Brightspace Platform 10.7.1
Release Notes
Brightspace Platform 10.7.1
Contents
Contents
May 2017/10.7.1 Release ................................................................................................................... 6
Features ............................................................................................................................................. 7
Brightspace Learning Environment ................................................................................................................... 7
Activity Feed – Web link and Google Drive attachments | New ................................................ 7
Brightspace Data Platform - End-of-life of the ODBC Driver | Removed ................................... 8
Brightspace platform - Removal of legacy Help tool | Removed ............................................... 9
Copy Course Components - Copying final grade properties includes calculated and adjusted grades | Updated
................................................................................................................................................. 11
Daylight Experience - Improved learner workflows and responsive dialog boxes | Updated . 12
Discussions - Allow instructors to post to all groups at once | New ........................................ 14
Discussions - Default value for Discussions configuration variable | Updated ........................ 16
HTML Editor - Improved paste functionality in Quizzes | Updated ......................................... 17
Integrations ......................................................................................................................................................18
IPSIS - Reactivate users | New ................................................................................................. 18
IPSIS - Support for departments with upper org units | New .................................................. 19
Virtual Classrooms and Video Assignments by YouSeeU ..............................................................................20
Virtual Classrooms by YouSeeU – New HTML5 client available for Virtual Classrooms | New 20
Fixed Issues ...................................................................................................................................... 22
Assignments .....................................................................................................................................................22
PRB0053509 ............................................................................................................................. 22
Brightspace Data Sets ......................................................................................................................................22
PRB0054810 ............................................................................................................................. 22
Awards ..............................................................................................................................................................22
PRB0053409 ............................................................................................................................. 22
PRB0053310 ............................................................................................................................. 23
Brightspace ePortfolio and Brightspace ePortfolio Mobile ...........................................................................23
PRB0054433 ............................................................................................................................. 23
Brightspace Learning Environment .................................................................................................................23
PRB0054482 (Daylight) ............................................................................................................ 23
PRB0054469 ............................................................................................................................. 23
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Brightspace Learning Repository ....................................................................................................................24
PRB0054993 ............................................................................................................................. 24
Brightspace Valence ........................................................................................................................................24
PRB0047206 ............................................................................................................................. 24
PRB0054611 ............................................................................................................................. 24
Content .............................................................................................................................................................24
PRB0052429 ............................................................................................................................. 24
PRB0054276 ............................................................................................................................. 25
PRB0054874 ............................................................................................................................. 25
Document Viewer ............................................................................................................................................25
PRB0042597 ............................................................................................................................. 25
Email .................................................................................................................................................................25
PRB0054346 (Daylight) ............................................................................................................ 25
External Learning Tools ...................................................................................................................................26
PRB0054658 ............................................................................................................................. 26
Grades ..............................................................................................................................................................26
PRB0053890 ............................................................................................................................. 26
HTML Editor .....................................................................................................................................................26
PRB0054135 ............................................................................................................................. 26
Import/Export/Copy Components ..................................................................................................................27
PRB0050774 ............................................................................................................................. 27
Navigation and Themes ...................................................................................................................................27
PRB0054332 ............................................................................................................................. 27
PRB0054413 ............................................................................................................................. 27
PRB0054838 ............................................................................................................................. 27
Quizzes .............................................................................................................................................................28
PRB0054331 ............................................................................................................................. 28
PRB0054470 ............................................................................................................................. 28
PRB0053426 ............................................................................................................................. 28
PRB0054289 ............................................................................................................................. 29
PRB0054315 ............................................................................................................................. 29
PRB0054010 ............................................................................................................................. 29
PRB0054932 ............................................................................................................................. 30
Widgets ............................................................................................................................................................30
PRB0054468 ............................................................................................................................. 30
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User Management ...........................................................................................................................................30
PRB0042995 ............................................................................................................................. 30
Known Issues ................................................................................................................................... 31
Accessibility ......................................................................................................................................................31
PRB0054718 ............................................................................................................................. 31
PRB0054719 ............................................................................................................................. 31
PRB0054720 ............................................................................................................................. 31
Activity Feed.....................................................................................................................................................31
PRB0054649 ............................................................................................................................. 31
Announcements ...............................................................................................................................................32
PRB0049901 ............................................................................................................................. 32
Assignments .....................................................................................................................................................32
PRB0054710 (Daylight) ............................................................................................................ 32
Brightspace platform .......................................................................................................................................33
PRB0054349 (Daylight) ............................................................................................................ 33
PRB0047355 ............................................................................................................................. 33
PRB0054721 (Daylight) ............................................................................................................ 34
Calendar ...........................................................................................................................................................34
PRB0053262 ............................................................................................................................. 34
Checklist ...........................................................................................................................................................35
PRB0054064 ............................................................................................................................. 35
Content .............................................................................................................................................................35
PRB0054403 ............................................................................................................................. 35
PRB0053725 (Daylight) ............................................................................................................ 36
PRB0054056 ............................................................................................................................. 37
PRB0054068 ............................................................................................................................. 37
Discussions .......................................................................................................................................................38
PRB0054596 ............................................................................................................................. 38
Email .................................................................................................................................................................39
PRB0053888 ............................................................................................................................. 39
PRB0054583 (Daylight) ............................................................................................................ 39
Google Drive.....................................................................................................................................................40
PRB0054661 ............................................................................................................................. 40
PRB0054717 ............................................................................................................................. 40
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PRB0054742 ............................................................................................................................. 40
Grades ..............................................................................................................................................................40
PRB0054008 ............................................................................................................................. 40
PRB0054376 (Daylight) ............................................................................................................ 40
PRB0054097 ............................................................................................................................. 41
Groups ..............................................................................................................................................................42
PRB0054136 ............................................................................................................................. 42
HTML Editor .....................................................................................................................................................42
PRB0054629 ............................................................................................................................. 42
PRB0054630 ............................................................................................................................. 42
PRB0054632 ............................................................................................................................. 43
PRB0054380 ............................................................................................................................. 43
PRB0053432 ............................................................................................................................. 43
Import/Export/Copy Components ..................................................................................................................43
PRB0053596 ............................................................................................................................. 43
Integrations ......................................................................................................................................................44
PRB0053969 ............................................................................................................................. 44
Question Library...............................................................................................................................................45
PRB0054626 ............................................................................................................................. 45
PRB0054627 ............................................................................................................................. 45
PRB0054631 ............................................................................................................................. 45
PRB0054633 ............................................................................................................................. 46
PRB0054479 ............................................................................................................................. 46
Widgets ............................................................................................................................................................47
PRB0052619 ............................................................................................................................. 47
About D2L ........................................................................................................................................ 48
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Brightspace Platform 10.7.1
May 2017/10.7.1 Release
May 2017/10.7.1 Release
The following release notes are for clients installing Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.1 (May 2017).
To view the Fixed Issues and Known Issues Lists for 10.7.1, see the Fixed Issues and Known Issues sections in this document.
Additional Information:

Brightspace Platform Cumulative Know Issues List
(https://community.brightspace.com/resources/documentation/learning_environment/brightspaceplatformcumulativekil1040t
o1061)

