Brightspace Platform 10.5.4
Release Notes
Brightspace Platform 10.5.4
Highlights from the 10.5.4 release
Contents
Highlights from the 10.5.4 release........................................................................................ 1
Features ............................................................................................................................... 2
D2L Learning Environment .............................................................................................................. 2
Course Import - Long file paths no longer cause issues on import | Updated ............ 2
Game-Based Learning service | New ........................................................................... 3
D2L Student Success System ........................................................................................................... 8
D2L Student Success System - Students at Risk widget | New .................................... 8
Integrations .................................................................................................................................... 11
Microsoft Office 365 Integration - Proxy server support for API requests | New ..... 11
Fixed Issues ........................................................................................................................ 12
Brightspace Learning Platform...................................................................................................... 12
PRB0050069 ............................................................................................................... 12
PRB0050034 ............................................................................................................... 12
PRB0050190 ............................................................................................................... 12
PRB0050203 ............................................................................................................... 13
Calendar ......................................................................................................................................... 13
PRB0042379 ............................................................................................................... 13
Content .......................................................................................................................................... 13
PRB0047490 ............................................................................................................... 13
PRB0050002 ............................................................................................................... 14
PRB0050196 ............................................................................................................... 14
PRB0050084 ............................................................................................................... 15
PRB0050085 ............................................................................................................... 15
Discussions ..................................................................................................................................... 15
PRB0047792 ............................................................................................................... 15
Email ............................................................................................................................................... 16
PRB0050171 ............................................................................................................... 16
Grades ............................................................................................................................................ 16
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Highlights from the 10.5.4 release
PRB0050536 ............................................................................................................... 16
Groups ............................................................................................................................................ 17
PRB0050143 ............................................................................................................... 17
Login Portal .................................................................................................................................... 17
PRB0049438 ............................................................................................................... 17
Quizzes ........................................................................................................................................... 17
PRB0048975 ............................................................................................................... 17
Rubrics ............................................................................................................................................ 18
PRB0042292 ............................................................................................................... 18
REST Custom Platform ................................................................................................................... 18
PRB0049552 ............................................................................................................... 18
D2L Student Success System ......................................................................................................... 19
PRB0049720 ............................................................................................................... 19
Surveys ........................................................................................................................................... 19
PRB0047891 ............................................................................................................... 19
Known Issues ..................................................................................................................... 21
Accessibility .................................................................................................................................... 21
PRB0049764 ............................................................................................................... 21
PRB0049763 ............................................................................................................... 21
PRB0050462 ............................................................................................................... 21
Brightspace Banner Adapter ......................................................................................................... 21
PRB0050438 ............................................................................................................... 21
Calendar ......................................................................................................................................... 22
PRB0050486 ............................................................................................................... 22
Chat ................................................................................................................................................ 22
PRB0047823 ............................................................................................................... 22
Clockwork ....................................................................................................................................... 23
PRB0050594 ............................................................................................................... 23
PRB0050605 ............................................................................................................... 23
Content .......................................................................................................................................... 24
PRB0047956 ............................................................................................................... 24
PRB0050496 ............................................................................................................... 24
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Brightspace Platform 10.5.4
Highlights from the 10.5.4 release
PRB0050343 ............................................................................................................... 24
Copy Course Components ............................................................................................................. 25
PRB0050321 ............................................................................................................... 25
PRB0050287 ............................................................................................................... 25
Discussions ..................................................................................................................................... 25
PRB0048221 ............................................................................................................... 25
PRB0047581 ............................................................................................................... 26
PRB0050364 ............................................................................................................... 26
PRB0050495 ............................................................................................................... 27
Data Purge ..................................................................................................................................... 27
Document Viewer .......................................................................................................................... 28
PRB0047815 ............................................................................................................... 28
Dropbox.......................................................................................................................................... 28
PRB0047001 ............................................................................................................... 28
PRB0047094 ............................................................................................................... 29
PRB0049693 ............................................................................................................... 29
Email ............................................................................................................................................... 30
PRB0044924 ............................................................................................................... 30
Events Framework ......................................................................................................................... 30
PRB0043568 ............................................................................................................... 30
Grades ............................................................................................................................................ 31
PRB0045165 ............................................................................................................... 31
PRB0049765 ............................................................................................................... 31
PRB0050422 ............................................................................................................... 32
PRB0050419 ............................................................................................................... 32
HTML Editor ................................................................................................................................... 32
PRB0044827 ............................................................................................................... 32
PRB0049938 ............................................................................................................... 33
PRB0050423 ............................................................................................................... 33
PRB0049786 ............................................................................................................... 33
Integrations .................................................................................................................................... 34
PRB0050214 ............................................................................................................... 34
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Highlights from the 10.5.4 release
Intelligent Agents ........................................................................................................................... 34
PRB0049660 ............................................................................................................... 34
PRB0050551 ............................................................................................................... 35
Language Management................................................................................................................. 35
PRB0050277 ............................................................................................................... 35
D2L Learning Repository ............................................................................................................... 35
PRB0049077 ............................................................................................................... 35
PRB0050406 ............................................................................................................... 36
Notifications ................................................................................................................................... 36
PRB0044745 ............................................................................................................... 36
Org Unit Editor ............................................................................................................................... 37
PRB0045247 ............................................................................................................... 37
PRB0049188 ............................................................................................................... 37
Question Library ............................................................................................................................ 38
PRB0049682 ............................................................................................................... 38
PRB0050404 ............................................................................................................... 38
Quicklinks ....................................................................................................................................... 39
PRB0047951 ............................................................................................................... 39
Quizzes ........................................................................................................................................... 39
PRB0042579 ............................................................................................................... 39
PRB0050179 ............................................................................................................... 40
PRB0050413 ............................................................................................................... 40
PRB0050503 ............................................................................................................... 41
Role Switching ................................................................................................................................ 41
PRB0050426 ............................................................................................................... 41
Self Assessments............................................................................................................................ 42
PRB0047720 ............................................................................................................... 42
PRB0049860 ............................................................................................................... 42
Self Registration ............................................................................................................................. 43
PRB0048372 ............................................................................................................... 43
D2L Student Success System ......................................................................................................... 43
PRB0050352 ............................................................................................................... 43
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Highlights from the 10.5.4 release
Surveys ........................................................................................................................................... 44
PRB0050358 ............................................................................................................... 44
User Management ......................................................................................................................... 44
PRB0045528 ............................................................................................................... 44
PRB0047973 ............................................................................................................... 44
Valence ........................................................................................................................................... 45
PRB0049542 ............................................................................................................... 45
Widgets .......................................................................................................................................... 46
PRB0040484 ............................................................................................................... 46
About D2L .......................................................................................................................... 47
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Brightspace Platform 10.5.4
Highlights from the 10.5.4 release
Highlights from the 10.5.4 release
The following release notes are for clients installing D2L Learning Environment 10.5.4 (November 2015).
Upgrade Paths
If you are upgrading from 10.3.0, the maximum supported Service Pack (SP) is 10.3.0 SP 23. If you are at SP 24 or higher, you
must wait for D2L Learning Environment 10.5.5 (December 2015). For more information about upgrade paths, refer to the
Continuous Delivery Upgrade Paths document. For more information about platform requirements, see the Platform
Requirements document.
Document Scope
10.5.4 has several new feature improvements as well as fixed issues. In this document, you will find the necessary details to
understand the feature changes, why they were made, and how they impact D2L Learning Environment.
You can use this document in support of communicating the changes to your organization. We welcome your feedback and
questions about this release in the Brightspace Community.
For More Information
To view the Preview Fixed Issues List 10.5.4, see the November 2015 Release Notes folder on the Brightspace Community.
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Features
Features
D2L Learning Environment
Course Import - Long fi le pat hs no longe r cause is sues on import | Updated
In some cases, Blackboard type course packages contained a course path that was too long to be correctly managed by D2L
Learning Environment. The base operating system of native Blackboard courseware is Linux, which allows a longer file path
structure, and had previously caused import errors on Blackboard packages.
This solution is functional with both self-hosted and hosted learning environment solutions.
Integration
Tool Change
Impact of Change
Technical Details
Next Steps
No user impact
Support for long paths has been added so that
Blackboard course packages no longer cause
import errors. There have been improvements
to messaging and logging for the Blackboard
load process.
Users can now import
Blackboard course packages
as standard import code
paths, rather than special
case imports code paths.
This solution is an improvement to many
Blackboard packages with long paths;
however, some packages might still encounter
an error if the course path is too long.
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Features
Game -Based Learning se rv ice | Ne w
Incorporating game-based mechanics, visual design, and thinking into a course can help organizations improve learner
engagement, retention, and achievement. D2L Professional Services provides a comprehensive array of Game-Based
Learning (GBL) services, including game design, development, and integration for your courses in D2L Learning Environment.
Figure 1: A Game-Based Learning solution in D2L Learning Environment
The current service offering includes (but is not limited to):

