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Instructional Technology Spotlight – Assignments in Brightspace
Jan. 30, 2024—This time of year many instructors are sitting up Assignments in Brightspace for a variety of uses. While many people know the basics of what you can do with Assignments, there are important options that some instructors may not know about. Below are some resources that we think would be helpful for those instructors looking...
January 2024 Brightspace Updates
Jan. 8, 2024—The Spring 2024 semester is just getting started, and Brightspace is rolling out a few new updates later this week. Here are the highlights of the January update, along with one minor change that has been made after being made available in December. Awards – Export achievements as digital credentials Learners can now export their...
December 2023 Brightspace Updates
Dec. 11, 2023—As we wrap up 2023, there are a few new updates coming to Brightspace this month. These updates will be rolling out at the end of this week. If you have questions about any of these updates, please contact our Brightspace and Instructional Technology Support team at brightspace@vanderbilt.edu. Announcements – Copy announcements to other courses...
Instructional Technology Spotlight – Finalizing Grades in Brightspace
Nov. 27, 2023—This time of year, many people on campus are counting down the days to the end of the semester. Before we get to that end point, however, there are plenty of things instructors have to do. One of the most popular topics of questions we get this time of year is about how grades and...
November 2023 Brightspace Updates
Nov. 6, 2023—Each month D2L releases updates for Brightspace. The November 2023 release will come out later this week, but we want to highlight upcoming changes and improvements to the platform. If you have questions about any of these upcoming changes, or any other questions about Brightspace, feel free to contact us anytime. Announcements – Copy announcements...
Summary of Recent Quiz Timing Changes
Sep. 18, 2023—Over the last few months, Brightspace has updated and expanded options that impact timing for quizzes. While we have outlined each of these in our regular release notes, we wanted to also have a summary post to show all the changes made to quiz timing settings and how they work. If you have any questions...
September 2023 Brightspace Update
Sep. 13, 2023—The September update to Brightspace has a few minor updates to behind the scenes aspects of Brightspace, but there are also a couple of important updates to Quiz Timings. Quizzes – Quiz Timing Improvements featuring Synchronous Quizzes This release updates the Quiz Creation experience for instructors and learners by adding a new synchronous quiz option....
Guidance on AI Detection and Why We’re Disabling Turnitin’s AI Detector
Aug. 16, 2023—In April of this year, Turnitin released an update to their product that reviewed submitted papers and presented their determination of how much of a paper was written by AI. As we outlined at that time, many people had important concerns and questions about this new tool, namely how the product exactly works and how...
August 2023 Updates to Brightspace
Aug. 15, 2023—Each month there are regular updates to the Brightspace platform. Below are the highlights of the August 2023 release notes. Announcements – Pin announcements to top of Announcement widget With this release, instructors can now pin announcements to the top of the Announcement Widget, allowing important information to remain visible to learners. Announcements so pinned...
June & July Brightspace Updates
Jul. 17, 2023—Over the last two months, there have been several important updates to Brightspace. Here is a summary of recent changes. Assignments – Availability dates are now on by default Recent improvements to the Assignments tool’s availability dates allow Instructors to have greater control over the access and visibility of their assignments before or after the...