D2L March 2025 Updates
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D2L March Updates

Brightspace Training Resources | New

Following our Brightspace Training webinar series, all past recordings and information from the trainings are accessible via the Discover tool from the Brightspace homepage where instructors can now self-enroll in the course. This course is purely for the archival of webinar training content but it has been opened for Instructor view!

Figure: Discover link on the homepage navbar and the Brightspace Training Resources course

Quizzes – Additional question types in new quiz evaluation experience | Updated

The new quiz evaluation experience, introduced in September 2024, initially supported a subset of question types, including Multiple ChoiceWritten ResponseTrue or FalseShort AnswerFill in the Blank, and Multi-Select. It also allowed Question Pools containing these question types.

To fully support the new quiz evaluation experience, this release expands support to include the following additional quiz question types:

  • Arithmetic
  • Matching
  • Ordering
  • Multi Short Answer
  • Significant Figures

Rubrics – Added Rubric Level Range Visual | New

This release introduces rubric level ranges in rubric headings, improving clarity for instructors and students:

  • Instructors can now see rubric level ranges while creating and evaluating rubrics, except for holistic rubrics and non-sequential custom points.
  • students can view rubric level ranges in assessments, ensuring a clear understanding of point distributions.

Previously, instructors had to manually explain rubric level ranges to students. This feature enhances consistency and reduces ambiguity.

Figure: Define the scoring levels and criteria when creating or editing a rubric. Adjust custom points by entering values in the corresponding fields under each level column.

Instructor Guided Training – Reminder

If you have not done so already, please feel free to access our D2L guided instructor training course by clicking the link with the D2L moose on your homepage. At first this training looks barren with only a few items, but as you complete each module a new one will open up! This training goes through the basics of D2L all the way through more advanced tools and is available to all instructors of the college. You will also be entered to win some D2L branded prizes such as a Morris the Moose plushie, travel pillows, and tumbler cups!

Figure: The instructor guided training link.