a content publishing component

a gamification framework for instructors to use when creating courses
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Features
The content publishing component is a drag and drop form-based system that allows instructors to create a custom lookand-feel to their game-based content, as well as create 6 unique activities. No coding is required and you can apply a GBL
module to as many courses in D2L Learning Environment as you want.
Figure 2: Creating a branching scenario activity in The Branching Scenario Wizard
The gamification framework is focused on scores, achievements, and unlocks. Learners attempt various activities on a single
map in an effort to unlock all of the available content. The system currently targets formative assessment and challenges
learners to demonstrate their knowledge, rather than perform a summative assessment. Each published map has an
associated grade item, with a learner goal of achieving 100% on the grade item. Instructors can track learner progress
through the map via the grade item. Instructors can also include rewards as learners progress, and learners can track
progress against their peers, introducing an element of competition.
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Features
Figure 3: Adding activities to the Map Maker tool
In the spirit of gaming, learners can personalize their learning experience by creating their own unique character using an
avatar.
Figure 4: Editing a learner's avatar
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Features
Organization Wide
Look and Feel
Tool Change
Role Permissions
Workflow
Impact of Change
Technical Details
Next Steps
n/a
The GBL service is currently only
To implement a GBL solution for your
available in markets where US English organization, contact your D2L
is the primary language used to store Account Manager.
and display data.
The GBL is available to all three
segments (Higher Education, K-12 and
Corporate) where courses are
delivered by D2L Learning
Environment 10.4 or higher.
Large impact to workflow and user
interface for administrators,
instructors, and learners.
For administrators, a new Admin tool n/a
provides the ability to create, modify,
deactivate, and delete users.
For instructors, a new Admin tool
provides the ability to design a GBL
module for publishing into a course.
The tool includes drag-and-drop
functionality and wizards to create
activity types and maps.
Learners create an avatar and
participate in a GBL course from D2L
Learning Environment. The D2L
Learning Environment home page
displays player profiles,
achievements, and avatars.
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Features
Impact of Change
Technical Details
Next Steps
Large impact to role permissions for
administrators and instructors.
In D2L Learning Environment, there is
a new webapp role (under Security in
the Roles and Permissions tool). This
role is created by D2L and is used by
the GBL system to retrieve data from
the course; administrators do not log
in with or use this role. The following
org-only permissions are turned on by
default:
D2L creates the webapp role during
deployment of the GBL service.

See Roles and Permissions

Manage Roles

Manage Role Permissions

Manage Password Policy
A user with the Administrator role is
responsible for creating additional
Administrator and Instructor roles in
the Admin tool.
To allow authentication, D2L must
enable the LTI integration with GBL.
Important: The webapp role and its
default permissions should not be
modified. Doing so may alter the GBL
experience.
Within the Admin tool, there are two
roles:

The Administrator role has full
privileges within the Admin tool,
and is able to create users, and
view all maps/activities created
by all Administrators and
Instructors.

The Instructor role is limited to
viewing their own maps/activities
and cannot create users.
GBL authenticates users using LTI
links to D2L Learning Environment.
Separate authentication credentials
are not required.
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Features
Impact of Change
Technical Details
Next Steps
n/a
To offer improved security,
To host the GBL solution in an onmonitoring, and scalability, GBL
premise configuration, contact D2L
solutions for D2L hosted clients reside Deployment Services.
in D2L Data Centers. GBL is a multitenancy service.
On-premise clients can choose to host
the GBL solution themselves or have
the Admin tool use WebDAV to
publish assets into their D2L Learning
Environment automatically. An onpremise setup should be similar to
the D2L Data Center setup; however,
it will be single tenancy only.
n/a
For the embedded content feature,
which allows publishing Learning
Objects into a game map, D2L
Learning Repository is required.
If D2L Learning Repository is present,
you can embed LOR objects when
creating an Embedded Content
activity in the Admin tool.
D2L Student Success System
D2 L St udent Succes s S yst e m - St ude nt s at R is k widget | New
This release of the D2L Student Success System introduces the following features:

a new Students at Risk widget

improvements to the student dashboard
To enhance monitoring of learner success, instructors can add a new Students at Risk widget to a course homepage in D2L
Learning Environment. Once a week, D2L Student Success System updates the widget to display up to 5 students that the
system determines are "at risk." The sub-title of the widget changes to reflect the predicted grades for the week.
By default, learner names display as Anonymous in the widget. This allows instructors to protect learner names in settings
shared with other learners, for example, in a classroom or during a web cast. To view learner information, the instructor
points to the widget or moves the input focus (for accessibility) to the anonymous name. Additionally, clicking the Show
names link toggles the photos and names of all learners listed in the widget.
Clicking a learner's name loads the dashboard page for that learner, displaying more detailed information about that
learner's predicted outcome.
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Clicking View all predicted grades loads the standard D2L Student Success System page, displaying all learners in the course
and the success index.
Figure 5: Students at Risk widget
To provide more information about a learner's success, more quantitative and qualitative details have been added to each
student dashboard:

An easy to understand text-based display of the success index.
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Features

