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Brightspace Platform 10.6.7

Release Notes

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ContentsContents...........................................................................................................................................................................2

November 2016/10.6.7 Release........................................................................................................................................6

Features............................................................................................................................................................................7

Brightspace Learning Environment....................................................................................................7Assignments - Enforce a window style for rubrics opened in Assignments | New....................................................7

Daylight Experience - Class Progress now uses updated styles | Updated...............................................................8

Daylight Experience - Content page Table of Contents is now responsive to small screen display...........................8

Daylight Experience - LMS now uses updated core icons | Updated......................................................................10

Daylight Experience - Minor Updates | Updated....................................................................................................10

Daylight Experience - My Courses widget can use images from curated library | Updated....................................11

Daylight Experience - Responsive Print and Settings links | New............................................................................13

Daylight Experience - Responsive Tables | New.....................................................................................................14

Daylight Experience - User Progress now uses updated styles | Updated..............................................................16

Groups - Single user, member specific groups | Updated.......................................................................................16

HTML Editor – Cut and Paste│Updated..................................................................................................................17

Intelligent Agents - Tool Improvements | New.......................................................................................................18

Language Management - User Progress tool is now the Class Progress tool | Updated.........................................21

Login Page Management - Specify a headline and background color | New..........................................................23

LTI - Custom Parameter Substitution Variables | Updated.....................................................................................25

Quizzes - Create / Edit Multiple Choice Questions | Updated................................................................................25

Fixed Issues.....................................................................................................................................................................28

Assignments.....................................................................................................................................28PRB0044081...........................................................................................................................................................28

Awards..............................................................................................................................................28PRB0052712...........................................................................................................................................................28

PRB0052877 (Daylight)...........................................................................................................................................28

Calendar...........................................................................................................................................29PRB0052548...........................................................................................................................................................29

Class Progress (formerly User Progress)...........................................................................................29PRB0050744...........................................................................................................................................................29

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PRB0052892...........................................................................................................................................................30

Content.............................................................................................................................................30PRB0052099...........................................................................................................................................................30

Course Builder..................................................................................................................................30PRB0052661...........................................................................................................................................................30

Brightspace platform........................................................................................................................30PRB0052786...........................................................................................................................................................30

PRB0052787...........................................................................................................................................................31

PRB0052634 (Daylight)...........................................................................................................................................31

PRB0052996 (Daylight)...........................................................................................................................................31

PRB0052445 (Daylight)...........................................................................................................................................31

Discussions.......................................................................................................................................31PRB0052566...........................................................................................................................................................31

Grades..............................................................................................................................................32PRB0052803...........................................................................................................................................................32

Integrations......................................................................................................................................33PRB0051601...........................................................................................................................................................33

PRB0051677...........................................................................................................................................................33

Intelligent Agents.............................................................................................................................33PRB0052365...........................................................................................................................................................33

PRB0052682...........................................................................................................................................................34

Import/Export/Copy Components.....................................................................................................34PRB0051375...........................................................................................................................................................34

PRB0052212...........................................................................................................................................................34

PRB0052879...........................................................................................................................................................35

Locker...............................................................................................................................................35PRB0052727...........................................................................................................................................................35

Surveys.............................................................................................................................................35PRB0052604...........................................................................................................................................................35

Quizzes.............................................................................................................................................35PRB0052598 (Daylight)...........................................................................................................................................35

Known Issues..................................................................................................................................................................36

Accessibility......................................................................................................................................36PRB0052535...........................................................................................................................................................36

PRB0052956...........................................................................................................................................................36

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Announcements................................................................................................................................37PRB0053012 (Daylight)...........................................................................................................................................37

Assignments.....................................................................................................................................37PRB0043920...........................................................................................................................................................37

PRB0052124...........................................................................................................................................................38

PRB0052995...........................................................................................................................................................38

Brightspace platform........................................................................................................................39PRB0052699...........................................................................................................................................................39

Calendar...........................................................................................................................................39PRB0053059...........................................................................................................................................................39

Class Progress (formerly User Progress)...........................................................................................40PRB0046968...........................................................................................................................................................40

Content.............................................................................................................................................40PRB0052789...........................................................................................................................................................40

PRB0052896...........................................................................................................................................................41

Discussions.......................................................................................................................................41PRB0043213...........................................................................................................................................................41

PRB0052762...........................................................................................................................................................42

Brightspace ePortfolio and Brightspace ePortfolio Mobile................................................................43PRB0044665...........................................................................................................................................................43

PRB0052878 (Daylight)...........................................................................................................................................43

Grades..............................................................................................................................................44PRB0052549...........................................................................................................................................................44

PRB0052983 (Daylight)...........................................................................................................................................44

Brightspace Learning Repository......................................................................................................45PRB0045388...........................................................................................................................................................45

PRB0045758...........................................................................................................................................................45

Quizzes.............................................................................................................................................45PRB0050750...........................................................................................................................................................45

PRB0052627...........................................................................................................................................................46

PRB0053000...........................................................................................................................................................47

PRB0053013 (Daylight)...........................................................................................................................................47

PRB0053014 (Daylight)...........................................................................................................................................48

PRB0053015 (Daylight)...........................................................................................................................................48

PRB0053075...........................................................................................................................................................48

Surveys.............................................................................................................................................49

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PRB0053016...........................................................................................................................................................49

About D2L.......................................................................................................................................................................50

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Brightspace Platform 10.6.7November 2016/10.6.7 Release

November 2016/10.6.7 ReleaseThe following release notes are for clients installing Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.7 (November 2016).

To view the Fixed Issues List and Known Issues List for 10.6.7, see the Brightspace Platform 10.6.7 Release Notes.

Additional Information:

Continuous Delivery Upgrade Paths (https://community.brightspace.com/resources/documentation/continuous_delivery/continuous_delivery_upgrade_paths)

Platform Requirements (https://community.brightspace.com/resources/documentation/platform_requirements/brightspaceplatformrequirements)

Valence Development Platform (http://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/about.html)

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FeaturesBrightspace Learning Environment

Assignments - Enforce a window style for rubrics opened in Assignments | NewAdministrators can use the d2l.Tools.Dropbox.RubricWindowStyle configuration variable to change the way that rubrics display when they open them for assessment in the Assignments tool.

Previously, when instructors opened rubrics within Assignments, the rubrics appeared either in a dialog that covered the assignment submission or in a pop-up window that instructors could move away from the submission. How rubrics appeared depended on the window style configuration in Account Settings.

Most users prefer to have pop-up content appear in a modal dialog, which is the default behavior. Now, administrators can set rubrics to open in a particular window style independent of instructor Account Settings. This choice is particularly useful to organizations who want to have rubrics open in a separate, movable window when instructors view assignment submissions, while at the same time, leaving all other pop-up content to appear within the window style of their choice across all other tools. This feature implements PIE item D2737.

