transmission, refer to the Microservices in the Brightspace Cloud guide at release.


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Learning Outcomes Registry Service (LOReS) – Available in Canada – AWS Enabled | New

As of this release, the Learning Outcomes Registry Service (LOReS) is available to D2L clients in Canada. LOReS provides the ability to create and edit required learning outcomes for a course offering.

Lessons - Preview of learner experience in the Lessons tool | New

The Preview as student feature enables instructors to preview a typical learner experience in the Lessons tool.

Impact of Change


Slight system requirement impact for administrators because of a recommendation to review data residency policies.

Availability: This feature is available to D2L Clients in Canada. To Enable: The LOReS service is enabled automatically. A call from the Brightspace platform is routed to the appropriate region based on its geographic location. Canadian servers are routed to AWS Canada Central. Microservices Dependencies: LOReS depends on Authentication Service and Landlord Service. Microservices Locations: LOReS is available to Canadian clients in the following Amazon Web Services™ (AWS) locations: Canada Central (Montreal). LOReS is also available in U.S. East (N. Virginia).

D2L recommends checking your organization’s policies regarding data residency, and consulting with your legal advisors. For detailed information regarding data residency, privacy, and transmission, refer to the updated Microservices in the Brightspace Cloud guide when it is released.


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! Figure 14: Preview of learner experience in the Lessons tool


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Release Conditions – Updated rules for instructors applying release conditions | Updated

When a new or existing condition is based on section enrollment, only the sections that the teacher is enrolled in appear in the drop-down menu. In various areas of the system, instructors can create a release condition or select an existing condition that specifies that a user must be enrolled in a particular section to access the content or activity. If the instructor is enrolled in all sections or has the Access all sections permission, they continue to see all sections in the list when creating the new condition. If the instructor does not have the Access all sections permission for their role, the instructor only sees sections they are enrolled in. As a result, instructors are better able to release content to their section of a course without impacting other sections.

Impact of Change


Slight impact to instructors who can preview the Lessons tool as a typical leaner.

Availability: This feature is available to instructors. To Enable: N/A Microservices Dependencies: N/A Microservices Locations: N/A Preview as student does not demonstrate an experience for any particular user. Preview as student does not change the view of the embedded content (for example, if LTI content has different information for instructors and learners, instructors will continue to view the LTI content as an instructor). Navigating anywhere outside of the Lessons tool, for example, navigating to the Discussions tool, exits the Preview as student mode. The word student is currently not customizable.

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! Figure 15: Instructors only see the sections in which they are enrolled displayed in the drop-down list


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SCORM - Content Service available in Canada - AWS Enabled | Updated

The Content Service is now available in AWS Canada Central (Montreal), which means the new SCORM solution is available in Canada as well.

Impact of Change


Slight impact to instructors who are using the Section Enrollment release condition for course content. Instructors are now only able to see the sections in which they are enrolled.

Availability: This feature is available to all instructors who have the appropriate permissions. To Enable: Instructors can be enrolled in all sections or have the access all sections permission attached to their role; however, they are only required to be enrolled in sections where they want to use the Section Enrollment release condition. Microservices Dependencies: N/A Microservices Location(s): N/A

As a result of this change, instructors no longer see sections that they are not enrolled in as options when they are applying the Section Enrollment release conditions to course content. Other release conditions are not affected by this update.


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Impact of Change


Slight impact to administrators due to the Content Service being deployed to a new AWS region.