Indications (qualitative statements about the elements that are negatively affecting a student's predicted success). Up to
four indications can be listed: social learning, content views, course access, and assessments (one for each domain of
the predictive model).
Figure 6: New details in the Student dashboard
Look and Feel
Tool Change
Workflow
Impact of Change
Technical Details
Next Steps
The new Students at Risk
widget represents a large
impact to the look and feel
and workflow of the D2L
Student Success System.
The Students at Risk widget is added to the
course home page like any other widget. By
default, the widget does not appear in course
home pages.
Instructors must add the
Students at Risk widget to
their course home page.
The content in the widget is updated once a
week (Sunday night).
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Features
Impact of Change
Technical Details
Next Steps
The information added to
the student dashboard
represents a large impact to
the look and feel and
workflow of the D2L Student
Success System.
After D2L Student Success System is configured n/a
and running, each student dashboard
automatically updates to display the new
information.
Integrations
Mi croso ft Of fi ce 365 Int eg rat ion - Prox y se r ve r support for API requests | New
The Microsoft Office 365 Integration now supports proxy servers. This allows clients that use proxy servers to take advantage
of the Office 365 Integration.
Configuration Variable
Integration
Impact of Change
Technical Details
The new proxy server
support represents a slight
change to the setup of the
Microsoft Office 365
Integration.
To configure a proxy server, set the
If you want API requests to
d2l.System.Infrastructure.ProxyAddress
use a proxy server, set the
configuration variable to the URL to your proxy configuration variable.
server. For example, http://myproxy:8080/ or
https://myproxy:8080/
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Next Steps
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Fixed Issues
Fixed Issues
Brightspace Learning Platform
PR B0 0 50069
Users with permission to delete course templates (org-level permission) can now successfully do so using the API.
To reproduce the fix:
1.
Create a new user, ensuring the role has both Create Course/Templates and Delete Course/Templates permission at the
org level (under the Manage Courses tool)
2.
Create a new course template using the following API: http://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/course.html#post--d2lapi-lp-(version)-coursetemplates-
3.
Attempt to delete the course template using the following API:
http://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/course.html#delete--d2l-api-lp-(version)-coursetemplates-(orgUnitId)
PR B0 0 50034
Previously, MIME types were not permanently added to client servers, causing them to be overwritten with new updates.
MIME types for the following extensions have been added to the default server template:

.srt

.dpd,

.mem

.data

.unity3d
PR B0 0 50190
Occasionally, database blocking occurred when deleting quizzes with dependent release conditions, due to a conditions
cleanup call that occurred during the transaction.
Changes have now been made to the calls to ensure no database blocking occurs when there exist release conditions
depending on those quizzes.
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Fixed Issues
PR B0 0 50203
With Copy Course Components, copying competency activities that are assessed with rubrics sometimes resulted in query
timeouts that failed to copy the components from one course to another.
Performance improvements have been made to the process for copying competency activities, such as dropbox assignments,
that are assessed with rubrics.
(This issues is only reproducible if a single (multi-level, multi-criteria, text-only) rubric is copied to many org units in an
instance, resulting in a large number of corresponding entries in the RESOURCES table.)
Calendar
PR B0 0 42379
Previously, some students in a course were able to view, in Calendar, the end dates of content topics in Group-restricted
modules for groups they were not enrolled in.
Students can no longer see end date events in the Calendar tool for content items inside a module that is restricted to a
specific group, unless they are enrolled in that group.
To reproduce the fix:
1.
In a course with students organized into groups, in Content, create a module.
2.
Restrict the content module to users in one of the groups.
3.
Create a topic in the content module. Set Start and End dates for the topic.
4.
In Calendar, verify the dates appear.
5.
Impersonate a user from a different group.
6.
In Calendar, note the event dates are not visible.
Content
PR B0 0 47490
In some cases, the Tab key did not skip to main content in Internet Explorer or Chrome browsers.
Tabbing now works as expected in these browsers. In the Content Completion Summary area, logical tabbing order has been
fixed when searching for users, changing sort orders and preserving focus. Similarly, on the Activity Details, tabbing works as
expected.
To reproduce this fix:
1.
Using an Internet Explorer or Chrome browser, log in to D2L Learning Environment and select a course from your course
list.
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2.
Access the Content tool.
3.
Bring Keyboard focus on Completion Summary section (Press TAB key).
4.
Bring Keyboard focus on Name column > Press Enter to expand.
5.
Bring focus order to any sorting order option using tab key.
6.
Change the sorting order using Enter key.
7.
Notice tabbing works as expected.
PR B0 0 50002
Sometimes an error occurred when adding an LTI link to a content module using the API, or by adding a quicklink to the URL
field of a new link in D2L Learning Environment. This issue only occurred if the quicklink was used in the org unit that it was
created in.
Quicklinks now function and appear as expected in Content modules.
To reproduce the fix in D2L Learning Environment:
1.
Create an LTI Link through External Learning Tools.
2.
Add a file to a content module, and click Add Quicklink to add a link to that LTI Link.
3.
Copy the URL of that quicklink.
4.
Create a new link (a normal link, not an LTI link) in a content module, and paste the quicklink URL into the URL field.
5.
Note the link appears in the content module as expected. No error occurs when you click the link.
PR B0 0 50196
Previously, content topic quicklinks to other course objects (quizzes, discussions, etc.) imported into a course could take up
to 2 minutes before they were functional.
Content topic quicklinks to other course objects will now function immediately after import into a course.
To reproduce the fix:
1.
Create a new course, and import a course package that contains quicklink content topics that link to course objects such
as discussions.
2.
Once the import finishes, immediately click View Content and navigate to any module/submodule containing a quicklink
topic.
3.
Note the quicklink appears as expected and links to the correct course object.
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Fixed Issues
PR B0 0 50084
In some cases, when the device you used to access Brightspace had a different time zone than the time zone set in
Brightspace, there was an offset issue in some times in the system.
Dates in Brightspace now respect the setting in Brightspace, regardless of the setting on the device.
To reproduce this fix:
1.
Ensure that the time zone settings on Brightspace and the device you are using to access Brightspace are different.
2.
Observe that the time zone reflects the Brightspace settings.
PR B0 0 50085
In some cases, when the system uses contextual dates and times (such as "a few minutes ago", or "last week"), the date
format sometimes changed if the contextual dates and the actual date used different date formats.
The fuzzy date control now uses the device time zone from the device and does not change if the user has been on a page for
an extended period.
Discussions
PR B0 0 47792
In some cases, if a discussion topic was restricted to a group or section, and the instructor did not enroll themselves in that
group or section, they did not have access to the discussion topic in either Reading or Grid view.
Now, the instructor no longer receives an authorization error when viewing the restricted discussion topic in grid view.
To reproduce this fix:
1.
Ensure that d2l.Tools.Discuss.EnableGridView is enabled in the Config Variable Browser.
2.
Create or update a role so that the role properties are not set to Access all course sections.
3.
Ensure that the role has Discussion > See Grid View permission.
4.
Create a user in the role.
5.
Enroll the user into an org unit.
6.
In Edit Course > Groups, create a new group.
7.
In Discussions > New Forum, add a topic.
8.
On the Restrictions tab, check Restrict this topic to the following groups and sections but don't select any groups or
sections.
9.
Click Save.
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Fixed Issues
10. Impersonate the user you created. In Discussions > Settings, set the default view to Grid view.
11. Click Save.
12. Observe that you can see the topic with restrictions without any errors.
Email
PR B0 0 50171
In some cases, the Email All Users in a Group/Section option puts email address in the To field instead of the BCC field.
The action to email group members now respects the value of the d2l.tools.mail.emailselectedrecipientsinbcc config at the
group and section levels.
To reproduce this fix:
1.
Ensure d2l.tools.mail.emailselectedrecipientsinbcc is turned on.
2.
Create a course.
3.
Enroll a few users in the course in a role that is not cascading and does not have access to manage groups.
4.
Create a group and enroll users in the group.
5.
Impersonate a user in the group
6.
Click Email All Users in a Group.
7.
Observe that the email addresses default to the BCC field.
Grades
PR B0 0 50536
In some cases, loading grade schemes using the student view in Grades caused performance issues.
Students are now able to load their grades faster than before; especially when there are many grade schemes in the
organization.
To reproduce this fix:
1.
In an organization with many grade schemes, observe that grades load faster than before.
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Fixed Issues
Groups
PR B0 0 50143
Previously, a student could see their section listed among other groups with only the See Groups permission.
A user's ability to see their section information within the Groups tool is now controlled by the See Sections permission.
To reproduce the fix:
1.
In a course with sections, create a group of any type.
2.
Enroll two users in the course, section, and group with a role that has the permission See Groups but not See Sections.
3.
Impersonate one of the users in the group and access Groups.
4.
Note that only the group enrollment appears, not the section enrollment.
Login Portal
PR B0 0 49438
In some cases, when users signed into D2L Learning Environment using a GUID SSO, they are sent to the /d2l/home rather
than their department home page.
Users are now logged into their department home page as expected.
To reproduce this fix:
1.
Set up Custom Login Logic.
2.
Perform GUID SSO with a user logged into the department you configured.
3.
Observe that you are redirected to the department homepage as expected.
Quizzes
PR B0 0 48975
Previously, instructors could delete questions in a quiz after quiz attempts had been made by students. Instructors could
then use the Update All Attempts > Give to all attempts - points function to update scores for all students. In recent
versions, the Questions that are not in the quiz anymore option did not appear as expected and associated question
statistics did not display.
The Questions that are not in the quiz anymore option now shows deleted questions as expected. Instructors can now
regrade questions that have been removed from the quiz and view the question statistics successfully.
To reproduce the fix:
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Fixed Issues
1.
In D2L Learning Environment, create a quiz with several questions.
2.
Log in as several different student users and take the quiz as each user.
3.
Log in as an instructor and edit the quiz. Delete one question.
4.
From the context menu of the quiz just completed, click Grade.
5.
On the Questions tab, select the Update All Attempts radio button.
6.
Navigate to the Questions that are not in the quiz anymore section.
7.
Observe the deleted quiz question appears as a hyperlink, with grading options available.
Rubrics
PR B0 0 42292
In some cases, imported rubrics with custom levels did not retain their point value.
Now when you export a rubric with custom points, the points are now correctly exported with the zip file and are
successfully imported with the course package. This fix applies only to rubrics that are newly exported and imported; existing
exported course packages may still encounter the missing point value.
To reproduce this fix:
1.
Create a rubric for a course.
2.
Edit the item values to change the defaults.
3.
Click Edit Course > Import/Export/Copy Components.
4.
Export the rubrics for the course.
5.
Open another course and import the course package containing the rubrics.
6.
Observe that the item values retain their values.
REST Custom Platform
PR B0 0 49552