Configuration Variable Look and Feel

Organization Wide Tool Change

Impact of Change Technical Details Next Steps

Slight impact to administrators due to addition of new configuration variable.

Before the window style can be enforced, it must be configured by an administrator. In the Config Variable Browser, under Tools > Dropbox, the d2l.Tools.Dropbox.RubricWindowStyle variable is set to open rubrics in the style that is specified by the user's Account Settings.

You can change the window style to Always show rubrics in dialogs or Always show rubrics in pop-ups. These settings cause rubrics to open in the specified window type format. A course-level override can be added so that instructors in an individual course can be given a different experience.

To change the window style, you must change the value of the configuration variable before you can use this feature.

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Daylight Experience - Class Progress now uses updated styles | UpdatedThe Class Progress tool has been updated to use the Daylight Experience styles. There may be some low-traffic pages within the Class Progress tool that have not fully implemented the Daylight Experience styling.

For the purposes of the early release of the Daylight Experience, it is recommended that you only turn on the Daylight Experience in test environments. In previous releases, you have seen Daylight applied to Brightspace Capture, and Brightspace Assignment Grader for Android, and more recently to Brightspace Learning Environment. By turning on Daylight in your test environment, you can see how it affects core tools and workflows in Brightspace Learning Environment and follow the progress each month as we apply more Daylight design updates across the product suite.

Users Only Tool Change

Impact of Change Technical Details Next Steps

There is a slight impact to users of the Class Progress tool due to the updated styles.

The feature is now available to clients who turn on the d2l.system.BrightspaceDaylightExperience configuration variable

You must have this configuration variable set before you can use this feature.

Daylight Experience - Content page Table of Contents is now responsive to small screen displayThe Content landing page containing the Table of Contents is now responsive to tablet or mobile device screens. The Table of Contents sidebar appears at the top of the mobile page, with the main page contents below it. When you are using search, the sidebar is hidden so that you can read the results below the search field. When you clear the search, the sidebar is visible again.

For the purposes of the early release of the Daylight Experience, it is recommended that you only turn on the Daylight Experience in test environments. In previous releases, you have seen Daylight applied to Brightspace Capture, and Brightspace Assignment Grader for Android, and more recently to Brightspace Learning Environment. By turning on Daylight in your test environment, you can see how it affects core tools and workflows in Brightspace Learning Environment and follow the progress each month as we apply more Daylight design updates across the product suite.

This feature implements PIE items D2064 and D1832.

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Figure 1: The Table of Contents of the Content tool, when viewed on a mobile device, appears above the main content area

Workflow Tool Change

Users Only

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Impact of Change Technical Details Next Steps

Moderate impact to all users who use Brightspace Learning Environment on a tablet or mobile device.

The feature is now available to clients who turn on the d2l.system.BrightspaceDaylightExperience configuration variable.

You must have this configuration variable set before you can use this feature.

Daylight Experience - LMS now uses updated core icons | UpdatedThe Brightspace Learning Environment now uses updated Daylight icons. Work for this feature has been completed in priority order based on page usage. Any low-traffic pages that did not get updated in v 10.6.7 will be completed in 10.6.8.

For the purposes of the early release of the Daylight Experience, it is recommended that you only turn on the Daylight Experience in test environments. In previous releases, you have seen Daylight applied to Brightspace Capture, and Brightspace Assignment Grader for Android, and more recently to Brightspace Learning Environment. By turning on Daylight in your test environment, you can see how it affects core tools and workflows in Brightspace Learning Environment and follow the progress each month as we apply more Daylight design updates across the product suite.

Look and Feel Global Change

Impact of Change Technical Details Next Steps

There is a slight disruption to all users due to the updated icons.

The feature is now available to clients who turn on the d2l.system.BrightspaceDaylightExperience configuration variable.

You must have these configuration variables set before you can use this feature.

Daylight Experience - Minor Updates | UpdatedThere have been several minor improvements to the Brightspace Daylight Experience:

The optional Admin Tools navbar link has been removed as it is redundant to the Admin Tools gear icon.

Admin Tools is now available from the mobile menu.

For the purposes of the early release of the Daylight Experience, it is recommended that you only turn on the Daylight Experience in test environments. In previous releases, you have seen Daylight applied to Brightspace Capture, and Brightspace Assignment Grader for Android, and more recently to Brightspace Learning Environment. By turning on Daylight in your test environment, you can see how it affects core tools and workflows in Brightspace Learning Environment and follow the progress each month as we apply more Daylight design updates across the product suite.

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Tool Change Look and Feel

Users Only Workflow

Impact of Change Technical Details Next Steps

There is a slight impact to users due to the newly available updates.

The feature is now available to clients who turn on the d2l.system.BrightspaceDaylightExperience configuration variable.

You must have these configuration variables set before you can use this feature.

Daylight Experience - My Courses widget can use images from curated library | UpdatedWhen you have turned on the Daylight Experience, the My Courses feature is also turned on. In the new My Courses interface, all courses display a default image assigned from the curated image library. Users can then search for different images and change the default image.

For the purposes of the early release of the Daylight Experience, it is recommended that you only turn on the Daylight Experience in test environments. In previous releases, you have seen Daylight applied to Brightspace Capture, and Brightspace Assignment Grader for Android, and more recently to Brightspace Learning Environment. By turning on Daylight in your test environment, you can see how it affects core tools and workflows in Brightspace Learning Environment and follow the progress each month as we apply more Daylight design updates across the product suite.

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Figure 2: The MyCourses widget now uses a default image from a curated library

Look and Feel Global Change

Workflow Tool Change

Impact of Change Technical Details Next Steps

Slight impact to instructors due to the ability to use and change default images in the My Courses widget.

The feature is now available to clients who turn on the d2l.system.BrightspaceDaylightExperience configuration variable.

Instructors also need the Change Course Image permission to change the default image.

You must have this configuration variable and permission set before you can use this feature.

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Daylight Experience - Responsive Print and Settings links | NewOn mobile devices or narrow displays, there is now an overflow menu for links in the top-right corner of many tool pages. This overflow menu appears as an ellipsis, and contains all of the links that previously resided in the top right corner, such as Settings, Print, and Help.

For the purposes of the early release of the Daylight Experience, it is recommended that you only turn on the Daylight Experience in test environments. In previous releases, you have seen Daylight applied to Brightspace Capture, and Brightspace Assignment Grader for Android, and more recently to Brightspace Learning Environment. By turning on Daylight in your test environment, you can see how it affects core tools and workflows in Brightspace Learning Environment and follow the progress each month as we apply more Daylight design updates across the product suite.

Figure 3: The Print and Settings options are now available in an overflow menu on the top-right corner of many tool pages.

Organization Wide Look and Feel

Users Only

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Impact of Change Technical Details Next Steps

Slight impact to users who use Brightspace Learning Environment on a tablet or mobile device.

The feature is now available to clients who turn on the d2l.system.BrightspaceDaylightExperience configuration variable.