Platform Requirements
(https://community.brightspace.com/resources/documentation/platform_requirements/brightspaceplatformrequirements)

Brightspace Development Platform (http://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/about.html)

Continuous Delivery Upgrade Paths
(https://community.brightspace.com/resources/documentation/continuous_delivery/continuous_delivery_upgrade_paths)
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Brightspace Platform 10.7.1
Features
Features
Brightspace Learning Environment
Act iv ity Feed – We b lin k and Goog le Dri ve attachments | New
You can now add stylized web links and Google Drive files to a post in Activity Feed.
Using the Attach Web Links picker, you can enter a web URL and title that is styled and formatted as a clickable attachment to the
post. Using the Attach Google Drive File picker, you can select a file that is styled and formatted as a clickable attachment to the
post. These links are included below the post rather than as a part of the inline text. After an external weblink or Google Drive file is
attached, an icon appears indicating the type of attachment on the post.
Figure 1: Web Link and Google Drive icons appear as attachment options for an Activity Feed
Tool Change
Workflow
Users Only
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Features
Impact of Change
Technical Details
Slight impact to instructors who
want to use web links or Google
Drive attachments in activity
feeds.
Google Drive attachments must originate from the
instructor's personal Google Account. Before
attaching the link, the instructor must ensure that
the file has proper visibility permissions in Google
Drive.
Next Steps
1.
Navigate to a course
homepage with Activity
Feed widget available.
2.
Click anywhere in the
Create a post text box and
type a message.
3.
Do one or more of the
following:

To attach a web link, click
.

To attach a Google Drive
file from your Google
account, click
.
Br ightspace Data Plat form - End -of- li fe of the ODBC Dr iver | Removed
D2L announces the end-of-life of the Brightspace Data Platform Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) driver. The ODBC driver allowed
clients to create and run their own queries to access Brightspace event data in the Brightspace Data Platform. As of this release, the
ODBC Driver is no longer available or supported.
System Requirement Change
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Features
Impact of Change
Technical Details
Next Steps
Slight impact to Administrators N/A
due to the end-of-life of the
Brightspace Data Platform ODBC
driver.
To uninstall the ODBC driver:
1. From a command prompt
window, navigate to the folder
where the driver is installed. For
example, type: cd "C:\Program
Files
(x86)\BrightspaceDataPlatformO
DBCDriver"
2. Type: .\unistall.cmd
To access Brightspace event
data, D2L offers the following:

Brightspace Insights

Data Hub tool
For more information contact
your D2L Account Manager.
Br ightspace plat form - R emova l of le g ac y Help tool | Removed
The legacy system Help tool has been removed from the Brightspace platform. The link to the new Brightspace Help site was made
available in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.9.
Global Change
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Organization Wide
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Features
Impact of Change
Technical Details
Slight impact to users due to the If you previously had the legacy Help tool link on
removal of the legacy Help tool. your navbar, it automatically changed to the new
Brightspace Help link in Brightspace Learning
Environment 10.6.9. If you had created your own
links to the legacy Help, those links will no longer
work.
The new Brightspace Help is a full website, external
to Brightspace Learning Environment. It contains
Continuous Delivery help resources for the suite of
Brightspace products, microservices in the
Brightspace Cloud, integrations, and Semester Start
"frequently asked questions."
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Next Steps
If you had your own links to the
legacy Help, D2L recommends
creating links to the new
Brightspace Help site
(https://documentation.brightsp
ace.com).
You can also embed and
customize help packages
directly in your instance of
Brightspace Learning
Environment. See the
Embedding and Customizing
Brightspace Help Packages
(https://community.brightspace.
com/resources/documentation/
help/help_package_instructions
/embeddingandcustomizinghelp
packagesadministratorguide)
guide for more information.
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Features
Copy Course Compone nt s - Copy ing final g rade properties includes ca lculated and adjusted grades |
Updated
When you copy final grade items, the copy process includes properties from the calculated and adjusted final grade items. In the
Copy Course Components tool, when you select Copy All to select everything in the course, all final grade properties are now copied.
If you copy individual components, Final Calculated Grade and Final Adjusted Grade appear in the list of components to select.
Figure 2: Select the Final Adjusted Grade and Final Calculated Grade as part of the items you want to copy.
Tool Change
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Workflow
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Features
Impact of Change
Technical Details
Slight impact to instructors who N/A
can now include calculated and
adjusted final grades in the Copy
Course Components workflow.
Next Steps
N/A
Da yl ight Experie nce - Improve d le arne r workf lows and responsive dialog boxes | Updated
Some important learner workflows have been improved in the Daylight Experience. The following components of the Insert Stuff
dialog are now responsive: My Computer, Insert Link, and Enter Embed Code. The Add a File dialog (used in Assignments) is also
responsive. This makes the core learner workflows of adding and submitting files easier on tablets or mobile devices.
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Features
Figure 3: Responsive mobile view of the Insert Link dialog box
The Brightspace Daylight Experience features are now optimized for production environments when using the Google Chrome or
Apple Safari browsers. The core tools and workflows in Brightspace Learning Environment have been tested extensively on these two
browsers. In the coming months, D2L will continue to make updates across the product suite that reflect Daylight design and will
continue to optimize the Daylight Experience in other browser environments. Turning on Daylight does not modify your content or
other settings in Brightspace. All workflows and features in the Brightspace Daylight experience are available on all supported
browsers; however, D2L is continuing to optimize performance and improve page load times on browsers other than Chrome and
Safari. If you turn on the Brightspace Daylight Experience to do some testing, you can turn off the configuration variable to restore
your site to the original look and feel.
Look and Feel
Tool Change
Users Only
Workflow
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Features
Impact of Change
Technical Details
Next Steps
Slight impact to users due to
improvements to learner
workflows and responsive
behavior in dialog boxes.
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.
D is cuss ions - Al low inst ruct or s t o post t o all groups at once | New
Instructors can now post a discussion thread to all the associated groups/sections from a group discussion topic. If an instructor does
not have access to all groups they have the option to post a thread to All groups/sections assigned to me.
This feature implements PIE item D185.
Figure 4: Instructors can post discussion threads to all groups
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Figure 5: Instructors can post to all groups/sections assigned to them
Configuration Variable
Look and Feel
Organization Wide
Role Permissions
System Requirement Change
Tool Change
Workflow
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Features
Impact of Change
Technical Details
Slight impact to administrators
due to a required configuration
variable to make this feature
available.
The configuration variable
d2l.Tools.Discuss.EnableGroupFilteredTopics must
be turned on for these features to be available. As
of Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.1, this
variable is on by default.
Slight impact to instructors due
to a change in workflow when
posting to group discussion
topics.
Next Steps
When posting to a group discussion topic,
instructors have the option to post their thread to
an individual group or all groups.
In the Config Variable Browser,
ensure that the Organization
Value for
d2l.Tools.Discuss.EnableGroupF
ilteredTopics is set to on, or no
Organization Value is set.
From a group discussion topic,
click Start a New Thread and
use the Post Thread to
dropdown list to select an
individual group or All Groups
before posting.
D is cuss ions - De fault value for Di scuss ions conf iguration var iable | Updated
The default value of the configuration variable d2l.Tools.Discuss.EnableGroupFilteredTopics is changing from off to on. This variable
controls whether discussion topics can contain group specific posts. Clients who do not want this feature available can edit the Org
Value of the variable and set it to off. Changes to the configuration variable's default status do not affect Org Values that are already
in place. If no Org Value is set, the default behavior for your organization changes after the 10.7.1 update is complete.
Configuration Variable
Global Change
Look and Feel
Organization Wide
Tool Change
Workflow
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Features
Impact of Change
Technical Details
Next Steps
Slight impact to administrators
due to the change in the default
status of the configuration
variable
d2l.Tools.Discuss.EnableGroupF
ilteredTopics.
The d2l.Tools.Discuss.EnableGroupFilteredTopics
variable determines if improvements to group
discussions are available to instructors and learners.
This variable changes the default value when
creating group discussions to Create one topic with
threads separated by group. This type of topic
simplifies instructor workflows when navigating
between group discussions, assessing discussion
topics, and copying groups between courses.
If you want the improvements
available to your users, ensure
that the
d2l.Tools.Discuss.EnableGroupF
ilteredTopics configuration
variable does not have its Org
Value set to off.
For more information on improvements to group
discussions see the Brightspace Platform 10.6.9
Release Notes
https://community.brightspace.com/resources/doc
umentation/release_notes/files/january_2017_rele
ase_notes/brightspace_platform_1069_release_not
es.
If you do not want the
improvements available to your
users, ensure that the
d2l.Tools.Discuss.EnableGroupF
ilteredTopics configuration
variable has the Org Value set to
off.
HTML Ed itor - Improve d past e funct ionalit y in Quizzes | Updated
The HTML Editor tool has improved paste functionality for the new quiz question authoring experience in the Quizzes tool.
Administrators and instructors can copy content from external sources such as Microsoft Word and various HTML sources, and paste
it as question or answer content in a quiz question, while retaining the formatting and images from the source location.
This feature implements PIE item D2627.
Figure 6: New confirmation dialog box for pasting content into a quiz question
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Features
Global Change
Organization Wide
Tool Change
Impact of Change
Technical Details
Next Steps
Slight impact to instructors and
administrators due to improved
paste functionality in HTML
Editor in Quizzes.
A new confirmation dialog box now displays when
you paste content into a quiz question.
N/A
The improved paste functionality is also available in
the Email, Content, Announcements, and
Discussions tools.
Integrations
IP SIS - Reactivat e use rs | Ne w
IPSIS administrators can now reactivate users that have been deactivated, that is, they can change an inactive user’s status back to
active. Previously, a user’s status could only be set upon creation.
Additionally, the Standard SIS integration now considers the user’s status from the CSV file that administrators must generate.
Previously, the user status column wasn't captured.
Integration
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Features
Impact of Change
Technical Details
Next Steps
Slight impact to IPSIS
administrators who now have
the ability to change a user's
status after it has been set at
creation.
Now, when a deletePerson request deactivates To reactivate a user:
a user, IPSIS provides the ability to change the user’s
1. Since the user status does not
status back to active using a replacePerson
match directly with a field from
request.
the LIS specification, you must
To interpret the user’s status information from the implement an extension field on
the replacePerson request
CSV file, a new translator was created:
D2L.IM.IPSIS.LIS.RequestAdapters.PM to make use of this feature. See
S.Default.PersonRequestIsActiveTran the IPSIS – Administrator Guide,
slator. The translator is released as inactive and when it is released, for more
must be configured to become active.
information on how to
implement the extension field.
2. From the Admin Tools menu,
select IPSIS Administration, and
click the Configuration tab.
3. Within the LIS area, under
Person Management, click
Person - Replace.
4. In the Available Plug-ins area,
select the
D2L.IM.IPSIS.LIS.RequestAdapt
ers.PMS.Default.PersonRequest
IsActiveTranslator check box.
5. Click Add to Configuration.
and ensure the sort order of the
Active Plug-ins is correct (see
the IPSIS - Administrator Guide
for more information).
6. Click Save and Close.