In some cases, orgs that no longer existed resulted in a large number of Data Export and Course Storage Quotas errors.
Data Export and Course Storage Quotas no longer log errors to the system log when they are not explicitly enabled. When
they are turned on, other messages are logged as expected.
To reproduce this fix:
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1.
In a Brightspace environment with multiple organizations, ensure that customizations are deployed and enabled.
2.
Ensure that REST is set up and functional for all existing orgs.
3.
Ensure that one org does not have an active site.
4.
Observe that the errors for the org do not appear in the logs.
D2L Student Success System
PR B0 0 49720
In some cases, attempting to add a historical course to a new predictive model course in Student Success System timed out
and resulted in an error. This action no longer times out with error messages, as the logic used to validate the historical
course has been simplified.
To reproduce this fix:
1.
From the Admin Tools menu, click Student Success Administration.
2.
Click Add Course to create a new model.
3.
Select a course you want to work with.
4.
In Map Historic Courses, click Add Course.
5.
Choose a course.
6.
In the Status column, note the course model loads as expected.
Surveys
PR B0 0 47891
In some cases, the Invite Participants link in Surveys resulted in an authentication error message.
Now, when users click the emailed links to take a survey, they can successfully complete the survey without logging in to D2L
Learning Environment. After the survey is complete, users must log in before they can enter D2L Learning Environment
To reproduce this fix:
1.
From the
Admin Tools menu on the minibar, click Config Variable Browser.
2.
Find the d2l.Tools > Surveys.HasInviteParticipants variable.
3.
Click Add Value to add a value for the Organization.
4.
In a course, navigate to Surveys.
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5.
Create a survey and make it active in the Restrictions tab.
6.
In the properties tab, click Invite Participants.
7.
Add users to participate in the survey.
8.
As a user, copy the survey link from the email.
9.
Paste it in a browser in incognito mode.
10. Take the survey and click Return to Survey list.
11. Observe that you are able to log in and continue to D2L Learning Environment.
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Known Issues
Known Issues
Accessibility
PR B0 0 49764
In some cases, some buttons and forms in D2L Learning Environment lack sufficient color contrast.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Observe the color of a button on the <product LE> user interface.
2.
Select the button and observe the color change when the button is selected.
3.
Observe that the color contrast does not meet accessibility requirements.
PR B0 0 49763
In some cases, the expanding lists that appear upon clicking a top-level topic in the content browser widget appear without
alerting users with visual impairments to their presence. The expanded/collapsed state of topics in the content browser
widget has no audible indication that it displays a list of subtopics and submodules.
PR B0 0 50462
In some cases, the Video Note feature does not provide the option to add a caption for a video.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Create a new content topic and add a new Video Note video.
2.
Observe that there are no prompts to add captions or a video description.
Brightspace Banner Adapter
PR B0 0 50438
In some cases, if a course with Last Date of Attendance and Drop Ungraded Items turned on has one or more users with no
Adjusted Final Grade or Calculated Final Grade, an internal error appears when you attempt to export grades to the SIS.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Set up the grade export process with Last Date of Attendance.
2.
Verify that d2l.Tools.Grades.ExportToSIS.SISPassword and d2l.Tools.Grades.ExportToSIS.SISUsername are correctly
set.
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Known Issues
3.
In a course, verify that the course grading uses a Letter Scheme.
4.
Set up the grades to drop ungraded items and to use Final Adjusted Grades.
5.
For a user in the course, leave the Final Adjusted Grade empty.
6.
Click Export to SIS.
7.
Observe the internal error.
Calendar
PR B0 0 50486
In some cases, if you attempt to change a single occurrence of a recurring event, the changes may not be saved.
As a workaround, make the same edit again; it saves as expected on the second edit.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
In Calendar, create a recurring event.
2.
Click Edit an Event and change the date.
3.
Save the change for a selected occurrence.
4.
Observe that the event is not changed as expected.
5.
Edit the event again and make the same changes.
6.
Save the change for a selected occurrence.
7.
Observe that the event is saved as expected.
Chat
PR B0 0 47823
In some cases, the Enter key does not perform as a Send key. You must click the Send button to send your chat message.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
In Chat, enter a message.
2.
Click Enter.
3.
Observe that the message is not sent.
4.
Click Send with your mouse.
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5.
Observe that the message is sent.
Clockwork
PR B0 0 50594
In some cases, if two content topics are pointed at the same quiz, and you change the due date, the due dates are updated
for both content topics.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
In Content, create a course topic.
2.
Click Add Existing Activities and add a quiz.
3.
Create a second topic.
4.
Add the same quiz to the second topic with a different due date.
5.
Update the due date for the first content topic.
6.
Observe that the due date for the quiz in the second content topic has also been updated to the same updated due
date.
PR B0 0 50605
In some cases, you are not able to update the date range for quizzes using Content.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
In Content, add a quiz as a topic.
2.
Add a due date for this quiz in the future (such as tomorrow).
3.
Go to Quizzes, and edit the quiz you created.
4.
Add a start date that is further in the future than the original date you set.
5.
In Content click on the dates listed on the quiz to switch to edit mode to make changes.
6.
Click Update.
7.
Observe that instead of a validation error to update the due date, you encounter a server error.
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Known Issues
Content
PR B0 0 47956
In some cases, if you publish a large image in D2L Learning Repository and link it to Content, it may not appear as expected.
In Internet Explorer 11, the image does not appear, and in Google Chrome, the image is cut off.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Publish a large image, over 15 MB, in D2L Learning Repository
2.
Preview the image in Internet Explorer 11, and observe that it appears as expected.
3.
In Content, link to the image.
4.
Preview the image in Internet Explorer 11, and observe that the image appears broken.
5.
Preview the image in Google Chrome, and observe that the image is cut off.
PR B0 0 50496
In some cases, if you delete an LTI-associated topic, the associated org-level LTI link is also deleted.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Create an LTI link at an org-level that is shared to all org units under the org-level.
2.
Create a new course.
3.
In Content, create a module.
4.
Within the module, click Add Existing and select external learning tools.
5.
Select the LTI link you created and click Confirm.
6.
Click the Context menu for the LTI Quicklink topic, and select Delete.
7.
Click the radio button to delete associated files and activities.
8.
Browse to the org level, and select External Learning Tools from the admin menu.
9.
Observe that the LTI link associated in Content does not appear.
PR B0 0 50343
In some cases, some SCORM objects may not function as expected when you have ReadSpeaker turned on.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Create a fresh course and import a course package that contains SCORM objects.
2.
After the course is imported, Config Variable Browser, ensure that d2l.3rdParty.ReadSpeaker.Enabled is not enabled.
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Known Issues
3.
Navigate to a topic containing a SCORM object.
4.
Observe that the SCORM object appears as expected.
5.
Enable Config Variable Browser, enable d2l.3rdParty.ReadSpeaker.Enabled.
6.
Navigate back to the topic containing a SCORM object.
7.
Observe that the SCORM object no longer appears as expected.
Copy Course Components
PR B0 0 50321
In some cases, the Copy Course Components task does not produce a results.txt log file. Rather, it produces a CCB_log.txt
file, which does not contain the same verbosity of logging as the previous file.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Copy some course components.
2.
Observe that there is no results.txt file generated.
3.
Observe that the CCB_log.text file does not contain sufficient verbosity of logging.
PR B0 0 50287
In some cases, copying content objects into existing large courses may result in queries to become blocked.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Create two course offerings.
2.
In one course, add 50,000 objects or more.
3.
Using Import/Export/Copy components, copy all the object from the first course to the second course.
4.
Observe that performance levels slow down during the execution of the copy process.
Discussions
PR B0 0 48221
In some cases, screen readers, such as Jaws or Mac Voice Over, might not read the link to read unread thread posts. The link
does not include the thread title or count, and is overlooked by the screen readers.
To reproduce this issue:
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Known Issues
1.
In a topic page in Discussions, using Jaws or Mac Voice Over, cycle through the page.
2.
When the screen reader finds the Unread link, observe that it only reads Unread.
3.
Compare this to the Forums and Topics page which reads both the title and the post count.
PR B0 0 47581
In some cases, users require Can Receive Notifications permissions in order for discussion posts to appear correctly in Grid
View.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Create a Discussions forum and topic.
2.
As a learner, create a discussion thread.
3.
As a different learner, respond to the thread.