You must have this configuration variable set before you can use this feature.

Daylight Experience - Responsive Tables | NewTables are now displayed in the Daylight style, and large tables are now responsive to display on tablet or mobile device screens. When a table is too wide to display in the viewing area, it is obvious that there is additional content beyond the current viewing area, and the user can use a swipe gesture or click a button to view the additional content. In this release, the responsive table functionality has been added to Class Progress and User Progress tools.

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For the purposes of the early release of the Daylight Experience, it is recommended that you only turn on the Daylight Experience in test environments. In previous releases, you have seen Daylight applied to Brightspace Capture, and Brightspace Assignment Grader for Android, and more recently to Brightspace Learning Environment. By installing Daylight in your test environment, you can see how it affects core tools and workflows in Brightspace Brightspace Learning Environment and follow the progress each month as we apply more Daylight design updates across the product suite.

Figure 4: Users can click a button to view additional content that appears offscreen. This feature is visible to screen readers to provide access the additional content.

Tool Change Look and Feel

Users Only Workflow

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Impact of Change Technical Details Next Steps

Slight impact to all users who are able to better view tables on tablets or mobile devices

The feature is now available to clients who turn on the d2l.system.BrightspaceDaylightExperience configuration variable.

You must have this configuration variable set before you can use this feature.

Daylight Experience - User Progress now uses updated styles | UpdatedUser Progress has been updated to use the Daylight Experience styles. There may be some low-traffic pages within User Progress that have not fully implemented the Daylight Experience styling.

For the purposes of the early release of the Daylight Experience, it is recommended that you only turn on the Daylight Experience in test environments. In previous releases, you have seen Daylight applied to Brightspace Capture, and Brightspace Assignment Grader for Android, and more recently to Brightspace Learning Environment. By installing Daylight in your test environment, you can see how it affects core tools and workflows in Brightspace Learning Environment and follow the progress each month as we apply more Daylight design updates across the product suite.

Users Only Tool Change

Impact of Change Technical Details Next Steps

There is a slight impact to users of User Progress due to the updated styles.

The feature is now available to clients who turn on the d2l.system.BrightspaceDaylightExperience configuration variable

You must have this configuration variable set before you can use this feature.

Groups - Single user, member specific groups | UpdatedThere is a new group category type called Single user, member-specific groups. Using this group category creates a group with a single user where the first name and last name of the learner is the name of the group. When a new learner is enrolled in the course a group is automatically created for them. Instructors no longer have to rename groups of one. This new category type is now on by default.

Configuration Variable Global Change

Organization Wide

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Impact of Change Technical Details Next Steps

No impact to users. For new clients, the d2l.Tools.Groups.AllowSingleUserNamedGroups configuration variable is turned on by default to enable the single user, member specific group category.

For existing clients, the previous value of the configuration variable persists. This update does not change the value of the configuration variable, that is, whether users can see this option or not in their existing instance of Brightspace Learning Environment.

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HTML Editor – Cut and Paste│UpdatedUsers can now copy and paste content from a Microsoft Word document or HTML source and the content retains the look and feel of the source document. This feature implements PIE item D2627.

Global Change Organization Wide

Tool Change Workflow

Impact of Change Technical Details Next Steps

Slight impact to instructors who can now paste content from MS Word or an HTML site and have the look and feel of that content retained.

Improved paste functionality is the result of an update to the plugin.

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Intelligent Agents - Tool Improvements | NewBrightspace Learning Environment 10.6.7 introduces new features and functionality for Intelligent Agents:

Scheduled intelligent agents stop running and are automatically disabled if the course is inactive, over (end date passed), or deleted. You can still set up a practice run or a manual run of an intelligent agent at any time in a course with a passed end date. This feature implements PIE item D1156.

Users can now multi-select and delete agents on the Agent List page. The new Restore Agents page allows you to restore deleted agents. All restored agents maintain existing properties and history. Deleted agents do not run if they have a recurring schedule. This feature implements PIE item D2664.

Figure 5: Intelligent Agents Settings page

Figure 6: Intelligent Agents Settings page

The Practice Run and Run Now options work on disabled agents. You no longer have to enable the agent prior to selecting these options. The enable/disable status only affects scheduled runs and not the agent. Enabled now means that the schedule is enabled for an agent.

There are three new replace strings available for use when composing the email sent with an agent:

{LastLoginDate} - The date the initiating user last logged in or Never if they have not logged in. This lang term can be edited. The date format is Tuesday, September 20, 2016 9:39 AM EDT, for example.

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{LastCourseAccessDate} - The date the initiating user last accessed the course or Never if they have not accessed the course. This lang term can be edited. The date format is Tuesday, September 20, 2016 9:39 AM EDT, for example. This feature implements PIE item D2762.

{OrgUnitId} - The org unit ID required to make quicklinks work in the emails sent with an agent.

There is inline help for replace strings with updated text that includes the three new replace strings.

Figure 7: Intelligent Agents Settings page

The Agent List page contains a new column that lists the Next Run Date for scheduled agents. There is no next run date if a schedule is not enabled.

Figure 8: Intelligent Agents Settings page

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The Intelligent Agents Settings page contains a note that indicates the time of day the scheduled agents will run.

Figure 9: Intelligent Agents Settings page

Global Change Look and Feel

Organization Wide Tool Change

Workflow

Impact of Change Technical Details Next Steps

Slight impact to administrators due to multiple improvements to the Intelligent Agents tool.

These features are available to administrators with the existing Manage Agents permissions in the Intelligent Agents tool.

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Impact of Change Technical Details Next Steps

Slight impact to instructors due to multiple improvements to the Intelligent Agents tool.

These features are available to instructors with the existing Manage Agents permissions in the Intelligent Agents tool.

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Language Management - User Progress tool is now the Class Progress tool | UpdatedTo improve language consistency in the Brightspace platform, the User Progress tool is now called the Class Progress tool. Related page names, permissions, configuration variables, and tool references elsewhere in the Brightspace platform reflect this change. User Progress is still used on pages where a single learner’s progress displays, but Class Progress is used where the progress of all users in a class displays.

Figure 10: Class Progress tool under Learner Management in Course Administration

Figure 11: Class Progress tool in Roles and Permissions

Configuration Variable Global Change

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Role Permissions Tool Change

Impact of Change Technical Details Next Steps

Slight impact to all users due to tool name change from User Progress to Class Progress.

In Course Administration under Learner Management, Class Progress now displays.

In Admin Tools > Tools, Class Progress now displays.

Permissions that were formerly classified as User Progress are now classified as Class Progress.

Configuration variables of the type d2l.Tools.UserProgress have been changed to d2l.Tools.ClassProgress. For example, d2l.Tools.UserProgress.LoginHistoryDateLimit is now d2l.Tools.ClassProgress.LoginHistoryDateLimit.

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Login Page Management - Specify a headline and background color | NewTo more closely reflect your organization's branding, administrators can now specify a headline and background color for the Brightspace Learning Environment login page.