IP SIS - Support for departme nt s wit h uppe r org units | New
Some organizations want to have an org unit above the department level for purposes such as advanced reporting, custom login
logic, or competency structures. For organizations that have a custom org unit above the department level, but below the top
organization level, IPSIS now recognizes that org unit even if it was not created through IPSIS. Previously, IPSIS didn't recognize
custom org units manually created between the organization level and the department level.
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Features
Integration
Workflow
Impact of Change
Technical Details
Next Steps
Slight impact to IPSIS
administrators due to the ability
for custom org units above the
department level to be
recognized.
Now, when the ReplaceDepartmentRequest
call is processed, it does not remove custom org
units above the department level, but recognizes
them and leaves them intact.
To preserve org structure above
the department level:
A new handler has been added that preserves org
structure above the department level:
D2L.IM.IPSIS.Default.OrgUnits.Depar
tments.Handlers.ReplaceDepartmentPa
rentsNoUpdateLMSHandler. The handler is
released as inactive and must be configured to
become active.
1. From the Admin Tools menu,
select IPSIS Administration, and
click the Configuration tab.
2. Within the IPSIS Platform
area, under Org Unit, click
Departments - Replace.
3. In the Available Plug-ins area,
select the
D2L.IM.IPSIS.Default.OrgUnits.
Departments.Handlers.Replace
DepartmentParentsNoUpdateL
MSHandler check box.
4. Click Add to Configuration.
and ensure the sort order of the
Active Plug-ins is correct (see
the IPSIS - Administrator Guide,
when it is released, for more
information).
5. Click Save and Close.
Virtual Classrooms and Video Assignments by YouSeeU
V irtual Cla ssrooms by Y ouSe e U – Ne w HTML5 client ava ilable for Virtual C lass rooms | New
Instructors can now use the HTML5 version of the Virtual Classroom client in addition to the existing Flash version of the client.
HTML5 is the now the recommended Virtual Classrooms client when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. HTML5 is not yet
available in other browsers due to missing technical dependencies.
Integration
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Features
Workflow
Tool Change
Impact of Change
Technical Details
Next Steps
Medium impact to
administrators due to new
recommended Virtual
Classroom client.
HTML5 is the new default; however, you are still
able to choose the Flash version of the client.
When an instructor launches a
virtual meeting, selecting Enter
Meeting Room (New &
Improved) starts a HTML5
version of the Virtual Classroom
client.
Selecting Enter Meeting Room
continues to start a Flash
version of the Virtual Classroom
client.
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Fixed Issues
Fixed Issues
To 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
PRB0053509
Previously, in Brightspace Learning Environment, while using a Chrome browser, when you entered your email address in the
Notification Email field, and if that email address was saved in your Chrome auto-fill settings, you might have observed that the quiz
and assignment name and other fields were populated with auto-fill information.
Now, in Brightspace Learning Environment, while using a Chrome browser, when you enter your email address in the Notification
Email field, and if that email address is saved in your Chrome auto-fill settings, the quiz and assignment name and other fields are
not populated with auto-fill information, as expected.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0.
Brightspace Data Sets
PRB0054810
Previously, the User Logins data set returned a much smaller volume of data as specified in the BatchLimit setting (default of 100,000
rows), rather than the RowLimit setting (default of 150,000,000 rows). This might have resulted in retrieving data worth a few days
for clients with large volumes of user login data, rather than retrieving data for two years, as expected. This defect might have had
no impact on clients with smaller volumes of data.
Now, the User Logins data set returns the expected volume of data as specified in the RowLimit setting.
This issue was fixed as part of a later Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.1 bundle.
Awards
PRB0053409
Previously, when you revoked an award from a user and you had another award with an associated release condition that specified a
user needs to earn the revoked award, the new award was automatically issued to the user.
Now, when you revoke an award from a user and you have another award with an associated release condition that specifies a user
needs to earn the revoked award, the new award is not automatically issued to the user.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.3.
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Fixed Issues
PRB0053310
Previously, when you were editing an award and you tried to create a release condition, you might have observed that a dialog box
appeared but did not load successfully.
Now, when you are editing an award and you try to create a release condition, a dialog box appears and loads successfully.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.3.
To reproduce this fix:
1.
In Brightspace Learning Environment, go to the Awards tool.
2.
Navigate to Course Awards.
3.
Select an award (or create a new one) and click Edit Properties.
4.
Under Release Conditions, click Create.
5.
Observe that a dialog box appears and loads successfully.
Brightspace ePortfolio and Brightspace ePortfolio Mobile
PRB0054433
Previously, in Brightspace ePortfolio, when you attempted to open a file from the Dashboard or from My Items, and if the file name
contained special characters, you might have encountered an error.
Now, in Brightspace ePortfolio, when you attempt to open a file from the Dashboard or from My Items, and if the file name contains
special characters, the file opens, as expected.
Fixed in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.0.
Brightspace Learning Environment
PRB0054482 ( Day lig ht )
Previously, in Brightspace Learning Environment with Daylight turned on, when you applied the open dyslexic font type, the system
font did not change.
Now, in Brightspace Learning Environment with Daylight turned on, when you apply the open dyslexic font type, the system font
changes, as expected.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.0.
PRB0054469
Previously, in Brightspace Learning Environment, while using Internet Explorer 11, when you attempted to load a SCORM package,
you might have observed that it did not load.
Now, in Brightspace Learning Environment, while using Internet Explorer 11, SCORM packages load, as expected.
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Fixed Issues
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.11.
Brightspace Learning Repository
PRB0054993
Previously, when you attempted to preview or open a learning object, and if the learning object contained a file structure with
folders, you might have encountered an error.
Now, you can successfully preview or open a learning object that contains a file structure with folders, without error.
This issue was fixed as part of a later Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.1 bundle.
Brightspace Valence
PRB0047206
Previously, when using the Brightspace Valence API call /d2l/api/le/(version)/lti/link/(orgUnitId)/, only
external learning tools (ELTs) that were not hidden were retrieved.
Now, when using the Brightspace Valence API call /d2l/api/le/(version)/lti/link/(orgUnitId)/, all external
learning tools (ELTs) links are retrieved, including hidden links.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0 SP1.
PRB0054611
Previously, OAuth 2.0 client integrations may not have worked due to new dedicated security requirements.
Now, wildcard permissions for specific scopes are allowed, and as a result, OAuth 2.0 client integrations work as expected.
This issue was fixed as part of a later Brightspace platform 10.7.0 bundle.
Content
PRB0052429
Previously, in Content, while using Internet Explorer, if your HTML page contained the <style type="text/css"> tag, you might have
observed that the HTML Editor tool did not load completely.
Now, in Content, while using Internet Explorer, if your HTML page contains the <style type="text/css"> tag, the HTML Editor tool
loads completely, as expected.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.2.
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Fixed Issues
PRB0054276
Previously, when you attempted to export course content reports for large classlists, you might have encountered a timeout error.
Now, you can successfully export course content reports for large classlists, without error.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0.
PRB0054874
Previously, in Brightspace Learning Environment with Daylight turned off, when you attempted to insert content from YouTube or
FlickR, you might have encountered an error.
Now, in Brightspace Learning Environment with Daylight turned off, you can insert content from YouTube or FlickR, as expected.
This issue was fixed as part of a later Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.1 bundle.
Document Viewer
PRB0042597
Previously, when you attempted to view files annotated in PowerPoint by the pen tool, you might have observed that the
annotations were not rendered by the document viewer.
Now, when you attempt to view files annotated in PowerPoint by the pen tool, the annotations are rendered successfully by the
document viewer.
Fixed in Brightspace platform 10.7.0.
Email
PRB00 54346 ( Day lig ht )
Previously, in Brightspace Learning Environment, with Daylight enabled, when you attempted to compose an email, you might have
observed that the drop-down menu options in the HTML Editor were floating.
Now, in Brightspace Learning Environment, with Daylight enabled, when you attempt to compose an email, the drop-down menu
options in the HTML Editor stick to their respective drop-down menus, as expected.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.11.
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Fixed Issues
External Learning Tools
PRB0054658
Previously, in Brightspace Learning Environment, when you attempted to load the list of external learning tool links in a course from
the Manage External Learning Tool Links page or the Import/Export/Copy Components > Select Components to Export area, you
might have encountered an error.
Now, in Brightspace Learning Environment, you can successfully load the list of external learning tool links in a course from the
Manage External Learning Tool Links page or the Import/Export/Copy Components > Select Components to Export area, as expected.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.11.
Grades
PRB0053890
Previously, in Brightspace Learning Environment, if there was a large gradebook with 200+ grade items, you might have encountered
an error when you did any of the following:

clicked on a learner's name to go to the learner's page

clicked on the assignment submission icon on the Enter Grades page

clicked on the plus/minus sign next to a Category to expand or collapse the category
Now, in Brightspace Learning Environment, if there is a large gradebook with 200+ grade items, you can do any of the following,
without error:

click on a learner's name to go to the learner's page

click on the assignment submission icon on the Enter Grades page

click on the plus/minus sign next to a Category to expand or collapse the category
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0.
HTML Editor
PRB0054135
Previously, in the HTML Editor tool with Daylight enabled, while using Firefox, Internet Explorer 11, or Microsoft Edge browsers, the
color palette option did not apply changes to text color.
Now, in the HTML Editor tool with Daylight enabled, while using Firefox, Internet Explorer 11, or Microsoft Edge browsers, the color
palette option applies changes to text color, as expected.
Fixed in Brightspace platform 10.7.0.
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Fixed Issues
Import/Export/Copy Components
PRB0050774
Previously, some courses imported directly from Blackboard version 9.1 generated quizzes without submission views configured and
when learners accessed these quizzes, they might have encountered an error.
Now, some courses imported directly from Blackboard version 9.1 generate quizzes without submission views configured and when
learners access these quizzes, default submission views are generated, as needed.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.5.3.
To reproduce this fix:
1.
In Brightspace Learning Environment, import a Blackboard 9.1 export package containing quizzes to a course.
2.
Once the import is complete, edit a quiz that was created by the Blackboard package.
3.
Preview the quiz and submit the attempt.
4.
Observe that the submission view appears, as expected.
Navigation and Themes
PRB0054332
Previously, in Brightspace Learning Environment, with Daylight enabled, when you attempted to set the title of the navbar to a
custom value, you might have observed that the custom value did not appear correctly.
Now, in Brightspace Learning Environment, with Daylight enabled, when you set the title of the navbar to a custom value, the
custom value appears correctly.
Found in Brightspace platform 10.6.11.
PRB0054413
Previously, when you attempted to load a list of navbar themes either through the Manage Navigation area or when exporting a
course, you might have encountered a timeout error.
Now, you can successfully load a list of navbar themes either through the Manage Navigation area or when exporting a course, as
expected.
Found in Brightspace platform 10.3.0.
PRB0054838
Previously, in Brightspace platform if a course had a link on the navbar to the student success system, you might have observed that
the navbar was slow to load during the nightly ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) process.
Now, in Brightspace platform if a course has a link on the navbar to the student success system, the navbar loads as expected during
the nightly ETL process.
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Fixed Issues
This issue was fixed as part of a later Brightspace platform 10.7.1 bundle.
Quizzes
PRB0054331
Previously, in an instance of Brightspace Learning Environment that had Daylight turned off, if you attempted to preview a multiselect question that had at least one correct answer specified, an error occurred.
Now, in an instance of Brightspace Learning Environment that has Daylight turned off, if you attempt to preview a multi-select
question that has at least one correct answer specified, you can preview the question as expected.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.11.
To reproduce this fix:
1.
Access Brightspace Learning Environment and ensure that Daylight is turned off.
2.
Within either a quiz or Question Library, create a multi-select question.
3.
Specify at least one of the answers as correct.
4.
In the question editing mode, click Preview.
5.
Observe that you can preview the question, as expected.
PRB0054470
Currently, if you import a CSV sample file that contains a Written Response (WR) question type, an error occurs and the import of
the WR question fails.
Now, you can successfully import a CSV sample file that contains a Written Response (WR) question type or a Long Answer question
type, without error.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.0.
PRB0053426
Previously, in the new quiz question creation experience, you could not paste images from Microsoft Word (or other sources like
Google Docs) directly into the HTML Editor tool. This ability was previously enabled in Brightspace Learning Environment version
10.6.7 for the following tools: Content, Discussions, Announcements, and Email. Image pasting was not supported in legacy quiz
question creation pages.
Now, in the new quiz question creation experience, you can paste images from Microsoft Word (or other sources like Google Docs)
directly into the HTML Editor tool. Image pasting is not and will not be supported in legacy quiz question creation pages.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.7.
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Fixed Issues
PRB0054289
Previously, in Internet Explorer 11, when you attempted to use the new quizzing experience for short answer questions, you might
have encountered an error.
Now, in Internet Explorer 11, you can use the new quizzing experience for short answer questions, without error.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.11.
PRB0054315
Previously, in the new quizzing experience, for Short Answer questions with at least two blanks and the Students must answer all
blanks correctly option selected, correct answers were denoted as incorrect in the results, even though the Score was accurate.
Now, in the new quizzing experience, for Short Answer questions with at least two blanks and the Students must answer all blanks
correctly option selected, correct answers are denoted as correct in the results, as expected.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.11.
To reproduce this fix:
1.
In an instance of Brightspace Learning Environment that has the new quizzing experience enabled, create a new quiz and give it
a name.
2.
In the Restrictions tab, from the Status drop-down, select Active.
3.
In the Assessment tab, select the Allow attempt to be set as graded immediately upon completion check box.
4.
Return to the Properties tab and click Add/Edit Questions.
5.
From the New button, select Short Answer Question (SA) and enter question text, for example, "There is an equinox in the
months of ______ and ______."
6.
Enter the first answer in Answers for Blank 1, for example, March.
7.
Click Add Blank and enter the second answer in Answers for Blank 2, that is, September.
8.
From the How are points assigned to blanks drop-down, select Students must answer all blanks correctly.
9.
Save the question, save the quiz, and exit the tool.
10. Impersonate a learner and take the quiz, making sure to submit correct answers to both blanks, that is, March and September.
11. As a user who can grade quizzes, go to the quiz list and from the context menu of the quiz you created, select Grade.
12. Click the link for the attempt you just made as the learner.
13. Observe that on the Grade Attempt page, in the Quiz Results area, the correct answers are denoted as correct.
PRB0054010
Previously, when you attempted to delete sections within a quiz, you might have encountered a timeout error.
Now, you can successfully delete sections within a quiz, without error.
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Fixed Issues
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0.
PRB0054932
Previously, when you attempted to edit questions in a random section, and if these questions were not in Question Library, you
might have encountered an error.
Now, you can edit questions in a random section without error, even if these questions are not in Question Library.
This issue was fixed as part of a later Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.1 bundle.
Widgets
PRB0054468
Since the My Courses widget did not recognize user enrollment in departments or semesters if it was not done explicitly (it was
usually implicit, that is, users were enrolled into courses that were part of departments/semesters), the filter options on the All
Courses page might have not displayed when they were expected to.
Improvements have been made to the filter options for the My Courses widget and the filter now shows semesters and departments
to filter by based on implicit enrollment in a department or semester that is a parent of a course rather than only explicit department
and semester enrollments.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.11.
User Management
PRB0042995
Previously, when you used the API call PUT /d2l/api/lp/1.3/users/(userid) to update user information, you might
have encountered an error message if you had specified an incorrect case for any character in an existing username.
Now, when you use the API call PUT /d2l/api/lp/1.3/users/(userid) to update user information, this API no longer
treats the Username field as case-sensitive.
Found in Brightspace platform 10.3.0.
To reproduce this fix:
1.
In Brightspace Learning Environment, create a user.
2.
Create an API call to PUT /d2l/api/lp/1.3/users/(testuserid) but specify an incorrect case for any character in
the username.
3.
Observe that you can successfully make the update.
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Known Issues
Known Issues
D2L 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
PRB0054718
Using iOS on mobile devices (iPad or iPhone) with Apple VoiceOver turned on, you cannot change the edit permissions for a Google
Drive document directly in the app using swipe motions.
As a workaround, change the edit permissions in Google Drive instead.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.1.
PRB0054719
Using the Safari browser on a Mac computer, with Apple VoiceOver on, you can use the keyboard to navigate to the Edit Permissions
menu of Google Picker, but Apple VoiceOver does not read the menu items.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.1.
PRB0054720
In some cases, using the Internet Explorer 11 browser, the Grid and List views of Google Picker do not always switch between one
another when you press Enter/Space on your keyboard.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.1.
Activity Feed
PRB0054649
If you view Activity Feed without having your Brightspace Learning Environment role mapped to an appropriate and supported IMS
Role, you cannot see posts or comments in the feed.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.1.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
In a Brightspace Learning Environment course, add Activity Feed to the homepage.
2.
Enroll a user in the course with a Brightspace Learning Environment role that has not been mapped to an IMS role.
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3.
Access the course homepage as this user.
4.
Observe that you cannot see posts or comments in the feed, and you can only see the titles.
Announcements
PRB0049901
When a user has the Add/Edit/Delete Global Announcements permission but not the Add/Edit/Delete Announcements permission,
they cannot edit and delete items from all the places they should. For example, on the Announcements page, selecting Edit from the
context menu of the item you want to edit gives an error, but clicking on the link itself opens the Edit page correctly.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Create a user who has a role with minimal permissions, for example, Student.
2.
From the Admin Tools menu, select Roles and Permissions.
3.
Click the role of the user that you created.
4.
From the Filter by Tool drop-down list, select Announcements.
5.
Add the See Announcements and the Add/Edit/Delete Global Announcements permissions for the Organization, the Course
Template and the Course Offering.
6.
Log in as or impersonate the user you created.
7.
From the Admin Tools widget, select Global Announcements.
8.
Create a new global item.
9.
Click Publish.
10. From the context menu of the global item you just created, select Edit.
11. Observe the error message that displays.
12. Browse to My Home.
13. From the context menu of the Announcements widget, notice that the Edit/Delete Global Announcements Item option is
missing.
Assignments
PRB0054710 ( Day lig ht )
In instances of Brightspace Learning Environment that have the Daylight experience enabled, in the Assignments tool, the delete icon
for individual file submissions is not in the Submissions view. This means that you cannot delete individual submissions for a user,
but can only delete all submissions at once.
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Known Issues
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.8.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
In an instance of Brightspace Learning Environment that has the Daylight experience enabled, access a course.
2.
Create a new individual submission folder.
3.
Impersonate a learner and submit two or more files to the folder.
4.
Stop impersonating the learner.
5.
In Assignments, go to the submissions view for the folder the learner submitted to.
6.
Observe that you cannot delete an individual submission for the user, and the only option is to delete all of them at once.
Brightspace platform
PRB0054349 ( Day lig ht )
With the Daylight experience enabled, in the Roles and Permissions table, the icons you use to horizontally scroll might not always
display, or might align incorrectly in the center of the table.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.11.
PRB0047355
A learner without the Audit Users permission can select actions related to auditing another learner.
Found in Brightspace platform 10.3.0.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Ensure that the d2l.Tools.UserManagement.OrgHasAuditors configuration variable is turned on.
2.
Create two learners and enroll them into a course.
3.
From Roles and Permissions, view the learner role and ensure that:

User Auditors > Audit Users is turned off for all organization unit types.

Class Progress > See User Progress is turned on for the organization and course offering levels.

Class Progress > See User Progress for All Users is turned off for all organization unit types.
4.
Navigate to the course offering you enrolled the learners in and view the classlist.
5.
From the context menu of the first learner, select Manage Auditors, and then click Users <learner1> audits.
6.
Hover your mouse over the yellow icon and notice that it states that this user does not have permission to audit users, which is
correct.
7.
Add the second learner as a user to audit.
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8.
Navigate to the classlist in the course, and impersonate the first learner.
9.
Navigate to the classlist, and find the second learner.
10. Observe that you can view the second learner's Progress Summary (View progress) without error, even though you don't have
the necessary permissions.
PRB0054721 ( Day lig ht )
Currently, in the Daylight experience, in the Content tool, when you select the workflow to Add From Manage Files or Browse
Templates to use in the HTML editor, you are presented with a list of sources to browse rather than to deep link directly to
Organization Files. Organization Files is one of the source options presented.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.1.
Calendar
PRB0053262
In some cases, if you use the Internet Explorer browser, the Week view in the Calendar tool displays events pushed to the left of
each day or time slot so that you cannot read them. This affects events that have an End Date, such as discussion items, submission
folders, and quizzes.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.5.5.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Using Internet Explorer, access a course in Brightspace Learning Environment.
2.
Go to the Calendar tool and select the Week view.
3.
Go to Content, and in a module, from the Upload/Create button, select New Discussion.
4.
Enter a title, select a forum, and click Publish.
5.
In the Activity Details tab, click Add Dates and Restrictions.
6.
Add an End Date that falls on the next available Saturday.
7.
Click Update.
8.
Return to Calendar.
9.
Observe that the calendar doesn't load correctly, the columns might be misaligned, and your event that ends on a Saturday is
pushed to the left of the timeslot it should be in.
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Known Issues
Checklist
PRB0054064
If you create a checklist item from Content, and then if you delete the checklist item from within the Checklist tool, an error occurs.
This is because the Display in Calendar check box is automatically enabled for the checklist item, even if you didn't add a due date to
the item, because the associated calendar event doesn't actually exist.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.5.5.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
In an instance of Brightspace Learning Environment, access a course.
2.
Go to Content, and from the Upload/Create button, select New Checklist.
3.
Enter a title and instructions, and click Publish.
4.
On the checklist page, click Add a New List.
5.
Enter a list title and click Add a New Task to <checklist title>.
6.
Navigate to Course Admin > Checklists.
7.
From the More Actions button, select Delete.
8.
Select the check box corresponding to the checklist you created, and then click Delete Selected.
9.
Observe the internal error message that displays.
10. Return to the checklist you created.
11. Click the link for the checklist item.
12. On the checklist item editing page, notice that the Display in Calendar check box is selected by default, even though a due date
hasn't been added.
Content
PRB0054403
Using the Internet Explorer browser, if you select a new quicklink destination for an image in an HTML content topic, the original link
destination is not removed from the HTML code as it is in other browsers.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.3.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
As an instructor, on the navbar, select Content.
2.
From the Upload/Create button, select Create a File, and enter a title.
3.
Click the Insert Image icon and upload an image file.
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Known Issues
4.
Click Add.
5.
In the Provide Alternative Text dialog box, select the This image is decorative check box, and click OK.
6.
In the HTML editor, click the image to select it, and then click the Insert Quicklink icon.
7.
In the Insert Quicklink dialog box, select a tool, Assignments, for example, and select an assignment submission folder.
8.
Click Publish.
9.
Click the image and you are taken to the submission folder you selected.
10. From the context menu of the content topic title, select Edit HTML.
11. Click the image to select it, and click the Insert Quicklink icon.
12. Select a different tool, Discussions, for example, select a discussion forum, and then select a discussion topic.
13. Click Update.
14. Click the image and it takes you to the discussion topic you selected.
15. From the context menu of the content topic title, select Edit HTML.
16. Click the source code icon.
17. In the HTML Source Editor, observe that the HTML code for the first quicklink displays below the image in a separate tag, and
the second quicklink HTML code displays above the image.
PRB0053725 ( Day lig ht )
If you add a PDF file to Content that is dynamically linked from Brightspace Learning Repository, and then you access that PDF on an
iPad, you cannot scroll beyond the first page.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.9.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Access an instance of Brightspace Learning Environment that has the Daylight experience enabled.
2.
Navigate to Brightspace Learning Repository and click the Publish tab.
3.
Publish a PDF file that is longer than one page.
4.
Go to a course and access the Content tool.
5.
From the Upload/Create button, select Add Object from LOR.
6.
Find the PDF file you published and click Next.
7.
Select the Dynamic Link to Newest Version radio button and click Next.
8.
Click Create Topic.
9.
Access the same instance of Brightspace Learning Environment on an iPad and go to Content.
10. View the PDF file you added and observe that you cannot scroll beyond the first page.
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Known Issues
PRB0054056
If you copy content items into a course that references completed items elsewhere in the course, that content item doesn't display
as completed.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
As an administrator in a course (C1) in Brightspace Learning Environment, create a discussion forum, topic, and a content topic
that links to your discussion topic.
2.
Impersonate a learner in the course and post to the discussion topic.
3.
Return to the content topic page and refresh it. Notice a checkmark displays beside the topic indicating that you've completed
it.
4.
Stop impersonating the learner.
5.
Copy C1 to another course (C2).
6.
Copy C2's content back to C1.
7.
In C1, access Content and click the link for the content topic you created.
8.
Click the Completion Summary tab.
9.
Observe that the learner you impersonated does not appear to have posted to the discussion topic, and therefore hasn't
completed the content item.
PRB0054068
If you fix a broken link in Content and then re-associate the broken link to an existing discussion item, quiz, or other linked item,
learners who have already completed that item do not see the checkmark indicating that it's complete.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
In a course in Brightspace Learning Environment, access the Discussions tool and create a discussion topic.
2.
Go to Content, and in Settings, from the Content Arrangement drop-down, select None.
3.
Click Save.
4.
Create a content topic that links to the discussion topic you created.
5.
In Discussions, delete the topic you just created.
6.
Return to Content and click the link to the discussion topic to establish that it's a broken link. Notice that an internal error
message displays.
7.
Navigate to the Table of Contents view in Content and notice that the topic linked to the discussion topic displays 'Broken
Topic'.
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8.
Click the Broken Topic link.
9.
In the Add Activity dialog box that displays, select a discussion that already has posts in it.
10. Refresh the content page.