Availability: The Content Service, and thereby the new SCORM solution, is available to clients in the US, Canada, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, China, India, and Asia. To Enable: By default, the Content Service is off. When administrators enable the Content Service in the Config Variable Browser (d2l.Tools.ContentService.Endpoint), a call from the Brightspace platform is routed to the appropriate region based on its geographic location. The endpoint URL is set automatically based on location. Note: If administrators had already enabled the configuration variable and set the endpoint URL in a prior release, the region does not change automatically. To utilize the AWS Canada region, administrators must manually change the URL to reflect the Canada region. IMPORTANT: After the AWS region is specified and SCORM content is added, the region cannot be changed without data loss. However, if administrators change the endpoint and then revert to the one they had data stored in previously, it is possible to reclaim that data. Microservices Dependencies: This feature depends on the Authentication Service and Landlord Service. Microservices Location(s): The Content Service is located in the following AWS locations:

• U.S. East (N. Virginia) • EU (Ireland) • Asia Pacific (Sydney) • Canada Central (Montreal)

To make use of the Canada region for the new SCORM solution:

1. Ensure the Content Service is turned on in Organization Tools, and that users have the appropriate permissions.

2. In the Config Variable browser, set the d2L.Tools.ContentService.Endpoint configuration variable to on. The endpoint URL populates automatically, based on geographic location. Note: If you had previously set the endpoint URL to a region other than Canada, change the URL to reflect the Canada region, that is, https://api.ca-central-1.content-service.brightspace.com/.

For detailed information on data transmission for the Content Service, refer to the Microservices in the Brightspace Cloud guide at release.


https://api.ca-central-1.content-service.brightspace.com/

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Integrations

IPSIS – Ellucian ILP integration with IPSIS | New

Integration Pack for Student Information Systems (IPSIS) now uses Ellucian’s Intelligent Learning Platform (ILP) to provision users, org units, and enrollments from Banner by Ellucian or Colleague by Ellucian student information systems (SIS’s). There is a new Ellucian ILP option in the new IPSIS user interface that provides a default configuration to simplify the setup process.

Virtual Classrooms by YouSeeU – HTML5 Client is now the default for Virtual Classrooms - AWS Enabled | Updated

All generally-available implementations of Virtual Classrooms by YouSeeU now use the HTML5 version of the Virtual Classroom client. Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are the recommended browsers to use with the Virtual Classrooms client. When users try to use the Virtual Classrooms client on browsers other than Chrome or Firefox, an alert message indicates that the experience is better on the recommended browsers.

Impact of Change


Slight impact to IPSIS administrators due to integration of IPSIS with Ellucian ILP.

The ILP integration with IPSIS is based on the LIS 2.0 specification. ILP does not recognize org structure as it’s set up in the Brightspace platform. To accommodate this, IPSIS generates course offerings, templates, and departments from the data sent by ILP. Availability: Available to all clients. To Enable: N/A Microservices Dependencies: N/A Microservices Location(s): N/A

To make use of this integration, administrators must:

• Purchase an ILP SaaS environment from Ellucian (http://www.ellucian.com/Software/Ellucian-Intelligent-Learning-Platform/).

• Purchase D2L Premium SIS integration.

For more information, contact your D2L Account Manager.


http://www.ellucian.com/Software/Ellucian-Intelligent-Learning-Platform/

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Impact of Change


Moderate impact to administrators due to the HTML5 being the default Virtual Classroom client.

Availability: This feature is available to all users. Flash is no longer available as a Virtual Classrooms client. To Enable: Customers using Virtual Classrooms by YouSeeU automatically see the HTML5 client. Microservices Dependencies: Virtual Classroom’s data is hosted outside of D2L’s infrastructure. YouSeeU provides data hosting/storage locations using Amazon AWS. YouSeeU supports and manages the Virtual Classroom service from the United States. Data transfers outside of your selected data location may be necessary. Please review your data residency and data transfer policies to ensure that this data transfer is compatible with the requirements set by your organization. The following data is transmitted or stored within the Amazon AWS Regions:

• LTI Tool consumer information • LTI Context information • LTI Link Title • LTI Link description • Student / Instructor User ID • Student / Instructor User Name • Student / Instructor User email • Organization (for example school,

corporation) • Recorded Videos of Sessions (video,

audio from webcams) • Video Captions • Phone Bridge information (for

example. telephone dial-in information)

• Whiteboard information • Course information (for example,

course name) • Video Assignments creation and

submission • Video and text based Feedback • Assessments and Grading of

assignments in Virtual Classroom • Resources uploaded to support the

Virtual Classroom. Text, Video, Audio,

When an instructor launches a virtual meeting, selecting Enter Meeting Room (New & Improved) starts a HTML5 version of the Virtual Classroom client.