Figure 12: The new Background Colour option in the Login Page Management tool

Figure 13: A custom background colour on the login page

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Global Change Look and Feel

Organization Wide Tool Change

Impact of Change Technical Details Next Steps

Slight impact to administrators due to new options in the Login Page Management tool that allow them to specify a headline and background color for the login page.

Administrators specify a headline and background color from the Login Page Management tool in Brightspace Learning Environment.

An administrator must set the following configuration variables:

d2l.Tools.Login.EnableCustomLoginPage

d2l.Tools.Login.OrgLoginPath (or d2l.Tools.Login.OrgMobileLoginPath for mobile)

To access the Login Page Management tool, administrators must have the Manage login page (Organization level) permission.

By default, the headline color is black (#000000) and the background color is transparent. To ensure that users can read all text on the login page, D2L recommends changing the default transparent background to a specific color that reflects your organization's branding.

To ensure Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Level AA compliance, the headline color picker and background color picker are linked. An icon and tooltip message in each color picker inform the administrator if the color choices meet WCAG AA standards.

If the transparent background is selected, the colors specified in the page theme display in the login page.

This feature does not impact the login page for Brightspace Pulse. To customize the Brightspace Pulse login page, use the Mobile Brand Administration tool in Brightspace Learning Environment.

1. From Admin Tools, select Login Page Management.

2. Under Headline, click the

Change Foreground Color icon.

3. Select a pre-defined color or click More to create a custom color.

4. Under Background Color,

click the Change Background Color icon.

5. Select a pre-defined color or click More to create a custom color.

6. To preview your changes, click Preview.

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LTI - Custom Parameter Substitution Variables | UpdatedCustom parameter substitution variables allow specific values to be dynamically substituted for custom parameters requested by a third-party tool, as defined by the LTI 1.1.1 standard specification. Some third-party vendors require substitution variables to support feature functionality, whereas some features are enhanced by the use of substitution variables. For example, a hypothetical use case includes providing a third-party tool the actual course start/end date and the user email address (where both are custom parameters being substituted by substitution variables) which could allow the tool to send the user a reminder about a task if that is a feature the tool provides.

The following additional custom parameter substitution variables are implemented:

$Person.email.primary

$CourseSection.numberofStudents

Configuration Variable Global Change

Integration Look and Feel

Organization Wide Tool Change

Workflow

Impact of Change Technical Details Next Steps

Slight impact to administrators who can select security settings to allow Brightspace Learning Environment to send additional data to the third-party tool as requested.

Before administrators can use this feature, they must turn on the d2l.Tools.Lti.CustomParamSubstitution.IsEnabled configuration variable.

This data is used to turn on or support a feature the third-party tool provider releases to users.

You must have this configuration variable turned on before you can use this feature.

Quizzes - Create / Edit Multiple Choice Questions | UpdatedThis feature is a visual redesign of the Quizzes tool that improves and modernizes its look and feel. This feature also enables responsive multiple choice question editing layouts.

Administrators and instructors can opt-in or opt-out of this new look and feel. There is no change in the workflow related to creating and editing multiple choice questions.

This feature implements PIE items D977, D1452, and D3320.

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Figure 14: Initial launch of the new question creation experience

Figure 15: Editing Question and preview screen

Configuration Variable Global Change

Look and Feel Organization Wide

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Tool Change

Impact of Change Technical Details Next Steps

Moderate impact to administrators due to the change in the Quizzes > create/edit multiple choice question user interface.

Administrators can opt-in to create or edit multiple choice questions using the new create / edit multiple choice questions user interface.

Click Turn it off to return to the original user interface.

This feature is dependent on the Authentication Service microservice in the Brightspace Cloud.

Turn on the d2l.Tools.Quizzes.NewExperienceOpt-In configuration variable to enable the new quizzing experience for instructors at any org level.

Moderate impact to instructors due to the change in the Quizzes > create/edit multiple choice question user interface.

Click Leave it on to use the new create / edit multiple choice questions user interface.

Click Turn it off to return to the original user interface.

Contact your administrator if you do not see the new create / edit multiple choice question user interface.

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Brightspace Platform 10.6.7Fixed Issues

Fixed IssuesTo keep you informed about the improvements D2L has made to Brightspace Learning Environment, the Fixed Issues List consists of issues that have been fixed in the current release, unless otherwise noted.

Assignments

PRB0044081Previously, when you attempted to download a PDF file from the file upload screen before it was fully uploaded, the file name might not have been maintained. Until the file is completely uploaded, it exists as a temp file, and a download of this temp file had the name guid.pdf;filename.pdf or view.pdf instead of the correct filename. This problem occurred in any tool or product that allowed you to upload PDF files.

Now, when you download a PDF file from the file upload screen, the correct file name is maintained, as expected.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.5.0.

Awards

PRB0052712Previously, in a course with sections, when you tried to filter users by section or order them by award leaders, in either direction, the sort order was inaccurate.

Now, in a course with sections, you can filter users by section or order them by awards, as expected.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.5.

PRB0052877 (Daylight)Previously, in Awards, using a Chrome Browser, the following pages did not load:

Award Icon Library page - Upload new icon

Certificate Templates page - Upload new template

Course Awards - New Awards

Now, in Awards, using a Chrome Browser, the Upload new icon, Upload new template, and New Awards pages load, as expected.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.6.

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Calendar

PRB0052548Previously, when printing calendar events, events from only a few courses appeared in the Print Preview.

Now, when printing calendar events, all events from your enrolled courses appear in the Print Preview, as expected.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0.

To reproduce this fix:

1. Enroll a user into two course offerings.

2. Add a calendar event to each course offering.

3. Impersonate the user and go to the Calendar tool in one of the courses.

4. From the context menu displaying your available courses, select all of the available courses.

5. Notice that you see all the events from your enrolled courses within the given time frame.

6. Print the current calendar view.

7. Observe that all of the events that initially displayed in the calendar view appear in the Print Preview, as expected.

Class Progress (formerly User Progress)

PRB0050744Previously, if the quiz restriction Respondus LockDown Browser Required to view quiz feedback and results was enabled, all users received a generic authorization error when they tried to view the quiz attempt using the Class Progress (formerly User Progress) tool.

Now, if the quiz restriction Respondus LockDown Browser Required to view quiz feedback and results is enabled, all users can view the quiz attempt using the Class Progress (formerly User Progress) tool, as expected.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0.

To reproduce this fix:

1. As an instructor, create a quiz with at least one question.

2. In the Restrictions tab, make the quiz active.

3. Select Respondus Lockdown Browser required to view quiz feedback and results.

4. As a learner, take the quiz and submit it.

5. As an instructor, grade the quiz attempt and publish the grade.

6. Click Course Admin > View User Progress.

7. Click on the name of the learner that took the quiz.

8. Click Quizzes.

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9. For the quiz that you created, click Details.

