Brightspace Platform Preview Release Notes

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1 Preview Release Notes

2 Highlights from the February release Contents Highlights from the February release... 1 Features... 2 D2L Learning Environment... 2 Awards tool improvements Updated... 2 Brightspace platform - Supported browser changes Updated... 4 Copy Course Components - Copy Course History page New... 5 Quizzes - User Information Privacy permission required to view IP addresses Updated... 7 Release conditions - NOT operator support New... 8 Integrations Brightspace Banner Adapter - Multi- org Banner integrations Updated Fixed Issues Content PRB Data Export PRB Discussions PRB PRB PRB Dropbox PRB PRB PRB Import/Export/Copy Components PRB PRB PRB by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. i

3 Highlights from the February release PRB Question Library PRB Quizzes PRB PRB PRB PRB PRB Self Registration PRB D2L Valence PRB PRB PRB PRB PRB Accessibility PRB PRB PRB Awards PRB Competencies PRB PRB Config Variable Browser PRB PRB Content PRB by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. ii

4 Highlights from the February release PRB PRB PRB PRB PRB PRB PRB PRB PRB Course Conversion PRB Discussions PRB PRB Dropbox PRB PRB PRB PRB PRB PRB PRB PRB PRB PRB PRB PRB D2L eportfolio PRB PRB PRB by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. iii

5 Highlights from the February release PRB Grades PRB PRB PRB PRB HTML Editor PRB PRB PRB Import/Export/Copy Components PRB PRB PRB Integrations PRB PRB PRB PRB PRB PRB D2L Learning Repository PRB PRB Login Portal PRB Manage Courses PRB Manage Files PRB PRB Metadata by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. iv

6 Highlights from the February release PRB Navigation and Themes PRB Notifications PRB Org Unit Editor PRB Personal Dashboard PRB Question Library PRB Quicklinks PRB PRB Quizzes PRB PRB PRB PRB PRB PRB Surveys PRB PRB User Progress PRB PRB PRB PRB D2L Valence PRB PRB by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. v

7 Highlights from the February release PRB Video Note Usage Report PRB Widgets PRB PRB About D2L by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. vi

8 Highlights from the February release Highlights from the February release The following preview release notes are for clients installing D2L Learning Environment (February 2016). Upgrade Paths If you are upgrading from , the maximum supported Service Pack (SP) is SP 25. 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 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. This is pre- release information. The functionality, screens, configuration of features, fixed issues, and known issues in this document are subject to change before release. D2L recommends reviewing the final release notes to determine if there are any changes that may impact your organization. For More Information To view the Preview Fixed Issues and Lists for , see the Brightspace Platform Release Notes. For Valence API information (including recent changes), please visit the Valence Development Platform by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 1

9 Features Features D2L Learning Environment Awards tool improvements Updated Several features of Awards have changed to improve usability. The My Awards link no longer exists in on the navbar. The Awards link remains, and users with links to My Awards automatically redirect to the new awards management page. The migration removes the existing My Awards navbar items. If the Awards navbar item does not already exist, the migration also adds the Awards navbar item. Figure 1: Navbar showing the Awards link On the Classlist page, Instructors have additional sorting options. Instructors can sort award leaders according to: Award Leaders descending (default) Award Leaders ascending Last Name A- Z Last Name Z- A First Name A- Z First Name Z- A On the My Awards and View Available Awards pages, instructors can search for awards by OrgUnitName and learners can search by course name. Users are no longer required to navigate to the course to view the awards associated with that course by default. When creating a new award, the Availability fields now appear in a more logical order. The check box to allow others to use the award appears before the check box to restrict use of the award. The check box for restricting how the award can be shared is unavailable until the user selects the check box to share the award. Learners can now see their awards when viewing their own profile page and card. Previously, users could only see awards belonging to other people on their respective profiles. Changes to the Award Certificate template: 2016 by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 2

10 Features Award Certificate templates have an increased size limitation. Certificate templates can be as large as 10 MB, and icons used in the certificate templates can be as large as 2 MB. Award Certificate PDFs now follow a more human- readable naming convention. Certificate awards follow the following convention: {AwardName}_{OrgUnitName}_{LastName}.PDF. The Award Certificate uses the {FullName} replace string instead of the {FirstName} and {LastName} replace strings to provide a more aesthetically pleasing result on the final printed certificate. The current template was updated to utilize the new {FullName} replace string in order to make centering of the text more accurate on the certificate. A second default template was added with alternative styling and information shown on the certificate Configuration Variable Look and Feel Integration Role Permissions Organization Wide Tool Change Workflow 2016 by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 3

