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As we wrap up 2023, there are a few new updates coming to Brightspace this month. These updates will be rolling out at the end of this week. If you have questions about any of these updates, please contact our Brightspace and Instructional Technology Support team at brightspace@vanderbilt.edu.  Announcements… Read More

This time of year, many people on campus are counting down the days to the end of the semester. Before we get to that end point, however, there are plenty of things instructors have to do. One of the most popular topics of questions we get this time of year… Read More

Each month D2L releases updates for Brightspace. The November 2023 release will come out later this week, but we want to highlight upcoming changes and improvements to the platform. If you have questions about any of these upcoming changes, or any other questions about Brightspace, feel free to… Read More

Over the last few months, Brightspace has updated and expanded options that impact timing for quizzes. While we have outlined each of these in our regular release notes, we wanted to also have a summary post to show all the changes made to quiz timing settings and how they work. Read More

The September update to Brightspace has a few minor updates to behind the scenes aspects of Brightspace, but there are also a couple of important updates to Quiz Timings.  Quizzes – Quiz Timing Improvements featuring Synchronous Quizzes This release updates the Quiz Creation experience for instructors and learners by adding… Read More

In April of this year, Turnitin released an update to their product that reviewed submitted papers and presented their determination of how much of a paper was written by AI. As we outlined at that time, many people had important concerns and questions about this new tool,… Read More

Each month there are regular updates to the Brightspace platform. Below are the highlights of the August 2023 release notes.  Announcements – Pin announcements to top of Announcement widget With this release, instructors can now pin announcements to the top of the Announcement Widget, allowing important information to… Read More

Over the last two months, there have been several important updates to Brightspace. Here is a summary of recent changes.  Assignments – Availability dates are now on by default Recent improvements to the Assignments tool’s availability dates allow Instructors to have greater control over the access… Read More

There have been a few important updates to Brightspace in the last two months, so we wanted to spotlight them here. If you have any questions about these updates, or anything else Brightspace related, be sure to contact the Brightspace and Instructional Technology Support team.  Awards –… Read More

Effective August 16, 2023, Vanderbilt has disabled Turnitin’s AI detection tool. To read more about why this decision was made, refer to this newer blog post.   Beginning on 4/4/2023, faculty who use Turnitin now have access to an additional tool – Artificial Intelligence… Read More