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Video Assignments - User experience improvements | Update

The Video Assignments user experience has been updated to improve the process of creating, assessing, and participating in assignments. The left menu now uses tabs, and all windows are responsive for improved functionality on mobile devices. Also, when copying courses that include video assignments, only the assignment's dates require updating in the new course.

Virtual Classrooms - User experience improvements | Update

The HTML5 Virtual Classroom client is now used for all meetings; the Flash client is no longer available. Within the meeting management experience the left menu now uses tabs, windows are responsive for improved usability on mobile devices, instructors can create repeating meetings, and all meeting assets can be downloaded and played back on a local device. Copy components workflows have been enhanced, ensuring that upon copying courses that include virtual classrooms, only the classroom's dates require updating in the new course. Additional tool tips have been added to Virtual Classroom to increase usability and assist new users. In Virtual Classrooms, users see connection indicators that display the meeting health and recording status. When using the whiteboard, text boxes are created automatically without needing users to click and drag to create them. Desktop sharing can now be paused and participants continue to see what was shared at the time of the pause.

Impact of Change


Slight impact to users due to updated workflows in Video Assignments.

D2L recommends that you use the Firefox or Chrome browsers for Video Assignments. Availability: Available to all clients. To Enable: N/A For more information about microservices dependencies and locations for Video Assignments, see the Technical Details in Virtual Classrooms by YouSeeU – HTML5 Client is now the default for Virtual Classrooms – AWS Enabled | Updated.

Access a video assignment to experience the new user interface.


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Impact of Change


Slight impact to users due to updated workflows in Virtual Classrooms.

Availability: Available to all clients, it is recommended that you use the Firefox or Chrome browsers to manage Virtual Classrooms. Use of Firefox or Chrome is required to participate in Virtual Classrooms. To Enable: N/A For more information about microservices dependencies and locations for Virtual Classrooms, see the Technical Details in Virtual Classrooms by YouSeeU – HTML5 Client is now the default for Virtual Classrooms – AWS Enabled | Updated.

Access a virtual classroom to experience the new user interface.


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Known Issues D2L is committed to releasing high quality products that perform as expected. To keep you informed about the product issues most likely to impact your environment, the Known Issues List consists of newly discovered and commonly reported issues that can be consistently reproduced by D2L. For more information on when an issue was first reported, see the Found in statement in the issue description.

Assignments

PRB0054897 (Daylight)

In Assignments, while using a mobile device, learners and instructors cannot use the record audio feature. Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.0.

Brightspace ePortfolio and Brightspace ePortfolio Mobile

PRB0055413

When learners receive an attached file as part of their feedback from the Assignments tool and then export this file to Brightspace ePortfolio, the file appears to have been successfully exported. However, when learners attempt to view the exported file, only half of the page loads. Found in Brightspace ePortfolio 10.7.2. To reproduce this issue:

1. As an instructor, log in to an instance of Brightspace Learning Environment with Daylight enabled.

2. Create an assignment. 3. As a learner, submit the assignment. 4. As the instructor, upload a file with your feedback on the assignment submission. 5. As a learner, view the feedback and add it to your ePortfolio. 6. Navigate to Brightspace ePortfolio and view the exported file. 7. Observe that only half of the page loads.



If a custom URL is used for the d2l.Settings.WebServerName, and you attempt to navigate Brightspace Learning Environment using the *.brightspace.com URL, the minibar does not appear in the navbar.


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Found in Brightspace Platform 10.6.4.


In Brightspace Learning Environment with Daylight enabled, if you can see profile pictures for some users, you might observe that some profile pictures are left-aligned and some are center-aligned. Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4. To reproduce this issue:

1. Log in to Brightspace Learning Environment with Daylight enabled. 2. Ensure that you have the End User role > User Profile tool > Manage Own Profile

organization permission. 3. Navigate to the Classlist tool. 4. Observe that some of the profile pictures are left-aligned and some are center-aligned.