4.
Add additional responses by each of the two learners to create a lengthy reply stack.
5.
As one of the learners, set the Grid View to Threaded.
6.
View the topic thread you created as a learner with the Can Receive Notifications permission disabled.
7.
Observe that the Grid View appears as expected.
8.
View the topic thread you created as a learner with the Can Receive Notifications permission disabled.
9.
Observe that the Grid View does not appear as expected.
PR B0 0 50364
In some cases, if you attempt to add an attachment to a thread using Gridview, and the thread is sent to multiple topics in a
forum, the attachments might not propagate to all the locations as expected.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Create a new course.
2.
Set the discussions view to Grid View.
3.
In Discussions, add a new forum and three new topics.
4.
In one topics, create a new thread and add an attachment.
5.
Click Post to Topics > Add Topics.
6.
Add the attachment to the other two topics.
7.
Click Post.
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8.
Observe that in the first topic, the attachment appears as expected.
9.
Observe that in the other two topics, the attachment does not appear as expected.
PR B0 0 50495
In some cases, Discussions topics with many threads may not display navigation arrow buttons on the second page of the
discussion thread list; instead, there is a Back to Topic button.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
In Discussions, click Forum > Topic.
2.
Create approximately 60 threads including replies so that the topic expands to two pages.
3.
Once the topic has expanded to two pages, scroll to the bottom of the discussion topic.
4.
Click the navigation arrow to move to the second page.
5.
On the second page, click any of the threads.
6.
Observe that the navigation arrow does not appear.
7.
Observe that a Back to Topic button appears.
Data Purge
In some cases, data purge does not delete profile pictures that are part of user data sets.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Ensure that the user you intend to purge has an image associated with their profile.
2.
Browse to
3.
Click Create Data Set > User Data Set.
4.
Name the data set and select a purge option.
5.
Click Add User > Enter Usernames.
6.
Enter the name of the user you intend to purge and click Add.
7.
Click Save.
8.
Locate your data set (it is in Draft mode).
9.
Add the data set to the queue for processing.
Admin Tools > Data Purge
10. After the purge is complete, observe that the profile picture persists.
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Known Issues
Document Viewer
PR B0 0 47815
In some cases, the document viewer for PowerPoint presentations might display blank slides instead of images created with
a third-party library, such as SmartArt.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Create a content topic and attach a PowerPoint presentation that contains images created with SmartArt.
2.
Observe that the pages that should contain the images are blank.
Dropbox
PR B0 0 47001
In some cases, when an instructor clicks Email Unsubmitted Users to send a message to users in the class for whom you
have permission to view submissions, the instructor might send the email to all students in the class, regardless of the
permission or restriction to view submissions.
As a workaround, email students individually.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Create a course and enroll two students and one instructor.
2.
Ensure that the instructor cannot see all sections or users by default.
3.
Create a Dropbox folder.
4.
As one student, submit a file to the Dropbox folder.
5.
As the instructor, view the dropbox.
6.
Select Show Everyone from the Submissions drop-down menu.
7.
Observe that you can see only one student who submitted the file.
8.
Click Email Users Without Submissions.
9.
Observe that the To line contains all users, including the student enrolled in a section the instructor should not see.
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Known Issues
PR B0 0 47094
In some cases, when a submitted file is deleted, the learner who submitted the file appears in the query results for filtering
by Users with Submissions.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Create a course and enroll a user.
2.
Create a Dropbox folder.
3.
As the learner, submit a file to the folder.
4.
As an instructor, provide feedback for the folder submission.
5.
Delete the learner’s submission.
6.
Filter the submissions by Users with Submissions.
7.
Observe that the user is listed with no submission listed.
8.
Filter the submissions by Users without Submissions.
9.
Observe that the user is not listed.
PR B0 0 49693
In some cases, incorrect text appears in the alt attribute for Dropbox Draft Saved link. Instead of Draft Saved, the alt
attribute says Published for.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Create a Dropbox folder.
2.
As a learner, submit a file to the folder.
3.
As an instructor, browse to the folder.
4.
Evaluate the submission.
5.
Click Save Draft.
6.
Click Back to folder submissions.
7.
Hover over the Draft Saved link.
8.
Observe that the text says Published for <user>.
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Known Issues
Email
PR B0 0 44924
In some cases, videos and images embedded in externally-sent emails cannot be viewed.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
In Email, browse to Insert Stuff.
2.
Click Video Note.
3.
Record a few seconds of video and insert the video in the email.
4.
Email the video to an external email address.
Events Framework
PR B0 0 43568
In some cases, if a discussion thread is deleted before a post create event is processed, the event is incorrectly moved to the
dead message queue.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Create a new course.
2.
Create a discussion forum and thread.
3.
Stop the event service.
4.
Post to the discussion thread.
5.
Observe that in the queues, there is a queued event.
6.
Delete the discussion thread.
7.
Restart the event service.
8.
Observe that in the event appears in the dead message queue.
9.
Observe that in the System Log, there is an error.
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Known Issues
Grades
PR B0 0 45165
In some cases, you may not be able to turn off the d2l.Tools.Grades.ShowStatusIconsOnStandardView variable. As a result,
status icons on the grades page might incorrectly appear.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Create a course with one learner and one instructor.
2.
Create a Dropbox folder.
3.
As a learner, submit a file to the Dropbox folder.
4.
As an instructor, open Grades.
5.
Observe the status icons that appear for the new Dropbox submission.
6.
In the Config Variable Browser, observe the value for d2l.Tools.Grades.ShowStatusIconsOnStandardView.
7.
Change the setting of the variable.
8.
In Grades, observe that the icons continue to appear.
PR B0 0 49765
In some cases, if you delete SCORM objects from Course Builder, and associations to the grade item persist. There is no
method through the user interface to remove the SCORM association from the grade item.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Import a SCORM package into an existing course.
2.
View the SCORM objects in Content.
3.
Below the content object, under Activity Details > Assessment, click Add a grade item.
4.
Click + and create a new grade item.
5.
Click Save.
6.
Navigate to Grades and verify that the grade item is associated to the SCORM item.
7.
Navigate to Course Builder.
8.
Delete the SCORM object.
9.
Navigate back to Grades and verify that the association persists.
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Known Issues
PR B0 0 50422
In some cases, uploading a CSV file that lists a valid grade twice results in an error message; however, the message does not
help the user to identify the reason for the error.
To reproduce this error:
1.
Create a new grade item in a course.
2.
Enroll a student in the course.
3.
Create a CSV file where the grade item is listed twice.
4.
Access Grades and import the file into your course.
5.
Upload the file, and observe the error.
PR B0 0 50419
In some cases, if you attempt to upload a CSV file that does not contain any grade objects, the error message that appears
does not adequately reflect the issue.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Create a new grade item in a course.
2.
Enroll a student in the course.
3.
Create a CSV file where there are no grade items listed.
4.
Access Grades and import the file into your course.
5.
Upload the file, and observe the error.
HTML Editor
PR B0 0 44827
In some cases, when you add an image using the WYSIWYG editor on an iPad tablet, you cannot scroll through the list of
folders to determine the location where the image will be saved.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Log in to D2L Learning Environment using an iPad tablet.
2.
In a course with many folders within the Manage Folders area, navigate to News.
3.
Click New Item and complete the fields.
4.
In Content, in the WYSIWYG editor, click Insert Image.
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5.
In the new page, select Choose Destination.
6.
Observe that you cannot scroll through the available folders.
PR B0 0 49938
In some cases, pasting content from Microsoft Word into the HTML Editor does not automatically remove unnecessary
formatting and HTML tags.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Copy and paste some Microsoft Word source content into HTML Editor.
2.
Open the Source Editor.
3.
Observe the span tags.
PR B0 0 50423
In some cases, when using HTML Editor to answer Long Answer type questions on a quiz, if you click the More Options
button on the HTML editor the additional HTML options do not wrap within the HTML Editor window.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Create a quiz in any course.
2.
Create a Long Answer type question, and select Allow HTML Editor to be used for responses.
3.
Make the quiz active and save.
4.
As a student, take the quiz containing the Long Answer question.
5.
Click the More Options button.
6.
Observe that the additional HTML options extend beyond the edge of the dialog box, but do not provide a scroll bar to
navigate the additional options.
PR B0 0 49786
In some cases, if you are using Content on a mobile device, you are unable to resize an image using HTML Editor.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
