Releases
August 2024 Brightspace Update Preview
Aug. 5, 2024—This August D2L is bringing several important updates to Brightspace. Below are a selection of the updates that should be most impactful to Vanderbilt faculty and students. Assignments – Assessment workflows enhanced Advanced Assessments help instructors and administrators to better manage courses with large class sizes and multiple evaluators, delegate and manage evaluator workflows,...
July 2024 Brightspace Update Preview
Jul. 8, 2024—The July 2024 update to Brightspace will roll out later this week once it’s released by D2L (the company that makes Brightspace). As part of this update, the following new features and changes will be included. Note that since this update has not been implemented at the time of publishing this post, some things may...
May and June 2024 Brightspace Updates
Jun. 13, 2024—The recent updates to Brightspace that came out in May and June brought several improvements to the platform. Read below to see what updates you should find in Brightspace now. Assignments – Annotations update The Assignment Annotations tool has been updated by fixing several defects and updating the icons used in the following areas: Main...
March 2024 Brightspace Update Preview
Mar. 11, 2024—This month there are a few different updates coming to Brightspace that bring some subtle but important quality of life changes. As always, remember that this is a preview of upcoming releases, but things may change before the update is officially implemented by D2L at the end of this week. Brightspace Editor – Consistent link...
January 2024 Brightspace Updates
Jan. 8, 2024—The Spring 2024 semester is just getting started, and Brightspace is rolling out a few new updates later this week. Here are the highlights of the January update, along with one minor change that has been made after being made available in December. Awards – Export achievements as digital credentials Learners can now export their...
December 2023 Brightspace Updates
Dec. 11, 2023—As we wrap up 2023, there are a few new updates coming to Brightspace this month. These updates will be rolling out at the end of this week. If you have questions about any of these updates, please contact our Brightspace and Instructional Technology Support team at brightspace@vanderbilt.edu. Announcements – Copy announcements to other courses...
November 2023 Brightspace Updates
Nov. 6, 2023—Each month D2L releases updates for Brightspace. The November 2023 release will come out later this week, but we want to highlight upcoming changes and improvements to the platform. If you have questions about any of these upcoming changes, or any other questions about Brightspace, feel free to contact us anytime. Announcements – Copy announcements...
Summary of Recent Quiz Timing Changes
Sep. 18, 2023—Over the last few months, Brightspace has updated and expanded options that impact timing for quizzes. While we have outlined each of these in our regular release notes, we wanted to also have a summary post to show all the changes made to quiz timing settings and how they work. If you have any questions...
September 2023 Brightspace Update
Sep. 13, 2023—The September update to Brightspace has a few minor updates to behind the scenes aspects of Brightspace, but there are also a couple of important updates to Quiz Timings. Quizzes – Quiz Timing Improvements featuring Synchronous Quizzes This release updates the Quiz Creation experience for instructors and learners by adding a new synchronous quiz option....
August 2023 Updates to Brightspace
Aug. 15, 2023—Each month there are regular updates to the Brightspace platform. Below are the highlights of the August 2023 release notes. Announcements – Pin announcements to top of Announcement widget With this release, instructors can now pin announcements to the top of the Announcement Widget, allowing important information to remain visible to learners. Announcements so pinned...