11. Impersonate a learner that has already posted to the newly linked discussion topic.
12. Go to Content and in the table of contents, find the topic that is linked to the discussion topic.
13. Observe that the topic is not marked as complete.
Discussions
PRB0054596
If you use grid view in Discussions, the following unexpected behavior might occur when working with Draft posts:
1.
After you post a previously saved draft, the page reloads and the post is no longer open in the reading pane. However, the draft
was posted successfully, and is visible in the grid.
As a workaround, manually select the post you made to view it in the reading pane.
2.
If you open a saved draft, edit it, and then post it, the draft post is posted to the topic successfully; however, a copy of the draft
post remains in the draft folder.
As a workaround, manually delete the draft from the draft folder.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.1.
To reproduce issue #1:
1.
Log in to an instance of Brightspace Learning Environment that has both Grid View and Save Drafts enabled for the Discussions
tool.
2.
Turn on grid view in Discussions.
3.
Create a new discussion thread and enter some text.
4.
Click Save as Draft.
5.
Click the link for the draft to open it.
6.
Click Post.
7.
Observe that the post is no longer open in the reading pane, but is included in the grid.
To reproduce issue #2:
1.
Log in to an instance of Brightspace Learning Environment that has both Grid View and Save Drafts enabled for the Discussions
tool.
2.
Turn on grid view in Discussions.
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3.
Create a new discussion thread and start adding some text.
4.
Click Save as Draft.
5.
Click the link for the draft to open it.
6.
Click Edit, and then click Post.
7.
Observe that the draft it posted successfully but a copy of the post remains in the draft folder.
Email
PRB0053888
If the Email > See the Address Book permission is only set for a user at the course offering level and not the organization level, the
Address Book opens but does not load, and remains in that state for an indeterminate amount of time.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Log in to Brightspace Learning Environment as an administrator.
2.
From the Admin Tools menu, select Security > Roles and Permissions.
3.
For the Student role, enable the Email > See the Address Book permission at the course offering level, and remove the
permission from the organization level.
4.
Access a course and impersonate an enrolled user with the Student role.
5.
Navigate to the Email tool.
6.
Click Compose, and then click Address Book.
7.
Observe that the Address Book opens but does not load.
PRB0054583 ( Day lig ht )
Using an iPhone to access an instance of Brightspace Learning Environment that has the Daylight experience enabled, if you tap the
ellipsis icon in Email, the settings do not display.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.1.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Using an iPhone, access an instance of Brightspace Learning Environment that has the Daylight experience enabled.
2.
Go to the Email tool.
3.
Tap the ellipsis icon.
4.
Observe that the button is not responsive and the settings do not display.
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Google Drive
PRB0054661
Using iOS on an iPad, if you drag the resize control to decrease the size of the Google Drive dialog box, the icons for Google
documents do not get smaller. As a result, you must move around the smaller area to see all the items.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.1.
PRB0054717
Using iOS on a mobile device, if you switch from landscape to portrait mode when viewing the Google Drive dialog box, portrait view
does not display all the items. As a result, you must move around the view to see all the items.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.1.
PRB0054742
Using the Internet Explorer 11 browser on a tablet running a Windows 8 operating system, after you close the Google sign-in screen,
you are not automatically taken to the Google Picker dialog box, as you would expect to be.
As a workaround, close Google Picker and re-open it.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.1.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Open Google Picker.
2.
Click to connect to your Google account.
3.
Sign in to Google.
4.
Observe that the authentication tab closes, but Google Picker does not load.
Grades
PRB0054008
Invalid grade schemes can be created using the course import process. If these grade schemes are associated to grade items, errors
can occur when the grade scheme symbol displays or when the grade update event occurs.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0.
PRB0054376 ( Day lig ht )
In the Daylight Experience, if a learner uses the Print option to print their entire grades spreadsheet, the spreadsheet truncates to
one page and might cut off information, rather than print on multiple pages.
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Known Issues
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.11.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
As a learner with enough grades to span multiple pages, access an instance of Brightspace Learning Environment.
2.
Go to Grades.
3.
On the Grades page, click Print.
4.
Observe that the printed page truncates to one page, and does not include additional grade information that spans beyond that
page.
PRB0054097
If you create a grade item with Brightspace developer platform using a Text description instead of an HTML description, and then
you save the grade item within Brightspace Learning Environment, you see HTML tags because the HTML editor automatically inserts
them. This is because the API call can set the grade description as Text, but the HTML editor always inserts the description as HTML.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Create a new grade item using Brightspace developer platform. The code for the API call is as follows:
POST /d2l/api/le/{version}/{orgUnitId}/grades/
{
"MaxPoints": 100.000000000,
"CanExceedMaxPoints": true,
"IsBonus": false,
"ExcludeFromFinalGradeCalculation": false,
"GradeSchemeId": null,
"Name": "TEST",
"ShortName": "TEST",
"GradeType": "Numeric",
"CategoryId": null,
"Description": {
"Content": "Text Description",
"Type": "text"
},
"AssociatedToolId": null
}
2.
Access a course in Brightspace Learning Environment, and view the grade item in Grades.
3.
Without making any changes to the grade item, click Save.
4.
Observe that the description displays as "<p>Text Description</p>" instead of "Text Description".
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Known Issues
Groups
PRB0054 1 3 6
If a course has sections and then you disable the Course Offering Info > Course Has Sections option, the sections turn into groups.
Additionally, if you enable the Course Has Sections options again in that course, the sections still display as groups.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Access or create a course in Brightspace Learning Environment.
2.
On the navbar, click Course Admin.
3.
Click Course Offering Information.
4.
Select the Course has sections check box.
5.
Specify a department and a semester.
6.
Click Save.
7.
Navigate to Course Admin and click Sections.
8.
Click Create Sections, and create sections of any kind and number.
9.
Click Create.
10. Navigate to Course Admin > Course Offering Information.
11. Deselect the Course has sections check box, and click Save.
12. Go to the Groups tool.
13. Expand the View Categories drop-down list and observe that there is a section category that includes the section(s) you
created.
HTML Editor
PRB0054629
In the Internet Explorer 11 browser, if you drag and drop HTML code into an HTML editor and then, in the dialog box that displays,
click Keep Formatting, the formatting is not properly retained.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.1.
PRB0054630
In the Microsoft Edge browser, if you copy or paste text-only content from Microsoft Word, the dialog box that asks if you want to
keep or remove formatting does not display.
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Brightspace Platform 10.7.1
Known Issues
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.1.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Using the Microsoft Edge browser, access an instance of Brightspace Learning Environment.
2.
In a course, navigate to any HTML editor, for example, in Content.
3.
Copy a block of text from Microsoft Word and paste it into the HTML editor.
4.
