Releases
Addition of Pronouns to Brightspace Account Settings
Feb. 10, 2022—In 2018, Vanderbilt added a way for Brightspace users to set their personal pronouns in their Brightspace profile. While this was a good option at the time, this was only viewable when users went to someone else’s profile. As of February 2022, Brightspace is rolling out a new way to make this information visible. This...
Updates to Brightspace for November and December 2021
Dec. 16, 2021—There are several highlights from the most recent Brightspace updates, and today we want to focus on three things that will be most helpful to Brightspace users. Links to the full release notes are available at the end of this post. Assignments – New Assignment Creation Experience Universally Enabled This feature sets the new assignment...
October 2021 Updates to Brightspace
Oct. 19, 2021—There are several highlights from the most recent Brightspace update, and today we want to focus on four things that will be most helpful to Brightspace users. A link to the full release notes is available at the end of this post. Preview Activity in Evaluation mode for Assignments Previously, users who did not...
What’s New in Brightspace September 2021
Sep. 21, 2021—Here are the highlights from recent Brightspace updates. A link to the full release notes is available at the end of this post. Assignments – Restricting file extensions for submissions It’s now possible for instructors to restrict the types of files they accept for Assignments based on the file extension. This can be set...
What’s New in Brightspace Summer 2021
Aug. 18, 2021—There have been several updates to Brightspace over the summer, so we wanted to share with you the highlights of new things you can find in Brightspace starting this month. While these are just the highlights, we will link to the full release notes at the end of this post. Brightspace Text Editor The...
What’s New on Brightspace? (Dec. 2020 + Jan. 2021)
Jan. 21, 2021—Every month, Brightspace will release new features and updates. You can get a comprehensive view of the updates here, but this blog post will give you a quick overview of what’s new on Brightspace! Updated video and audio player To improve accessibility and create a consistent user experience, a new audio and video media player...