Grades


In Brightspace Learning Environment with Daylight enabled, you cannot scan the Feedback column of the Enter Grades page to see which learners currently have feedback and which learners do not have feedback as the alternative text and tool tip changes. The icon and tool tip is the same for learners with or without feedback. Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.3. To reproduce this issue:

1. Log in to Brightspace Learning Environment with Daylight enabled. 2. As an administrator or an instructor, navigate to a course that has some learners enrolled

in it. 3. Create a grade item. 4. Navigate to the Enter Grades page for the grade item you just created. 5. Leave feedback for one learner and click Save. 6. Observe that the page reloads with the Edit comments icon, as expected. 7. Navigate to the course homepage and then go back to the Enter Grades page for the

grade item you created. 8. Locate the learner you left feedback for and observe in the Feedback column that the

Edit comments icon and tool tip has changed to the Enter comments icon and tool tip.


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HTML Editor

PRB0055132

In some cases, in Brightspace Platform, when you upload a file containing HTML tags inside an attribute (like an image alt tag), the HTML editor fails to load and you cannot edit the HTML file. Found in Brightspace Platform 10.3.0. To reproduce this issue:

1. Log in to Brightspace Learning Environment. 2. Create an HTML file locally that points to an image file. 3. In the Manage Files area, upload the image file that you pointed to in the HTML file. 4. In Course Content, upload the HTML file. 5. Click Edit HTML. 6. Observe that you cannot edit the HTML file. 7. Go to Manage Files and search for the linked HTML file. 8. Attempt to edit the HTML file. 9. Observe that you cannot edit the HTML file.

PRB0055302

In HTML Editor, when you select Insert Stuff and then Course Offering Files, the height of the file selector is set to the height of the Course Offering Files area parent folder. When you add a sub folder, the height of the sub folder is also set to the height of the Course Offering Files area parent folder. If the sub folder contains more items than the parent folder, you cannot access the files using the user interface with a mouse as there is no scrollbar to scroll down. As a workaround, use the Tab key to navigate through the items and select the item you want. Fill the Course Offering Files area parent folder with a lot of files so that the height is calculated at a large amount and sub folders display all content. Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.2. To reproduce this issue:

1. In a course, navigate to the Manage Files area and add two files in the parent folder. 2. Create a sub folder within the parent folder and navigate to it. 3. Add ten files in the folder you just created. 4. In Content, click Upload / Create > Create a File > Insert Stuff > Course Offering Files. 5. Observe that the height of the parent folder perfectly displays all content within the parent

folder. 6. Click on the sub folder. 7. Observe that the height of the file selector is set to the height of the parent folder and you

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Integrations

PRB0055384

In Brightspace Learning Environment, while using Internet Explorer 11, Brightspace for Parents fails to load and you might encounter an error message. Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4. To reproduce this issue:

1. Using Internet Explorer 11, log in to Brightspace Learning Environment. 2. Attempt to navigate to Brightspace for Parents. 3. Observe that Brightspace for Parents fails to load and observe the error message.

Lessons

PRB0055004

In some cases, in Brightspace Learning Environment with the Lessons experience enabled, when you click on Content, a blank page loads. As a workaround, in your browser settings, clear your browser cache. Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.10.

Navigation and Themes

PRB0055367

In Brightspace Learning Environment with Daylight turned on, while using Voice Assistant or Talk Back on Android devices, drop down menus that contain sub-menus do not provide names for the menus to provide context. All menus read as menu name, menu item. Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.3. To reproduce this issue:

1. Using an Android mobile device, log in to the mobile version of Brightspace Learning Environment with Daylight turned on.

2. On the mobile device, from Accessibility Settings, turn on Voice Assistant or Talk Back.

3. On the browser, go to the navigation menu. 4. Swipe right to scroll down the menu until you reach the Admin Tools menu. 5. Observe that the menu item reads as Admin Tools menu item, double click to activate.


