D2L January 2024 Updates
Announcements – Copy announcements to other courses in published state | Updated
The ability to copy announcements to other courses was originally released for the Announcements tool in November. This update allows instructors to Publish the copied announcement on copy rather than having to do so separately after copying.
Calendar – View quiz start and quiz end dates as separate events in Calendar | New
When an instructor adds a Start Date and End Date in Quizzes and then selects Add Availability Dates to Calendar, both dates are displayed in the Calendar tool as separate events. Previously, only one event displayed showing when the availability of that quiz ended.
Brightspace Editor – Insert Stuff uses new file picker when uploading from users’ computer | Updated
This release updates the Insert Stuff > My Computer file picker with the version currently used in the Insert Image workflow, which allows drag-and-drop file uploads from the user’s computer.
Previously, the file picker used an older file picker that did not support drag-and-drop of files.
External Learning Tools – Improvements to Assignments and Grades Service error handling | Updated
This update allows grades in eligible 3rd party platforms with a higher value than what would be allowed in D2L to be passed to the gradebook.
For example, if a grade in a 3rd party platform was a 110 but the max grade for an item in D2L was set to 100, that grade would still pass to the gradebook and be set to 100, the new maximum.
Quizzes – Written response questions remain as pending evaluation until being manually graded | Updated
When instructors grade quiz attempts, any ungraded written response questions remain as pending evaluation until the instructor manually grades them. Previously, when instructors clicked Publish or Update for a quiz attempt, the written response question’s pending evaluation status would be removed.
If a written response question is not graded, the status shows a pending evaluation message for the learner view. In the learner view, learners always see the message “This question has not been graded” until the instructor grades the question.
The instructor view displays the message “not auto-graded; a default value of 0 was assigned” until they grade the question.
