To help users better anticipate navigation behavior in Brightspace, a New Window icon now appears next to all menu items that open in a new tab or window. This change applies to all applicable menu items across the platform interface.

The icon design is also updated to better align with current styles used in Brightspace.

View an example of this change in the Print Thread menu in a discussion topic (see image).

In response to overwhelming feedback, this update provides instructors with a simple way to print an offline quiz that supports all native Brightspace quiz question types, shuffling and randomization options, question pools, multiple versions, and an Answer Key.

Options to support multiple quiz versions include:
Shuffle Quiz (under Timing & Display) to shuffle quiz sections and questions.
Shuffle questions in this section (when creating or editing a section).
Randomize answer order when creating or editing a supported question type, for example, Multiple Choice.

To help instructors quickly and easily grade printed quizzes taken offline, an Answer Key is provided for each version. It includes the correct answers and, where applicable, the grading method.

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!