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Quizzes


In Brightspace Learning Environment with Daylight enabled, you might observe that the regular view and full screen view of a quiz activity in Content have low usability due to the small amount of real estate available for the actual quiz view. Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.0. To reproduce this issue:

1. Log in to Brightspace Learning Environment and ensure that Daylight is enabled. 2. In the Contenttool, attempt to take a quiz in the regular view and full screen view. 3. Observe the small amount of real estate available for the quiz view.

PRB0055443

When using a mobile device or a very small screen to view the Question Library in the Quizzes tool, the Delete, Order, Edit Values, and Publish to LOR options on the More actions menu do not work. Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.3. To reproduce this issue:

1. In the Quizzes tool or from the Add/Edit Question area within a quiz, reduce the width of the window until only the Move and More action menus are displayed above the available questions.

2. Select a check box next to a question and then select More > Delete. 3. Observe that nothing happens.

Self Assessments

PRB0054638

In Self Assessments, the content completion summary displays the No Users Found message if View Chat session is not enabled, or if View Chat session and Manage Chat Session are both enabled, even with learners enrolled in the course. Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0. To reproduce this issue:

1. In Content, within a course, create a simple self-assessment topic. 2. Enroll at least one learner to the course and ensure that the learner role does not have

any permissions for the Chat tool. 3. As an administrator, instructor, or any role that can view and manage self assessments,

view the self-assessment topic.


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4. Check the completion summary. 5. Observe the No Users Found message. 6. Log in as the test learner and take the self-assessment. 7. As an administrator or instructor, check the completion summary of the self assessment

content topic. 8. Observe the No Users Found message. 9. Navigate to Roles and Permissions and grant the learner role the View Chat Sessions

permission at the course offering level. 10. As an administrator or instructor, check the completion summary of the self assessment

content topic. 11. Observe that you can see the enrolled learners and see who completed the self-

assessment. 12. In Roles and Permissions, grant the learner role the Manage Chat Session permission. 13. As an administrator or instructor, check the completion summary of the self assessment

content topic. 14. Observe the No Users Found message.


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Fixed Issues To keep you informed about the product improvements D2L has made, the Fixed Issues List consists of issues that have been fixed in a specific release, unless otherwise noted.

Accessibility

PRB0055017

Previously, if you were using a screen reader and you edited dates of units or tried to use the Schedule your units feature in Lessons, the screen reader did not read the dates in the date picker. Additionally, the feedback from the date picker on the date you selected was not clear. Now, the date picker has been replaced with a new Vaadin date picker that provides accessible keyboard and screen-reader navigation. Fixed in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4.

Advanced Data Sets

PRB0055092

Previously, using Advanced Data Sets in the Data Hub tool, if there was a competency that was associated with multiple learning objectives, the Course Learning Outcome Evaluation (CLOE) report might have not run. Now, using Advanced Data Sets in the Data Hub tool, if there is a competency that is associated with multiple learning objectives, the Course Learning Outcome Evaluation (CLOE) report runs successfully. Fixed in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4. To reproduce this fix:

1. Within a course, create a competency that is in Draft state. 2. Edit the competency structure and associate two learning objectives with the competency

as child items. 3. Navigate to Discussions and create a discussion forum and topic. 4. After you give the discussion topic a name, click the Objectives tab. 5. Associate the discussion topic with both learning objectives you created. 6. Run then (CLOE) report. 7. Observe that the report runs successfully.


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Assignments

PRB0055464

Previously, in Brightspace Learning Environment, if an assignment submission folder had an end date set and TurnItIn enabled, learners could not see their submission's originality report and or grade mark after the end date had passed. Now, in Brightspace Learning Environment, if an assignment submission folder has an end date set and TurnItIn enabled, learners can see their submission's originality report and or grade mark after the end date has passed, as expected. This issue was fixed as part of a later Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4 bundle.