11 Features Impact of Change Technical Details Next Steps Slight impact to learners who are accustomed to clicking My Awards. These users now click Awards on the nav bar. Access to the new Awards navbar item depends on the user having access to at least one of the pages in the Awards tool. The following list describes the permission combinations required for the user to see the Awards tool on the specific page: To see Awards on the Classlist page, the user must have See Own Badges or See Own Certificates, and Issue Badges, Issue Certificates, Revoke Badges, Revoke Certificates permissions. To see Awards on the Course Awards page, the user must have See Own Badges or See Own Certificates, and Associate Badges to OrgUnits, Associate Certificates to OrgUnits, Manage Own Badges or Manage Badges permissions. To see Awards on the My Awards page, the user must have See Own Badges or See Own Certificates, and Earn Badges, or Earn Certificates permissions. To see the Icon Library, the user must have Manage Icon Library permissions. To see the Certificate Template Library, the user must have Manage Certificate Templates permissions. Note also that the word Can no longer appears in the permission names for Awards to adhere to naming guidelines and best practices. n/a Brightspace platform - Supported browser changes Updated As of this release, Brightspace platform support has changed: Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) is no longer supported IE10 and IE11 are now in maintenance mode 2016 by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 4

12 Features Microsoft Edge web browser is now supported Previous versions of Safari (including Safari 6, 7, and 8) are now in maintenance mode The latest version of Safari is now supported For a complete list of supported browsers, refer to Brightspace Platform Requirements. Global Change System Requirement Change Impact of Change Technical Details Next Steps Slight impact to learners, instructors, and administrators currently using IE9 and older with the Brightspace platform. As an unsupported browser, using IE9 with the Brightspace platform may produce unexpected results or some tools may not function. If you are using IE9 with the Brightspace platform, you should consider switching to a supported browser for an optimal experience. Copy Course Components - Copy Course History page New A View Copy Course History page that displays historical events for all course copying across the platform is now available in the Admin Tools menu under Course Related. This page allows administrators to filter through a data grid to view course copying events by specific days and points of failure. This page also enables classic logging, and the ability to download the information from the data grid via a download button. A new configuration variable, D2L.Tools.BulkCourseCopy.IsLegacyLogsEnabled that is set by D2L Support, allows the output of the legacy logging format to the output folder for CCB. There is also a newly introduced API to access event logs: /d2l/api/le/unstable/ccb/logs by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 5

13 Features Figure 2: View Course Copy History provides options to filter results Configuration Variable Organization Wide Workflow Role Permissions Tool Change Impact of Change Technical Details Next Steps Moderate impact to user interface and workflow with the introduction of a new page that enables administrators to view course copying events in one place. Import/Export/Copy Components > View Copy Course Components Logs is a new organization- level permission to control whether a role can access the View Copy Course History page: This feature is automatically available. Administrators must enable the new permission to allow users access to the page by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 6

14 Features Impact of Change Technical Details Next Steps D2L.Tools.BulkCourseCopy.IsLegacyLogsEnabl ed is a new configuration variable available for D2L Support. This variable enables Bulk Course Copy to export a results file into the output directory in the legacy Bulk Course Copy format. The valence route /d2l/api/le/unstable/ccb/logs is currently classed as unstable, so users may receive inconsistencies while using it. Quizzes - User Information Privacy permission required to view IP addresses Updated To ensure greater privacy and security for users, the Quizzes tool and the Surveys tool Event Log pages now check for the User Information Privacy permission, See IP Addresses, when a user views student information. Only users with the permission enabled at the org level can view the IP address of the student for each event in the Event Log. Previously, the IP addresses of students were visible to all users who could access the Event Log pages. If users have the existing permission See IP Addresses permission, then there will be no change. If they have appropriate Manage Quizzes and Manage Surveys permissions but do NOT have this IP permission, then they will lose the ability to see IP addresses in the Quiz and Survey event log areas. Administrators may need to enable this permission for users that should retain this functionality. Global Change Organization Wide Role Permissions Tool Change 2016 by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 7

15 Features Impact of Change Technical Details Next Steps Slight impact to user interface for instructor- level users who may no longer see student IP addresses in the Event Log for quizzes and surveys. Moderate change to workflow for administrators who must enable the See IP Addresses permission for users if they are required to view student IP addresses in event logs for quizzes and surveys. All users who currently have the See IP Addresses permission will retain the ability to view student IP addresses in quizzes and survey event logs. Administrators must enable the See IP Addresses permission for users currently without this permission who wish to retain the ability to view IP addresses in event logs. Review permissions for instructor- level users and enable or disable the See IP Addresses permission as required. Release conditions - NOT operator support New New release condition types that support the NOT operator have been added to D2L Learning Environment to support or identify users who have not completed course items. The following 10 release conditions are available: Incomplete checklist - Has not completed checklist: <name> Incomplete checklist item - Has not completed checklist item: <name> Competency not achieved - Has not achieved competency: <name> Learning objective not achieved - Has not achieved learning objective: <name> Content topic not visited - Has not visited content topic: <name> No discussion posts authored in topic - {No threads added to discussion topic: <forum>/<topic>, No threads or replies added to discussion topic: <forum>/<thread>} No submission to dropbox - Has not submitted to dropbox folder: <name> No grade score - Not graded on grade item: <name> No completed quiz attempt - Has not completed an attempt on the quiz <name> No completed survey attempt - Has not completed an attempt on the survey <name> The new release conditions can be used anywhere release conditions are supported in D2L Learning Environment, including Intelligent Agents. The new options provide additional choices for course setup and user tracking by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 8