10. Click Attempt 1.

11. Observe that you can view the quiz attempt, without error.

PRB0052892Previously, in the Gradebook settings > Org Unit Display Options, if the learner display options were not selected, the Class Progress (formerly User Progress) tool could not be accessed and you might have encountered an error.

Now, in the Gradebook settings > Org Unit Display Options, if the learner display options are not selected, you can access the Class Progress (formerly User Progress) tool, as expected.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.5.

Content

PRB0052099Previously, Flash content that was imported or copied from Brightspace Learning Repository displayed inaccurately in Content.

Now, Flash content that is imported or copied from Brightspace Learning Repository displays accurately in Content.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.5.5.

Course Builder

PRB0052661Previously, in Course Builder when creating a folder, you might have encountered an error.

Now, in Course Builder you can create a folder, as expected.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.4.

Brightspace platform

PRB0052786Previously, when the UserInteractionConsumer service was invoked, and if an ObjectName had more than 1000 characters and if the ObjectUri had more than 2083 characters, the service failed to import messages and stopped processing all other events as it kept trying to process the same message.

Now, when the UserInteractionConsumer service is invoked, and if an ObjectName has more than 1000 characters and if the ObjectUri has more than 2083 characters, the service limits the ObjectName to 1000 characters and truncates the ObjectUri to 2083 characters, saves the event in the FACT_UserInteraction table, and then moves on to process the next event.

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Found in Brightspace platform 10.6.4.

PRB0052787Previously, when a message caused writing to the database to fail, the service leaked connections to RabbitMQ. As a result, all available connections were used and the service could no longer connect to RabbitMQ.

Now, when a message causes writing to the database to fail, the service recovers from these errors and connects to RabbitMQ, as expected.

Found in Brightspace platform 10.6.4.

PRB0052634 (Daylight)In some cases, when you enabled Daylight, then disabled it, and then visited some tool pages, you might have encountered an error.

Now, when you enable Daylight, disable it, and then visit some tool pages, the pages load with no error, as expected.

Found in Brightspace platform 10.6.3.

PRB0052996 (Daylight)Previously, when you launched the Insert Stuff dialog box, it was not large enough to display all the sidebar items and you could not scroll down to view them.

Now, improvements have been made to the Insert Stuff dialog box and you can view the sidebar items and scroll down, as expected.

Found in Brightspace platform 10.6.1.

PRB0052445 (Daylight)In the Daylight interface, the following user interface elements now perform or display as expected:

The layouts of dialogs display correctly.

In Content, in the Table of Contents, the two-pane screen is responsive.

Items in context menus display fully.

In some tools, the spacing and display of content and tables is as expected.

Found in Brightspace platform 10.6.3.

Grades

PRB0052803Previously, if there were six or more out-of-date formula grade items and if all of these grade items had parent formula grade items, the Enter Grades screen loaded with an error.

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Now, if there are six or more out-of-date formula grade items and if all of these grade items have parent formula grade items, the Enter Grades screen loads without error, as expected.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.5.

To reproduce this fix:

1. In Brightspace Learning Environment, navigate to a course.

2. On the navbar, click Grades.

3. In the Manage Grades area, create a numeric grade item.

4. Create six or more formula grade items referencing the one numeric grade item.

5. Create a parent formula grade item and set the formula to be the addition of the six formula grade items.

6. Enroll one learner in the course.

7. Navigate to the Enter Grades screen and then navigate back to the Manage Grades screen.

8. Navigate to the Edit Item screen for each of the six formula grade items and click Save and Close.

9. Navigate to the Enter Grades screen again.

10. Observe that the screen loads without error.

Integrations

PRB0051601Previously, when you followed the common workflow to integrate LTIs, the LTI link security settings did not default to the tool provider security settings. This meant that the LTI 1.1 workflow had unexpected additional setup steps.

Now, when you create LTI links using Content, if the URL specified matches an available tool provider, the Use tool provider security settings option is enabled for the LTI link automatically.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.5.0.

To reproduce this fix:

1. Create an LTI tool provider.

2. Create the LTI links in the course via Content > Existing Activities > External Learning Tools > Create New.

3. In the Content area, select Existing Activity > External Learning Tools.

4. Select Create New LTI Link, enter a name for the LTI Link and the URL of the LTI Link.

5. Click Create and Insert.

6. Edit the LTI links and observe that the Use tool provider security settings option is enabled.

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PRB0051677Previously, when you added External Learning Tool information and subsequently added or updated the Remote Plugin, the Tool Provider Name and Description fields were overwritten.

Now, when a new Remote Plugin is created, the corresponding Tool Provider that is created pulls the Name and Description field information from the organization level settings, if they exist. If they do not exist, the Tool Provider Name and Description fields are copied from the Remote Plugin Name and Description fields.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0.

Intelligent Agents

PRB0052365Previously, when a course ended or was deleted, the Intelligent Agents running on a schedule in the course remained active and continued to send notifications to users.

Now, when a course ends or is deleted, the Intelligent Agents in the course are automatically disabled and no longer send notifications to users.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0 and 10.6.2.

To reproduce this fix:

1. Create an Intelligent Agent in a course and set it to run daily.

2. In the Org Unit Editor, search for the course and delete it.

3. Observe that when the agent runs the following day, the agent from the deleted course does not run and is disabled by the system instead.

PRB0052682Previously, when quicklinks were added to email messages sent with Intelligent Agents, the quicklinks did not replace the {OrgUnitId} accurately and it created invalid quicklinks.

Now, when quicklinks are added to email messages sent with Intelligent Agents, the quicklinks replace the {OrgUnitId} accurately and it creates valid quicklinks.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0.

Import/Export/Copy Components

PRB0051375Previously, due dates of imported Assignment submission folders did not display in the Calendar tool when you exported only Assignment submission folders or an entire course containing Assignment submission folders.

Now, due dates of imported Assignment submission folders display in the Calendar tool when you export only Assignment submission folders or an entire course containing Assignment submission folders, as expected.

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Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3 SP20 and 10.5.6.

To reproduce this fix:

1. Access a course in Brightspace Learning Environment.

2. Create an Assignment submission folder with a due date.

3. Check in the Calendar tool to ensure that you see the due date of the Assignment submission folder.

4. Go to Import/Export/Copy Components and export the Assignment submission folder.

5. Import the exported package into another course.

6. Notice that the due date of the Assignment submission folder you created displays in Calendar, as expected.

PRB0052212Previously, the Copy Course History log may have listed courses copied by users, who no longer have access to view these courses, as copied over by anonymous users.

Now, the Copy Course History log lists courses copied by users, who no longer have access to view these courses, as expected.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.4.0.

PRB0052879Previously, when importing course grades, the Distribute Weights Grading/Distribution setting on grade categories in a weighted gradebook was not preserved.

Now, when importing course grades, the Distribute Weights Grading/Distribution setting on grade categories in a weighted gradebook is preserved, as expected.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.6.