Previously, on instances of Brightspace Learning Environment with Daylight turned on, when using mobile iOS devices with VoiceOver enabled, homepage widget menus could not be opened. Now, on instances of Brightspace Learning Environment with Daylight turned on, when using mobile iOS devices with VoiceOver enabled, homepage widget menus can be opened, as expected. Fixed in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4. To reproduce this fix:

1. With an iOS mobile device that is using VoiceOver, log in to an instance of Brightspace Learning Environment with Daylight enabled.

2. Click on a widget header to focus on it. 3. Attempt to open the homepage widget menu. 4. Observe that the homepage widget menu opens.

PRB0055600

Previously, there were duplicate lines in the Assignment Summary dataset. Now, there are no longer duplicate lines in the Assignment Summary dataset, as expected. This issue was fixed as part of a later Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4 bundle.

PRB0055654

Previously, in Brightspace Learning Environment, with Brightspace data sets version 1.1, when you attempted to download the Grade Results data, you might have encountered an error.


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Now, in Brightspace Learning Environment, with Brightspace data sets version 1.1, you can successfully download the Grade Results data, without error. This issue was fixed as part of a later Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4 bundle.

PRB0055707

Previously, the Content User Progress data set contained multiple duplicate rows, in error. Now, the Content User Progress data set no longer contains multiple duplicate rows, as expected. This issue was fixed as part of a later Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4 bundle.

Brightspace Platform

PRB0055370

Previously, the Data Hub UI did not display the Brightspace Data Sets tab up to 24 hours after the Data Hub and Brightspace Data Sets tools had been enabled because the first scheduled generation of the data sets had not been completed. Now, the Brightspace Data Sets tab correctly appears in the Data Hub UI even if there are no data sets yet to be generated. Fixed in Brightspace Platform 10.7.4.

Brightspace Developer Platform

PRB0054670

Previously, when grade item properties were updated via the grades API, the grade item's sort order was always updated and it became the last item in its category. Now, when grade item properties are updated through API calls, the grade item's sort order is no longer affected, as expected. Fixed in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4.

Classlist

PRB0054978

Previously, in the Classlist tool, users were able to search for inactive users in the Add Existing Users area even if they did not have the Search for Inactive Users permission. Now, in the Classlist tool, users can only search for inactive users in the Add Existing Users area if they have the Search for Inactive Users permission at the course offering level. Fixed in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4.


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Content

PRB0055301

Previously, when you attempted to download content and if the course names contained special characters, such as, ?\/<>|, you might have encountered an error. These characters are not allowed in file names in the Windows environment. Now, when you attempt to download content and if the course names contain special characters, such as, ?\/<>|, these characters are removed from the course name before they are inserted into the download file name. Fixed in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4.

Course Management


Previously, in Brightspace Learning Environment with Daylight enabled, the Course Image Library only loaded images when you searched with keywords. Now, in Brightspace Learning Environment with Daylight enabled, images in the Course Image Library appear as soon as the Course Image Library dialog box loads and more images automatically load (if available) when you scroll down the page. Fixed in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4.

Customizations

PRB0055252

Previously, redirects to other domains were not validated. Now, redirects to other domains are validated, as expected. Fixed in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4.

Data Export

PRB0055181

Previously, the Grades data export results were only explicitly sorted by CourseId (which was the OrgUnitCode of each course offering's sections) and thereafter, sorting was inconsistent. Now, the Grades data export results are sorted by CourseId and thereafter, by OrdDefinedID ASC for users. Fixed in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4.


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PRB0052023

Previously, the WeightedGradesExport report incorrectly represented the weight of a grade item within a category. Now, the WeightedGradesExport report accurately represents the weight of a grade item within a category.

PRB0052021

Previously, the AllGradesExport report incorrectly represented the weight of a grade item within a category. Now, the AllGradesExport report accurately represents the weight of a grade item within a category. Fixed in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4.

PRB0055058

Previously, in the Grade Objects data set, a join on the CreatedDate column caused grade objects to be excluded if there was no value in that column. CreatedDate was not set for grade objects copied from another course, which excluded a significant number of grade objects from this data set when copying courses to create grade objects. Now, the LastModifiedDate has been added to the Grade Objects data set, and a join on that column replaces the join on the CreatedDate column. Therefore, grade objects that were created through a copy process are no longer excluded from this data set. Fixed in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.3.