In Content, create a new course.
2.
Create a new HTML file.
3.
Insert an image to the HTML file.
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4.
With a mobile device, such as a tablet, browse to the course you created.
5.
Browse to Content.
6.
Edit the content topic that contains the image.
7.
Attempt to resize the image.
8.
Observe that no changes occur.
Integrations
PR B0 0 50214
In some cases, if you record a video using Kaltura, there might be unexpected additional time added to the beginning of the
video recording.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
In course content, click Create a New File.
2.
Click Insert Stuff > Webcam > Allow Adobe Flash Player Settings.
3.
Record a 10 second video.
4.
Play the recorded video and observe that the video length is longer than the time you recorded.
Intelligent Agents
PR B0 0 49660
In some cases, dates displayed in Intelligent Agents notification emails might appear in UTC rather than your preferred time
zone.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
In D2L Learning Environment, assign a start date to a course.
2.
Set up Intelligent Agents.
3.
In the email body, type in OrgUnitStartDate Test {OrgUnitStartDate} in the subject.
4.
Enter the following text in the email body: OrgUnitStartDate = {OrgUnitStartDate}.
5.
Save and run the Intelligent Agents.
6.
Observe that the date contained in the message is displayed in UTC.
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Known Issues
PR B0 0 50551
In some cases, the days of the week are not localized into non-English languages as expected in some areas of
<tool_intelligent_agent>.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Using a non-English language pack, create an <tool_intelligent_agent> and complete the mandatory fields.
2.
Add a schedule specifying that the item run weekly on specific days.
3.
Save the item.
4.
Observe that the schedule summary shows the days of the week in English.
Language Management
PR B0 0 50277
In some cases, some language terms in the user interface do not show the expected values as they appear in the default
value in the language pack.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Deploy a system language pack that has a parent value (for example, Canadian English or United Kingdom English) to
D2L Learning Environment
2.
Modify the custom value for any item in the parent language pack.
3.
View the same term in any child language pack.
4.
Observe that the Default value is set to the custom value from the parent language.
5.
Set up an additional locale to use the child language pack.
6.
Use the new locale as a user's setting or as the locale for a specific course.
7.
Navigate to the location in the user interface where the language term is used.
8.
Observe that the value shows the standard default value and not the modified default value.
D2L Learning Repository
PR B0 0 49077
In some cases, users viewing the D2L Learning Environment on an iPad might not be able to scroll to the bottom of
dynamically linked HTML files imported from D2L Learning Repository.
To reproduce this issue:
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1.
Create an HTML content page which contains a large amount of text that causes you to scroll down to view it all.
2.
Publish the content to the D2L Learning Repository.
3.
Dynamically link it to Content as a topic.
4.
View on an iPad.
5.
Observe that you are unable to scroll the entire length of the text.
PR B0 0 50406
In some cases, if a D2L Learning Repository object has a long description, some of the description may appear behind a More
link; however, text behind the link that contains accents or diacritics appear incorrectly.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Create and publish a D2L Learning Repository object.
2.
Select the object and click Edit > Description.
3.
Type in a long description that includes accents and characters with diacritics.
4.
Click Save.
5.
When viewing the object, click More to view the full description.
6.
Observe that the characters with accents do not appear as expected.
Notifications
PR B0 0 44745
In some cases, grades notifications can contain details of final grades when the grades should not be visible to learners.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
In Grades, click Settings > Calculation Options.
2.
Set the grading system to formula, and release the calculated grade item.
3.
Check off Auto Update Grades.
4.
Edit the Calculated Final Grade to give a grade based on the sum of the two numeric grades you created. For example: =
SUM { ([TEST.Points Received] + [TEST2.Points Received]) }
5.
Enroll a learner in the course.
6.
As the learner, in Notifications, configure your email address.
7.
Select Grades Instant Notifications.
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8.
As an instructor, in Grades, go to one of the grade items you created and give the learner a score. Save the grade item.
9.
As a learner, observe that you are not able to see the final calculated grade, since this is not yet released.
10. As a learner, observe that when the notification arrives, it contains the final calculated grade.
Org Unit Editor
PR B0 0 45247
In some cases, the Org unit editor can time out when you attempt to remove a department from a template. This timeout
occurs when there are too many parent or child relationships to navigate before the timeout duration expires.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
In the Org Unit Editor, search for a template that has two departments and many descendants.
2.
Click the template and edit the Org Unit Properties.
3.
Remove the duplicate department.
4.
Observe that there is a timeout before the duplicate department is removed.
PR B0 0 49188
In some cases, the org unit list might not display all child units if there are more than 20 in the list.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Create a template and add 20 org units to the template.
2.
Using the Org Unit Editor Hierarchy, browse to the template.
3.
Add one more child org to the template.
4.
Observe that the Load More button appears.
5.
Click Load More.
6.
Observe that no additional organizations appear in the list.
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Question Library
PR B0 0 49682
In some cases, certain question types cannot be imported from a text file into the question library. Multiple short answer
(MSA), fill in the blanks, 2+2, x10, LIK, or TXT do not import as expected.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
In a course offering, navigate to the question library.
2.
Click Import.
3.
In Import source, select From a D2L Text Format File.
4.
Select the CSV sample file.
5.
Observe that some question types are not imported.
PR B0 0 50404
In some cases, the correct answer choices for matching questions are not sequentially numbered.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
In Quizzes, click Edit.
2.
Click Add/Edit Questions.
3.
Click New/Matching Questions (MAT).
4.
Enter the questions text.
5.
In the Add Choice field, enter a number greater than 1.
6.
Click Add Choice.
7.
Enter text in the choice fields.
8.
Enter the same number that you used to add choices in the Add Match field.
9.
Click Add Match.
10. Observe that the correct answers are not numbered sequentially.
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Quicklinks
PR B0 0 47951
In some cases, Quicklinks to External Learning Links might not work as expected after you have copied course content
containing those links to a new course.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Create two courses.
2.
In the first course, navigate to Edit Course > External Learning Tools.
3.
Create a new item.
4.
Navigate to a News item.
5.
Create a new Quicklink within the News item.
6.
In the second course, navigate to Edit Course > Import/Export/Copy Components.
7.
Search for the first course, and copy all components.
8.
After the copy process is complete, navigate to the News item and click the Quicklink.
9.
Observe that an authorization error occurs.
Quizzes
PR B0 0 42579
In some cases, learners might incorrectly receive notifications for inactive quizzes; however, they are unable to see the quiz
for which they receive the notification.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
In a course, create a quiz.
2.
In the Restrictions tab, set the end date for at least two days hence.
3.
Set the status to Inactive.
4.
Impersonate a learner who has sufficient permissions to access the quiz and receive notifications.
5.
Set an email where the learner can receive notification settings.
6.
Set up a summary of activity to run for a specified time.
7.
After the time has expired, the learner receives a summary email with information about the inactive quiz.
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Brightspace Platform 10.5.4
Known Issues
PR B0 0 50179
In some cases, the landmarks used to identify regions of a web page do not have unique identifiers. As a result, screen
readers might not be able to adequately navigate the page.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
In a course, create a quiz with a single question.
2.
Open NVDA screen reader.
3.
Activate the Speech Viewer tool.
4.
Set the point of regard back on the web browser and click the Question 1 icon.
5.
Press Insert + F7 to open the Element list.
6.
Click Landmarks.
7.
Observe that all landmarks are labeled Complimentary.
PR B0 0 50413
In some cases, Multiple Short Answer (MSA) questions that are re-graded result in a negative final score.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Create a new quiz.
2.
Make the quiz active and set unlimited attempts.
3.
Add one MSA type question that includes three responses worth 33.33% each.
4.
As a learner, complete the quiz, ensuring you get all three questions correct.
5.
As an instructor, grade the quiz attempt and see that the learner got 100%.
6.
From the Grade Quiz page, click Questions.
7.
Select Update all attempts.
8.
Click the MSA question and choose Attempts that include the following answer. The answer worth is.
9.
Enter one of the original answers and set the new score to 20%.
10. Save the changes.
11. Click Go Back to Questions.
12. Click the Attempts tab.
13. Observe that the learner grade has been readjusted to -87%.
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14. From the Grade Quiz page, click Questions.