16 Features This feature implements PIE item D126 and D2184. Organization Wide Global Change Tool Change Impact of Change Technical Details Next Steps This feature represents a moderate impact to workflow for all users. Additional options are available to administrators, instructors, and course designers when setting up courses that use release conditions, although the workflow in each tool remains the same. Learners may experience slight workflow changes. Existing permissions that enable the use of release conditions remain for the new release condition types. Users require the same permissions to enable and access release conditions across the platform. n/a The new release conditions are ON by default by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 9

17 Features Integrations Brightspace Banner Adapter - Multi- org Banner integrations Updated Brightspace Banner Adapter can now be implemented for instances of D2L Learning Environment with a multi- org structure. Integration Organization Wide Workflow Impact of Change Technical Details Next Steps Slight impact to administrators involved with setting up Brightspace Banner Adapter with D2L Learning Environment. This change only affects new courses and course templates created through Brightspace Banner Adapter, and not existing courses that are already integrated with Brightspace Banner Adapter. n/a 2016 by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 10

18 Fixed Issues Fixed Issues Content PRB In some cases, if you deleted an LTI- associated topic, the associated org- level LTI link was also deleted. Now, if you delete an LTI- associated topic, the associated org- level LTI link is not deleted. This issue was fixed as part of a later Brightspace platform bundle. To reproduce this fix: 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 Activities and select External Learning Tools. 5. Select the LTI link you created. 6. From the context menu of the LTI Quicklink topic, select Remove Topic. 7. Click the radio button to remove the topic from Content but keep the associated file or activity in the course. 8. Click Delete. 9. Browse to the org level. 10. From the Admin Tools menu, select External Learning Tools. 11. Observe that the LTI link associated in Content is visible. Data Export PRB Initially, the CommonCode course selection parameter only searched the first 25 characters. Now, the CommonCode course selection parameter searches the first 50 characters, which is the maximum size of an OrgUnitCode as defined in ORG_STRUCTURE. Found in D2L Learning Environment To reproduce this fix: 1. Create two courses with OrgUnitCodes of 40 and 50 characters that differ in the last 12 characters by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 11

19 Fixed Issues 2. Set up data export on any report. 3. Generate an input file with <commoncode> set to the entire OrgUnitCode of one of the courses you created in step Observe that it reports on both courses. Discussions PRB In some cases, The Last Edited icon appeared in the grid view for discussion posts when no edits were made. The Last Edited icon no longer appears in the grid view unless the post or reply was edited after the initial post. Found in D2L Learning Environment To reproduce this fix: 1. Create a discussion forum and topic. 2. Click Settings and switch to grid view. 3. Create a new post in the topic you created. 4. Observe that when you view the post, the Last Edited icon does not appear. PRB In some cases, if you attempted to add an attachment to a thread using grid view, and the thread was sent to multiple topics in a forum, the attachments did not propagate to all the locations as expected. Attachments added to a thread using grid view and sent to multiple topics now appear in all the locations as expected. Found in D2L Learning Environment To reproduce this fix: 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 topic, 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. 8. Observe that in all three topics, the attachment appears as expected by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 12

20 Fixed Issues PRB In some cases, if a discussion thread was deleted before a post create event was processed, the event was incorrectly moved to the dead message queue. Posts are no longer moved to the dead message queue if a discussion thread is deleted before the post create event is complete. Found in D2L Learning Environment To reproduce this fix: 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 the event no longer appears in the dead message queue. Dropbox PRB Previously, anywhere you could insert stuff, a quicklink with a space, underscore, or other non- alpha- numeric character in either the file name or file path, was broken. Now, quicklinks will load the course files that they point to successfully. This issue was fixed as part of a later Brightspace platform bundle. To reproduce this fix: 1. Load a site and enter any course. 2. Click on Edit Course > Manage Files. 3. Create two new folders, one with a space in the name and one without (e.g. "Unit1" and "Unit 1"). 4. In each new folder upload two files, one with a space in the name and one without (e.g. "Test1.docx" and "Test 1.docx"). 5. Create a new dropbox folder (or checklist, or quiz, or discussion) by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 13