Discussions

PRB0055033

Previously, in Grid View for the Discussions tool, if you marked a post as read, and then immediately as unread (or the other way around), the second action did not work and an error occurred. Now, in Grid View for the Discussions tool, you can successfully mark all posts as read or unread repeatedly, without error. Fixed in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4.

PRB0055274

Previously, in Discussions, when a user replied to a discussion thread or post using Grid View, the expected discussion event was not created and data was not sent to the Brightspace Data Platform.


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Now, in Discussions, when a user replies to a discussion thread or post using Grid View, the expected discussion event is created and data is sent to the Brightspace Data Platform. Fixed in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4.


Previously, in Brightspace Learning Environment with Daylight enabled, if a user enabled the option to see deleted discussion posts, there was no visual indication of which posts were active and which were deleted. Now, in Brightspace Learning Environment with Daylight enabled, if a user enables the option to see deleted discussion posts, the deleted posts are visually distinct from the active posts, as expected. Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.2.

ePortfolio and ePortfolio Mobile

PRB0053064

Previously, when a learner submitted an ePortfolio presentation to an assignment submission folder, there was no error message if the submission did not complete successfully. However, the system reported a file submission of size zero bytes. Now, when a learner submits an ePortfolio presentation to an assignment submission folder, an error message appears if the submission fails. Note: Timeout errors may still occur due to PRB005367, which is still an outstanding known issue. Fixed in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4.

HTML Editor

PRB0055350

Previously, in HTML Editor, when you created content topics that used activity types, such as, Discussions, Assignment, and so on, if you pasted an image in the Description field, it appeared to save successfully but the image did not save. Now, in HTML Editor, when you create content topics that use activity types, such as, Discussions, Assignment, and so on, if you paste an image in the Description field, a message appears stating that image pasting is not supported. To insert a course image in these fields, users can still use the Insert Image or Insert Stuff buttons in the HTML Editor. Fixed in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4.


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Import/Export/Copy Components

PRB0054912

Previously, when copying a course, if the source course had inherited the d2l.Tools.Grades.FinalGrade.AutoReleaseFinalGrade configuration variable by way of an organization-wide setting, the copy of this course had it set explicitly. Now, when copying a course, if the source course has the d2l.Tools.Grades.FinalGrade.AutoReleaseFinalGrade configuration variable set explicitly, the copy of this course also has it set explicitly. Fixed in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4.

PRB0055451

Previously, in Brightspace Learning Environment, when you exported files and directories, file and folder names were converted to lowercase during the course export process. Now, in Brightspace Learning Environment, when you export files and directories, file and folder names retain their original letter case, as expected. Fixed in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4.

Integrations

PRB0055047

Previously, external learning tool (LTI) APIs inaccurately took into account the value of the Create External Learning Tool Links from available External Learning Tool Providers permission and you might have observed that you were able to create and edit hidden links. Now, external learning tool APIs accurately take into account the value of the Create External Learning Tool Links from available External Learning Tool Providers permission. A user with this permission and not Manage External Learning Tool Links can successfully perform appropriate actions on LTI links using the API calls in addition to getting links as well as creating or updating LTI links that use an available Tool Provider. Fixed in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4.

PRB0053919

Previously, when you created a recurring calendar event series, deleted a single occurrence within that series, and then attempted to load the Google Apps widget, you might have encountered an error and the Google Apps widget did not load. Now, when you create a recurring calendar event series, delete a single occurrence within that series, and then attempt to load the Google Apps widget, the Google Apps widget loads, without error.


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Fixed in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.3.

Lessons

PRB0055015

Previously, when you used Role Switch in Lessons, your actions continued to reflect your logged in user/role, and not of the role you’ve switched to. Now, when you used Role Switch in Lessons, content is accurately displayed based on the role you’ve switched to. Fixed in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4.