Locker

PRB0052727Previously, in Locker, when viewing numbered group lockers, the groups did not display in numerical order.

Now, in Locker, when viewing numbered group lockers, the groups display in numerical order, as expected.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0.

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Surveys

PRB0052604Previously, on the Generate Report page for a survey, the Generate CSV and Generate Excel buttons only worked if you had the Export to CSV permission under both Quizzes and Surveys.

Now, on the Generate Report page for a survey, the Generate CSV and the Generate Excel buttons work if you have the Export to CSV permission only under Surveys, as expected.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.5.

Quizzes

PRB0052598 (Daylight)Previously, in Brightspace Daylight, in the Quizzes tool, the drop-down boxes associated with the answers in matching questions did not display the option selected when the menu was collapsed, and images did not render correctly.

Now, in Brightspace Daylight, in the Quizzes tool, the drop-down boxes associated with the answers in matching questions display the option selected when the menu is collapsed, and images render correctly.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.5.

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Known IssuesD2L 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.

Accessibility

PRB0052535When using Apple VoiceOver on an iPhone or iPad, the Next, Previous, and View Content in New Window buttons in the Content tool in Brightspace Learning Environment might not respond.

As a workaround, use a Mac computer if you are using Apple VoiceOver.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Ensure you have a course in Brightspace Learning Environment that has at least one module and two content topics.

2. Using an iOS device such as an iPad or iPhone, go to Settings > General > Accessibility, and toggle on VoiceOver.

3. Open Safari, and access your course.

4. Go to the first content topic, and attempt to tap the Next or Previous buttons.

5. Observe that the screen reader doesn't read the button labels.

PRB0052956JAWS and NVDA screen readers are unable to read content from iframes in Brightspace Learning Environment using Firefox Version 49.

As a workaround, log in to Brightspace Learning Environment using an alternate supported browser such as Chrome, Internet Explorer, Edge, Safari, or an earlier version of Firefox.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.5.0.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Install JAWS or NVDA screen reader software on your computer.

2. Log in to Brightspace Learning Environment with Firefox Version 49.

3. Navigate to the content area of a course and open an HTML content item.

4. Load your screen reader.

5. Use the tab key to navigate to the breadcrumb bar.

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6. Tab through the breadcrumbs until the Next button is selected.

7. Press the down arrow key. If you hear "button", press the down arrow key again.

8. The screen reader reads the page URL or says "blank" and does not read the content of the iframe.

9. Press the down arrow key again and listen as the screen reader reads the buttons below the iframe.

Announcements

PRB0053012 (Daylight)When using desktop view and selecting a notification alert for an Announcement item you are redirected to the mobile version of Brightspace Learning Environment.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.3.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Log in to Brightspace Learning Environment and create an organization level announcement.

2. Impersonate a learner account and open the notification alert for the new announcement.

3. Observe that you are taken to the mobile version of Brightspace Learning Environment.

Assignments

PRB0043920When a user submits a Brightspace ePortfolio presentation to an assignment submission folder and another user views that presentation, the d2lresource file opens differently if the user is a learner or an instructor.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0.

To reproduce this issue:

1. As a learner, create a new presentation in Brightspace ePortfolio.

2. Submit the presentation to an assignment submission folder.

3. View the submitted presentation.

4. Notice that a new tab opens with the presentation and the original tab remains on the submission page.

5. As an instructor, view submissions to the submission folder.

6. On the Submissions page, open the presentation.

7. Notice that a new tab opens with the presentation but the original tab changes to the submission evaluation page.

8. On the submission evaluation page, click the link for the presentation.

9. Observe that the original tab changes to the presentation and the new tab is a blank page.

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PRB0052124In the Assignments tool, if you download all video feedback files at one time using the Download All Files button, you cannot view the files.

As a workaround, download video feedback files one at a time.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0.

To reproduce this issue:

1. In a course, create an assignment submission folder.

2. Impersonate a learner and submit a file to the folder.

3. As an instructor, evaluate the learner's submission.

4. In the Evaluation frame under Feedback, click Record Video.

5. In the Media Capture dialog window, click New Recording and after 10 seconds, click Stop Recording.

6. Click Add.

7. Repeat steps 4-6.

8. Click Publish.

9. Impersonate the learner for whom you published the feedback.

10. Go to the Assignments tool and in the Feedback column for the folder you submitted to, click View.

11. On the View Feedback page, click Download All Files.

12. Unzip the .zip file.

13. Access the unzipped folder and attempt to open either of the files.

14. Observe that a blank white page displays.

PRB0052995When users attempt to create an assignment submission folder with Turnitin enabled, if the request contains data that will result in a validation error (such as due date being too far in the past), users see a timeout instead of an error message.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.5.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Log into Brightspace Learning Environment as an instructor.

2. Ensure that TurnItIn LTI integration is enabled on the site.

3. Access a course's Assignments area.

4. Create a new assignment submission folder.

5. Set the start date to anything greater than 1 year in the past so the folder will fail TurnItIn's creation validation rules.

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6. Save the submission folder.

7. Edit the folder, open the TurnItIn tab, and enabled TurnItIn.

8. Let the system load and wait for an error message: (Turnitin callback not received. Timeout expired after 180 seconds. Contact your administrator if this issue persists).

9. Note that the error message provides no indication that the folder fails TurnItIn's creation validation rules.

Brightspace platform

PRB0052699When navigating to Active Server Pages (ASP) within Brightspace Learning Environment users may experience different results depending on whether or not they currently have an active session in Brightspace Learning Environment.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Log in to Brightspace Learning Environment and visit an ASP page, (e.g. the Course Mappings area).

2. Copy the URL from the ASP page.

3. End your session by selecting your name and clicking Log Out.

4. Paste the URL into your browser and load the ASP page.

5. You are directed to the login page to enter your credentials.

6. Notice that after successfully logging in you are taken to your Organization's Homepage and not the location specified by your URL.

7. If you skip step 3 and do not end your session, then the URL takes you directly to the specified page.

Calendar

PRB0053059Copying individual calendar items from one course to another using the Import/Export/Copy Components tool can lead to timeouts and the selected items not copying.

As a workaround, copy all calendar items at once instead of selecting individual items to copy.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Access a test course in Brightspace Learning Environment and select Course Admin from the navbar.

2. Select Import/Export/Copy Components.

3. Click Search for offering and search for a course that contains calendar events.

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4. Select the radio button for the desired course and click Add Selected.

5. Click Select Components.

6. Check the box for Calendar and the radio button to Select individual items to copy.

7. Click Continue.

8. Select the calendar items you'd like copied into your course and click Continue.

9. Confirm the components you are copying and click Finish.

10. The copy process might timeout and fail to copy the selected Calendar items.

Class Progress (formerly User Progress)

PRB0046968The order the quizzes display in the bar graph in Class Progress (formerly the User Progress tool) is not the same as the order the quizzes display in the quiz list in Class Progress.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0.