15. Select Update all Attempts.
16. Click the MSA question.
17. Choose Attempts that include the following answer. The answer worth is, and enter a different answer than you chose
in step 9.
18. Set the new score to 100%.
19. Save the changes.
20. Click Go Back to Questions and click the Attempts tab.
21. Observe that the grade has not been altered.
PR B0 0 50503
In some cases, users may set the d2l.3rdParty.Respondus.LockDownBrowserDownloadURL variable empty for the
Respondus LockDown Browser if they do not want learners to be able to download the browser. However, leaving this
variable empty incorrectly redirects users to D2L Learning Environment.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Access a D2L Learning Environment where the Respondus LockDown Browser is configured for auto-launch.
2.
Remove the d2l.3rdParty.Respondus.LockDownBrowserDownloadURL value.
3.
In any course, create a quiz.
4.
On the Restrictions tab, set Respondus under Security Options.
5.
As a learner, take the quiz.
6.
Observe that the Download and install the latest version of Lockdown Browser link unexpectedly appears.
7.
Observe that if you click the link, a new browser tab appears on the same page.
Role Switching
PR B0 0 50426
In some cases, if there is a 404 File Not Found error (for example, a missing image) on a course home page, an instructor
attempting to switch their role to view a course as a learner is reverted back to an instructor role.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Create a widget item in a course that contains an image.
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2.
Delete the image from the system using Manage Files.
3.
Navigate to the course home screen and observe the broken image link.
4.
Impersonate an instructor, then switch roles to impersonate a learner.
5.
Navigate away from the home screen.
6.
Observe that the role has switched back to instructor.
Self Assessments
PR B0 0 47720
In some cases, images are not properly displayed in the feedback area of assessment questions. Images are not correctly
rendered because the feedback area is in a pop-up dialog that does not properly render the HTML code for the image
correctly.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
In D2L Learning Environment, in a course, click Edit Course > Self Assessments.
2.
Create a new self-assessment and name it.
3.
Click Add/Edit Questions.
4.
Create a new multiple choice question.
5.
Click Add Image to insert an image to the feedback for the first answer option.
6.
Observe that the image appears correctly in the html editor.
7.
Click Save > Done Editing Questions.
8.
Click Save and Close.
9.
On the drop-down next to your self assessment, click Preview.
10. Select the option for the first question where you have inserted the image.
11. Observe that the feedback bubble displays a broken image.
PR B0 0 49860
In some cases, Self Assessments that use horizontal layout with feedback might block other possible answer options.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Create a new Self Assessments and add questions.
2.
Create a new question of the type True/False, Multiple Choice, or Multiple Select.
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3.
Select Horizontal for the question style.
4.
Create the remainder of the question, setting feedback for each possible answer.
5.
Save the question and the assessment.
6.
Preview the assessment.
7.
Select one of the answers for your question that is not the furthest right on the screen.
8.
Note that the feedback covers the answers to the right of the one you selected.
Self Registration
PR B0 0 48372
In some cases, when an organization has many org units, you may encounter timeouts during self-registration. These
timeouts occur while D2L Learning Environment searches the org structure for prerequisites or co-requisites to add to the
course offering.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Ensure that the organization in which you’re testing has many org units.
2.
InSelf Registration, select any course offering.
3.
In the Restrictions area, click Add Prerequisites.
4.
Observe the internal error.
D2L Student Success System
PR B0 0 50352
In some cases, the student summary that appears at the top of the Student Success System student page disappears when
switching between domains.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Navigate to the D2L Student Success System Administrator page.
2.
Select a course to review that has predictions prepared for students.
3.
Select a student to navigate to the D2L Student Success System student page. Note the Student Summary FRA appears.
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4.
Navigate to the Social Learning domain.
5.
Navigate back to the Success Index page.
6.
Note the Student Summary FRA disappears from the top of the page.
Surveys
PR B0 0 50358
In some cases, if you copy a branched survey from another course using Copy Components, the survey in the destination
course is not branched as in the originating course. As a result, you must branch the survey again.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
In Surveys, click New Survey.
2.
Create a new survey.
3.
Branch the questions within the survey.
4.
In a second course, click Edit Course > Import/Export/Copy Components.
5.
Copy all the components from the course containing your branched survey into the second course.
6.
Open the survey in the second course.
7.
Observe that in the Branching Wizard, there is no branching information.
User Management
PR B0 0 45528
In some cases, the s_USERS_PurgeFromOrg Stored Procedure locks the database tables to complete the delete actions. As a
result, other queries are blocked until the s_USERS_PurgeFromOrg is complete.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Delete a cascading user with a very large number of enrollments.
2.
Observe performance degradation on the site until the delete operation is complete.
PR B0 0 47973
In some cases, changing a user from a cascading role to a non-cascading role may not remove the user from groups or
sections as expected.
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To reproduce this issue:
1.
Create a new user and assign them a non-cascading role.
2.
Enroll the user in a single course offering that has child groups or sections.
3.
Change the user’s organization level role to Admin and accept the prompt to cascade enrollments.
4.
Change the user’s enrollment at the organization level back to the original non-cascading role and accept the prompt to
enroll from all child org units.
5.
Verify the remaining enrollments of the cascading role type.
6.
Observe that all cascading enrollments were removed when the organization role was changed to a non-cascading role,
and the groups/sections already existed before the user became a cascading user.
7.
Enroll the user in a single course offering that has child groups or sections.
8.
Change the user’s organization level role to Admin and accept the prompt to cascade enrollments.
9.
Create a new course offering with child groups/sections.
10. Change the user’s enrollment at the organization level back to the original non-cascading role and accept the prompt to
enroll from all child org units.
11. Verify the remaining enrollments of the cascading role type.
12. Observe that enrollments that occur after the user was changed to a cascading role remain in D2L Learning Environment
after you accept the prompt to remove all enrollments from child org units.
Valence
PR B0 0 49542
In some cases, if the filename in the content part header and the file content upload URL are not the same, you might
encounter an error.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
With the POST /d2l/api/le/1.4/(orgUnitId)/content/modules/(moduleId)/structure/ API, use the following instruction
to add a file topic to a module in the course content table: {"Title":"test file
name","ShortTitle":"","Type":1,"TopicType":"1","Url":"/content/enforced/99757-MC010011/newFileName.html","StartDate":null,"EndDate":null,"DueDate":null,"IsHidden":false,"IsLocked":false}
2.
Add the filename in the HTTP body as an attachment in the following format: "Content-Disposition: form-data;
name="file"; filename="attachment".
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3.
Observe the returned JSON: {"DueDate":null,"TopicType":1,"Url":"/content/enforced/99757-MC010011/newFileName.html","StartDate":null,"EndDate":null,"IsHidden":false,"IsLocked":false,"Id":871860,"Title":"te
st file name","ShortTitle":"","Type":1}
4.
Observe that theThe file on the server has the name "attachment" and not "newFileName.html."
5.
Observe that the topic appears in the content table but the link to the file is broken because it points to the topic url
/content/enforced/99757-MC-010011/newFileName.html
Widgets
PR B0 0 40484
In some cases, sharing widgets using the Enrolled in OrgUnit release condition evaluates the user's role in the original
OrgUnit, not the current OrgUnit.
To reproduce this issue:
1.
Create a widget.
2.
Add a release condition for a user role at the current OrgUnit level.
3.
Add the widget a shared homepage.
4.
Enroll a user to a course with the OrgUnit permission you identified above.
5.
Verify that the widget is available with the role.
6.
Impersonate another user without the release condition.
7.
Verify that the widget is not there.
8.
Modify the org level role to provide the release condition to both learners.
9.
Verify that the widget is not visible and the appropriate role is set at the Course Level only.
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About D2L
About D2L
A 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.
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Please visit d2l.com/trademarks for a list of other D2L marks.
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Apple, Mac Voice Over, and iPad are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
Google and Chrome are registered trademarks of Google Inc.
Microsoft, Internet Explorer, PowerPoint, and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in
the United States and/or other countries.
SCORM is either a registered trademark or trademark of Rustici Software Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.
Respondus, and Respondus LockDown Browser are registered trademarks of Respondus, Inc.
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