Quizzes

PRB0042579

Previously, learners might have incorrectly received notifications for inactive quizzes and they were unable to see the quiz for which they received the notification. Now, learners do not receive notifications for inactive quizzes, as expected. Fixed in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4.

PRB0055168

Previously, if you created short answer questions in Surveys using the new quizzing experience, the summary report did not properly group the answers according to blanks if there was more than one blank in a short answer survey question. The resulting summary report appeared to have more blanks than the question actually contained. Now, if you create short answer questions in Surveys using the new quizzing experience, the summary report properly groups the answers according to blanks if there is more than one blank in a short answer survey question. Fixed in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4. To reproduce this fix:

1. Ensure the new quizzing experience is enabled in your instance of Brightspace Learning Environment.

2. In a course, access the Surveys tool. 3. Create a new survey. 4. Create three short answer questions, with one, two, and three blanks, respectively. 5. In the Restrictions tab, set the survey status to Active. 6. In the Reports Setup tab, add a report and assign it to the instructor role. 7. Save the survey. 8. Access Content and in a new module, add the survey you created. 9. Impersonate two different learners and take the survey as each one.


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10. As the instructor, view the summary report. 11. Observe that the report properly groups the answers according to the number of blanks.


Previously, in Brightspace Learning Environment with Daylight enabled, Fill in the Blank questions in Quizzes erroneously displayed blanks on multiple lines. Now, in Brightspace Learning Environment with Daylight enabled, Fill in the Blank questions in Quizzes display blanks side-by-side on a single line, as expected. Fixed in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4.

PRB0048093

Previously, quizzes with the special access restriction, Allow only users with special access to see this quiz, had incorrect notifications. Learners with special access did not receive notifications when access to the quiz was going to end. In some cases, users without access to the special access quiz erroneously received email notifications for the special access quiz. Now, users with access to quizzes with the special access restriction, Allow only users with special access to see this quiz, receive email notifications when access to the quiz is going to end. Users without access to the special access quiz no longer receive email notifications for the special access quiz. Fixed in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4.

PRB0054875

Previously, when you attempted to preview questions in a random section in a quiz after the questions had been removed from the question library, you might have encountered an error. Now, you can successfully preview questions in a random section in a quiz after the questions have been removed from the question library, without error. Fixed in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4.


Previously, in Brightspace Learning Environment with Daylight enabled, when you took a quiz with multiple choice questions, your selected answer was not highlighted. As a result, it was easy to accidentally change your selection and move to the next page or submit the quiz without realizing your selection changed. Now, in Brightspace Learning Environment with Daylight enabled, when you take a quiz with multiple choice questions, your selected answer is highlighted, as expected. Fixed in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4.


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Surveys

PRB0055107

Previously, when you created a survey report and then attempted to delete it, you might have encountered an error and the survey report was not deleted. Now, when you create a survey report and then attempt to delete it, the survey report is successfully deleted, without error. Fixed in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4.

Widgets


Previously, in Brightspace Learning Environment with the Daylight experience enabled, on the Homepage, you might have observed that there was minimal demarcation between system widgets. Now, in Brightspace Learning Environment with the Daylight experience enabled, on the Homepage, the spacing between the widget demarcation line and widget titles has been adjusted to better differentiate widgets from each other. Fixed in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4.


Previously, in Brightspace Learning Environment with Daylight enabled, the My Courses widget used the URL defined in the d2l.Settings.WebServerName settings for its course offering links. Now, in Brightspace Learning Environment with Daylight enabled, the My Courses widget uses the URL that a user navigating the system authenticated with, as expected. Fixed in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4.


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About D2L A global leader in EdTech, D2L is the creator of Brightspace, the world’s first integrated learning platform. The company partners with thought-leading organizations to improve learning through data-driven technology that helps deliver a personalized experience to every learner, regardless of geography or ability. D2L’s open and extensible platform is used by more than 1,100 clients and almost 15 million individual learners in higher education, K–12, healthcare, government, and the enterprise sector—including Fortune 1000 companies. The company has operations in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, Brazil, and Singapore. www.brightspace.com | www.D2L.com

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