To reproduce this issue:

1. In a course, create three quizzes and add at least one question to each.

2. Set the quizzes to active.

3. Enroll a learner in the course.

4. Impersonate the learner and attempt all three quizzes.

5. Stop impersonating the learner.

6. As the instructor, grade the quizzes in the same order that you created them.

7. Go to Class Progress and select the user to see their progress.

8. Go to the quizzes section.

9. Look at the quizzes in the bar graph compared to the quizzes in the quiz list and observe that they are ordered differently.

Content

PRB0052789If you have two content modules with start dates in the next seven days, and the Content Arrangement is set to Content Type, an error occurs when you try to view the Course Schedule.

As a workaround, using Manage Dates, remove one of the dates that caused the error, and then in Content, go to Settings > Content Arrangement and select None. Then, re-add the start date.

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Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Go to Content and create two content modules.

2. Click Settings, and from the Content Arrangement drop-down, select Content Type.

3. Click Save.

4. Edit the first module you created, and set the start date to tomorrow.

5. Edit the second module you created, and set the start date to two days from now.

6. Go to the Course Schedule.

7. Observe the error pop-up saying your request cannot be completed.

PRB0052896If you update the grade scheme of a selectbox grade item, and that grade item is used in a release condition in a quiz in Content, the content topic might become unavailable.

As a workaround, access the item using Course Builder and remove the release condition that is causing the problem or switch the grade scheme back to the original scheme.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.5.0.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Create a selectbox grade item with a grade scheme (scheme A).

2. Create a quiz and attach a Grade Value on a grade item release condition using the grade item you created.

3. Add the quiz to Content.

4. In Grades, change the scheme of the grade item (scheme B).

5. Access Content, and observe the error page when you load the module that contains the quiz or when you load the Table of Contents.

Discussions

PRB0043213Discussion locking dates cannot be modified with the Manage Dates tool.

As a workaround, changes to locking dates for discussions must be made by editing individual topics and forums in the Discussions area.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Create a new discussion forum in your course.

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2. Edit the forum, and on the properties tab, select Unlock topic for a specific date range from the available locking options.

3. Set a start and end date.

4. Select Save and Close.

5. Access Manage Dates from the Course Admin page.

6. Set your filtering options to filter by specific tools and select Discussions.

7. Click Apply Filter.

8. Locate the newly created discussion forum, hover over the forum name, and select Edit Dates from the context menu.

9. Observe that only the availability dates can be modified.

PRB0052762When discussion topics that have group restrictions are copied, multiple topics with the same name are created.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.3.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Go to Discussions and create a forum.

2. Create 3 topics in the forum (for example, topic 1, topic 2, and topic 3).

3. In Groups, create a group category that has the enrollment type # of Groups, Capacity of # - Self Enrollment.

4. Create 9 groups in the category, for example, group 1, group 2, and so on.

5. Restrict the discussion topics you created in step 2 to a subset of the groups you created in step 4 by editing each topic and adding the Restrict this topic to the following groups and sections restriction. For example, add three groups to each topic:

topic 1: restrict to groups 1, 2, and 3topic 2: restrict to groups 4, 5, and 6topic 3: restrict to groups 7, 8, and 9

6. Go to a different course and click Course Admin.

7. Click Import/Export/Copy Components and select Copy Components from another Org Unit.

8. Choose the course that you created the discussion topics in with the group restrictions.

9. Click Select Components and then select Discussions.

10. Click Continue and then Finish.

11. View the discussion topics in the destination course once the copy has completed.

12. Observe that there are 9 topics in total and each is restricted to 3 groups.

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Brightspace ePortfolio and Brightspace ePortfolio Mobile

PRB0044665When an email notification for a Brightspace ePortfolio reflection is sent, it contains HTML tags around the reflection text.

Found in Brightspace ePortfolio 10.3.0.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Access an instance of Brightspace Learning Environment that has Brightspace ePortfolio set up.

2. Create two test users (A and B) that are learners.

3. Associate user A with your own email address.

4. Impersonate user A and access Brightspace ePortfolio.

5. Click My Items, and from the New button, select Reflections.

6. Name your reflection and click Save and Close.

7. On the My Items page, from the context menu of the reflection's name, select Subscribe to Item Activity.

8. From the context menu of the reflection's name, select Share.

9. Add user B.

10. Go to Notifications, and select the Email check box for ePortfolio - feedback added to subscribed items.

11. Impersonate user B and access Brightspace ePortfolio.

12. On the ePortfolio page, click the link of the reflection's name.

13. Click Add Comment, enter some text, and click Add.

14. Check your email for a notification that a comment was made.

15. Observe that the email has HTML tags around the text in the comments section.

PRB0052878 (Daylight)Sharing Groups are not accessible from Brightspace ePortfolio.

Found in Brightspace ePortfolio 10.6.6

To reproduce this issue:

1. Access a site that has Daylight enabled.

2. Go to Brightspace ePortfolio.

3. Click Sharing Groups.

4. Select one of the available sharing groups.

5. A pop-up opens and closes and the page refreshes.

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6. Observe that the sharing group information does not display.

Grades

PRB0052549When deleting SCORM objects that have associations in the grade book, certain workflows prevent the grade book associations from being removed successfully.

As a workaround, ensure that all SCORM packages are imported using the Import/Export/Copy Components feature and deleted directly from the Content area.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Import a SCORM package into your course using Import/Export/Copy Components.

2. Ensure that the SCORM content is associated with a grade item.

3. From Course Admin, open Course Builder.

4. Delete the SCORM item from Course Builder.

5. Return to the grade book and observe that the SCORM association has not been removed.

OR

1. Import a SCORM package from Brightspace Learning Repository.

2. Ensure that the SCORM content is associated with a grade item.

3. Delete the SCORM item from Course Builder or Content.

4. Return to the grade book and observe that the SCORM association has not been removed.

PRB0052983 (Daylight)When performing a Bulk Edit from Manage Grades the fields for Name, Short Name, and Max Points do not display their complete information due to the sizes of the associated text boxes.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.6.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Access the Manage Grades area in your course.

2. Select any number of grade items and click Bulk Edit.

3. Observe that the Name, Short Name, and Max Points fields do not display their complete information.

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Brightspace Learning Repository

PRB0045388If the d2l.Tools.LOR.AllowHarvest config variable is turned off, and you manage a repository and attempt to View Harvest Repository Properties from the External Access page, you receive an internal error.

Found in Brightspace Learning Repository 10.3.0.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Log in to Brightspace Learning Environment and go to the Config Variable Browser.

2. Turn off the d2l.Tools.LOR.AllowHarvest variable.

3. Open the Admin Tools and click Manage Repositories.

4. Click on a repository name.

5. Click More Actions and select External Access.

6. Click View Harvest Repository Properties.

7. Observe the internal error.

PRB0045758You cannot use Bulk LOR Upload to add .zip files without an imsmanifest.xml file to Brightspace Learning Repository.