Observe that the dialog box that asks you if you want to keep or remove formatting does not display.
PRB0054632
In the Safari browser, if you try to drag and drop an image into an HTML editor, the image does not transfer.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.1.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Using the latest version of the Safari browser, access an instance of Brightspace Learning Environment.
2.
In a course, navigate to any HTML editor, for example, in Content.
3.
Attempt to drag and drop an image into the HTML editor.
4.
Observe that the browser does not let you add the image.
PRB0054380
In the Google Chrome browser, within the new quiz question editing experience, if you paste into the HTML editor, the HTML editor
might stop responding.
As a workaround, save the question and return to editing mode and the HTML editor is responsive.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.11.
PRB0053432
In some cases, if you paste pre-formatted HTML code into the standard view of an HTML editor, the class tags are stripped. If you
paste into the source editor of an HTML editor, the class tags persist.
Found in Brightspace platform 10.6.7.
Import/Export/Copy Components
PRB0053596
If you copy group categories of the Enrollment Type "# of Groups ", users do not auto-enroll in the destination course.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0.
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Known Issues
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Create a course in Brightspace Learning Environment.
2.
In a course, enroll eight users with a role that can be auto-enrolled into groups.
3.
In Groups, create a group category with Enrollment Type > # of Groups.
4.
In the Number of Groups field, enter 4.
5.
Under Advanced Properties, select Auto-enroll new users.
6.
Click Save.
7.
Create a second category with Enrollment Type > Groups of #.
8.
In the Number of Users field, enter 2.
9.
Under Advanced Properties, select Auto-enroll new users.
10. Click Save.
11. On the Manage Groups page, notice that each group category has four groups of two people.
12. Create a second course and enroll the same eight users.
13. Go to Import/Export/Copy Components and select Copy Components from another Org Unit.
14. Click Search for offering and find the first course you created.
15. Click Add Selected and then click Select Components.
16. Select the Groups check box and click Continue.
17. Click Finish and wait for the copy to complete.
18. Access the course with the copied components and go to Groups.
19. Observe that the group with the "Groups of #" enrollment type has users in each group, but the group with the "# of Groups"
enrollment type does not.
Integrations
PRB0053969
If a user has a role that has the Access All Course Sections permission but does not have the Access All Course Groups permission,
and you try to unenroll that user from a section using the IPSIS integration, the user is only unenrolled from the section, and not the
course offering above the section.
As a workaround, grant the user's role the Access All Course Groups permission before you submit the unenroll request.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.9.
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Known Issues
Question Library
PRB0054626
In the HTML editors found in the new quiz question editing experience, in some cases, when a large image is pasted into a field, the
loading indicator does not display while the image is being inserted. For this reason, users might navigate away from the page before
the image saves.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.1.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Access an instance of Brightspace Learning Environment and ensure that the new quiz question editing experience is enabled.
2.
In a course, create a quiz.
3.
Add a multiple choice question.
4.
In the question editing view, paste a large image from Microsoft Word or drag and drop a large image file from your computer
into one of the question or answer text HTML editors.
5.
Click Save, and if the dialog displays saying the image is not done uploading, observe that the image doesn't show any indication
that its upload is not done complete.
PRB0054627
When you paste from Microsoft Word into an HTML editor within the new quiz question editing experience, a dialog box displays
asking you to choose whether to keep or remove the associated formatting. In the Internet Explorer 11 browser, if you click Remove
Formatting, the dialog box closes but the image does not paste. The Keep Formatting option works as expected.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.1.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Using the Internet Explorer 11 browser, access an instance of Brightspace Learning Environment and ensure that the new quiz
question editing experience is enabled.
2.
In a course, create a quiz.
3.
Add a multiple choice question.
4.
Copy some content that contains text from Microsoft Word and paste it into one of the HTML editors.
5.
In the Paste Formatting Options dialog box, click Remove Formatting.
6.
Observe that the dialog box closes but the image does not paste.
PRB0054631
In the new quiz question editing experience, if you paste a large image into an HTML editor, and you either activate or deactivate full
screen mode while the image is uploading, the upload does not complete successfully.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.1.
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Known Issues
PRB0054633
In the Microsoft Edge browser, within the new quiz question editing experience, if you drag and drop an image into an HTML editor,
the image might appear to be added to the outside of the top edge of the editor instead of within its boundaries. Additionally, when
you save, the image does not persist.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.1.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Using the Microsoft Edge browser, access an instance of Brightspace Learning Environment and ensure that the new quiz
question editing experience is enabled.
2.
In a course, create a quiz.
3.
Add a multiple choice question.
4.
Attempt to drag an image into the HTML editor, and drop it as close to the top of editor as you can.
5.
Observe that the image appears to be added to the outside of the top edge of the editor instead of within its boundaries. Also,
when you save, the image does not persist.
PRB0054479
In the equation editor inside the new quiz question creation experience, if you use colors in your equations, the colors might not
appear correctly in the inline preview of the equation.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.11.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
In an instance of Brightspace Learning Environment that has the new quizzing experience enabled, access a course, and then the
Quizzes tool.
2.
Click the Question Library tab.
3.
From the New button, select Multiple Choice Question (MC).
4.
In the Question Text field, create an equation.
5.
In the equation editor, select the top line of the equation and change the color to red.
6.
Click Insert, and after a couple seconds, notice the equation displays in the Question Text field with the top line colored red.
7.
Enter some text in the answer fields and select one correct answer.
8.
Click Save.
9.
Open the question again in editing mode, and observe that the colors of the quadratic equation are different than when you
saved.
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Known Issues
Widgets
PRB0052619
Previously, in the My Courses widget, when you did an advanced search and you set filters for semester and department that
resulted in there only being one search result, you were automatically redirected to that result. The search also saved those filters so
that if you navigated to the search tool in the future, you were automatically redirected to that single search result again, which
made the search ineffective for any other criteria.
Now, in the My Courses widget, when you do an advanced search, you are no longer directed to a course homepage if a previous
search produced a single search result; you are directed to the Search page where you can complete a new search query, as
expected.
Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.5.0.
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About D2L
About D2L
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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.
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