To improve accessibility and clarity for screen reader devices, the Rubrics Confirmation dialog box that appears when users navigate away from scoring an assignment or discussion post using a rubric now features the following changes:

• Screen reader-legible heading, text and buttons now appear in the dialog box.
• The dialog box heading now says Unscored Rubric Criteria in place of Confirmation, to improve the workflow clarity for all users, including those using screen readers.

Previously, the text in the dialog box was not accessible to screen readers.

Availability dates for assignments have received an update, allowing multiple new options for restrictions before and after the set dates. This helps Assignment folders be more consistent with out date-restricted activities such as Quizzes and Discussion posts.

With this release, the Assignments List tab displays availability dates and states closely aligned with other activity tools to make a unified content experience. Availability dates are displayed below the titles of assignments and the hover tooltip includes the information about start and end dates with settings to explain how the assignment appears to learners before and after these dates.

Previously, the availability dates in the Assignments List tab did not include a hover tooltip.

Hotspot is a new element for HTML Content pages that is launched through Brightspace Editor’s Insert Element. By adding hotspots to images, learners can select icons associated with a part of the image to open a modal window that presents additional learning about the image. This can include a variety of content types, such as text, images, videos, or links. Creators can add up to nine hotspots on a single image with the ability to change the style and color of hotspot markers. The grid overlay allows the image to be fully accessible with the integration of micro alt tags.

This feature updates instructors’ workflows for large quizzes in two ways.

Instructors can now use the Load More button on the initial page load if a quiz has more than 200 questions, sections, and question pools.

If the Load More button is shown, list operations such as moving to the bottom or adding new questions continue functioning as expected. However, to see their changes, instructors must click the Load More button to reveal the updated list.

These changes should make creating and managing large quizzes much less time consuming!

Pictured: A load 200 button at the bottom of a very large quiz