As a workaround, upload files to Brightspace Learning Repository individually.

Found in Brightspace Learning Repository 10.3.0.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Zip a couple of PDF files.

2. Upload the .zip file to Brightspace Learning Repository and notice that it was successful.

3. Using Bulk LOR Upload, upload your .zip file to Brightspace Learning Repository.

4. Observe that it fails because it doesn't have an imsmanifest.xml file.

Quizzes

PRB0050750If you manually regrade quiz questions from the Questions tab, the quiz statistics might not update to match the associated grade item statistics.

As a workaround, go to Quizzes and in the Users tab, select any quiz attempt and click Save and Close. The quiz statistics should update.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.5.4.

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To reproduce this issue:

1. Ensure you have a course offering with two learners enrolled.

2. Create a grade item of any kind.

3. Create a quiz with two questions and set it to active.

4. Associate the grade item you created to the quiz.

5. In the Assessment tab, select Allow automatic export to grades and save.

6. Impersonate a learner in the course and attempt the quiz.

7. Impersonate another learner in the course and attempt the quiz.

8. Stop impersonating the learner.

9. As the instructor, access the quiz for grading and mark the attempts as graded.

10. View the quiz statistics and make note of the current class average.

11. Access Grades, view the statistics for your grade item, and notice that the class average matches the one in the quiz statistics.

12. Go back to the quiz, enter grading mode, and click the Questions tab.

13. Give the first learner a different grade than what they had.

14. Go to Grades, view the statistics for your grade item, and make note of the class average (it should be different than before).

15. Go to Quizzes, view the statistics, and observe that the class average is the same as before but is now different from the grade statistics.

PRB0052627If you import the same question from Question Library into multiple random sections in a quiz, the duplicates do not display during quiz attempts and learners aren't able to obtain the maximum score.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0.

To reproduce this issue:

1. In a test course, go to the Quizzes tool, and then Question Library.

2. On the Question Library page, create a new question of any type.

3. Click Done Editing Questions to return to Quizzes.

4. Create a quiz and make it active.

5. In the Assessment tab, select Allow attempt to be set as graded immediately upon completion.

6. In the Properties tab, click Add/Edit Questions.

7. Create two random sections.

8. For both random sections, import the question you created and save.

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9. Preview the quiz and notice that there are no questions available for the random section.

10. Impersonate a learner in the course.

11. Take the quiz and answer the question correctly.

12. Stop impersonating the learner.

13. As the instructor, view the quiz attempt and observe that the learner only scored 1 out of 2 because there was only 1 question to answer.

PRB0053000When the config variable d2l.Tools.Quizzes.NewExperienceOpt-In is enabled for an organization or course, instructors see an opt-in flyout when creating Multiple Choice questions in the Quizzes tool. Using the tab button while the flyout is displayed will allow you to move between fields located behind the flyout, prior to dismissing it.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.7.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Log in to the Brightspace Learning Environment as an administrator.

2. From the Admin tools menu, open the Config Variable Browser.

3. Enable the variable d2l.Tools.Quizzes.NewExperienceOpt-In in a test course.

4. Access the test course and create a new quiz.

5. From the Quiz properties select Add/Edit Questions and create a new Multiple Choice Question.

6. Observe the flyout welcoming you to the new Question Creation Experience with the options to Leave it on or Turn it off.

7. Use the tab button on your keyboard multiple times.

8. After highlighting the available options in the flyout, the inactive fields behind the flyout will be highlighted allowing you to interact with these page elements.

PRB0053013 (Daylight)When you take a quiz using Internet Explorer 11 on Brightspace Learning Environment with Daylight enabled, the quiz window does not allow you to scroll to the bottom of the page to access the Save all Responses and Go to Submit Quiz buttons.

As a workaround, expand the browser window and then scale it down. The scroll bar corrects itself and the entire page is accessible.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.3.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Using Internet Explorer 11, log in to Brightspace Learning Environment with Daylight enabled.

2. Preview a quiz that has pages with multiple questions.

3. Scroll to the bottom of the page and observe that no buttons are visible.

4. Enlarge and then restore down the browser window.

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5. Observe that the buttons will become visible.

PRB0053014 (Daylight)The Submission Confirmation dialog remains visible after you submit a Survey using the Edge browser. The same behavior also occurs when you submit a Quiz using Internet Explorer 11 or the Edge browser.

As a workaround, complete Quizzes and Surveys using an alternate browser.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.3.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Log in to Brightspace Learning Environment using the Internet Explorer 11 browser.

2. Access a course that contains an available Quiz or Survey.

3. Open and complete the Quiz or Survey.

4. Click Submit Quiz/Survey and the confirmation dialog box displays.

5. Click Yes, submit Quiz/Survey and observe that the dialog does not disappear.

Note: This behavior also occurs when using the Edge browser to submit a Quiz.

PRB0053015 (Daylight)When using Microsoft's Edge browser to create quiz questions in Brightspace Learning Environment, the context menu that displays the available question types is long and causes the page to scroll downward. This results in the Navigation bar and Minibar being inaccessible.

As a workaround, you can create quiz questions using an alternate browser.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.5.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Log in to Brightspace Learning Environment with Microsoft's Edge browser.

2. Access a course and open the quizzes area.

3. Create a new quiz.

4. Name the quiz and select the Add/Edit Questions button.

5. Select the New button and view the context menu that displays the available question types.

6. Observe that your window scrolls down to display the entire context menu, which prevents access to the Navigation bar and Minibar.

PRB0053075The Save and Cancel buttons do not display in the Question in use pop-up after completing changes to quiz questions, if the following conditions are met:

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You have opted-in to the New Quizzing Experience

Settings in the Question Library are set to View actions in pop-up

The question(s) are currently associated with a quiz and located in the Question Library

As a workaround, do not select View actions in pop-up option in the Question Library Settings.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.7.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Enable the new quizzing experience by turning on the d2l.Tools.Quizzes.NewExperienceOpt-In variable.

2. In the Question Library settings, select View actions in pop-up and save.

3. Edit a question from the Question Library that is used by a quiz in the course.

4. Save your changes and observe the Question in use dialog does not have a Save or Cancel button.

Surveys

PRB0053016When using Internet Explorer 11 to take surveys in Brightspace Learning Environment, the browser doesn't allow you to scroll down far enough to view the Save and Submit buttons.

As a workaround, you can take surveys using an alternate browser or you can increase the zoom on Internet Explorer 11 to display the Save and Submit buttons.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.3.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Log in to Brightspace Learning Environment with Internet Explorer 11.

2. Open a course that contains a survey and begin the survey.

3. Notice that if you scroll to the bottom of the page the Save and Submit buttons are not visible.

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Brightspace Platform 10.6.7About D2L

About D2LA 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 (http://www.brightspace.com) | www.D2L.com (http://www.d2l.com)

Contact Us

Phone: 1.519.772.0325 (Worldwide)

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