21 Fixed Issues 6. In the HTML description of the dropbox folder, click Insert Quicklink. 7. On the Quicklinks form, select Course File. 8. Add a quicklink to one of the new files that you uploaded. 9. Repeat adding quicklinks for each of the four new files. 10. Save the HTML description of the dropbox. 11. When you click on any of the four quicklinks that you created, the course files load successfully. PRB Previously, when you submitted a file to TurnItIn to check on the originality of the submission, the process did not end but remained in an "In Progress" state. Now, after a specified number of minutes, as configured in d2l.3rdparty.turnitin.submissioncallbacktimeout, the submission is put into an error state and the instructor can opt to manually resubmit the file. Found in D2L Learning Environment To reproduce this fix: 1. Create a dropbox folder with TurnItIn enabled. 2. Have a number of users submit files to TurnItIn. 3. If TurnItIn fails to provide a response regarding the originality of a submission within the specified number of minutes, observe that the process is put into an error state and the file(s) can be resubmitted manually. PRB Previously, when you clicked Next Student on the Folder Submissions page in the Dropbox tool, a random student was selected and the next student in the user list was skipped. Now, if you click Next Student, the focus shifts to the next student in the user list, in descending order. Found in D2L Learning Environment To reproduce this fix: 1. Select a course and enroll six students. 2. Create a dropbox folder. 3. Get several students (from the six enrolled) to submit assignments to the dropbox folder. 4. On the Dropbox Folders page, from the folder drop- down menu, select View Submissions. 5. Sort the students in the user list by First Name or Last Name by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 14

22 Fixed Issues 6. Make note of the first two students in the user list. 7. Alongside the name of the first student, click Evaluate. 8. Click Next Student. 9. Observe that the submission selected belongs to the next student in the user list. 10. Click Next Student until the Next Student option is unavailable. 11. Go to the Submissions page and observe that all student submissions have been evaluated. Import/Export/Copy Components PRB Previously, when you copied from large courses, you may have encountered timeout errors. Now, large courses are copied over with no timeout errors. Found in D2L Learning Environment PRB Previously, when you copied a course with a large number of content items to another course, the Table of Contents in the Content tool did not copy correctly. Now, when you copy a course with a large number of content items to another course, the Table of Contents displays in the destination course as it does in the original course. This issue was fixed as part of a later Brightspace platform bundle. To reproduce this fix: 1. Access a course (A) with a large number of content items. 2. Create a second course (B) in D2L Learning Environment. 3. Use Import/Export/Copy Components, to copy the components of course A. 4. Import the copied course components into course B. 5. In the Content tool of course B, observe that the Table of Contents displays as it did in course A. PRB Previously, quicklinks to content topics were copied incorrectly from one course to another. Release conditions may have also been associated incorrectly in the copied course by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 15

23 Fixed Issues Now, quicklinks to content topics and release conditions copy correctly and function as expected. This issue was fixed as part of a later Brightspace platform bundle. To reproduce this fix: 1. Create a course (A) in D2L Learning Environment. 2. In Content, create three modules named Module1, Module2, and Module3, respectively. 3. Create a new file in each module named Module1, Module2, and Module3, respectively. 4. Note that the modules should be ordered from 1 to 3 in the Table of Contents, and the individual files should be ordered from 1 to 3 as well. 5. In the Module2 file, add a quicklink that takes you to the Module3 file. 6. In the Table of Contents, move the Module3 module to the top of the list. The modules should now be ordered 3, 1, Copy the course content items to a destination course (B). 8. In course B, in the Module2 file, click the quicklink. 9. Observe that the quicklink takes you to the correct location, that is, to the Module3 file. PRB Previously, you were unable to import, export, or copy components for org units containing LTI Tool Providers information that had been copied from a course in a version of D2L Learning Environment prior to Now, you can import, export, or copy components for org units containing LTI Tool Providers information that had been previously copied from any course. This issue was fixed as part of a later Brightspace platform bundle. Question Library PRB Previously, when you used the Brazil/Portuguese lang pack, some characters did not display properly when the export file was created. Now, these characters (specifically when included in the Name field of sections) appear correctly in the CSV export file. Found in D2L Learning Environment To reproduce this fix: 1. Go to Manage Quizzes. 2. Select a quiz by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 16

24 Fixed Issues 3. Click on the Question Details tab. 4. Select Export to CSV file. 5. Observe that the question details are exported accurately. Quizzes PRB Some imported quizzes or special access quizzes were causing learners to receive invalid Time limit exceeded error messages when taking the quiz. Now, the Time limit exceeded error message only appears when the time limit has been reached and not at the start of a quiz. This issue was fixed as part of a later Brightspace platform bundle. To reproduce the special access fix: 1. Create a course. 2. Enroll a learner in the course. 3. Create a quiz, and set it to Active. 4. Grant the learner special access. 5. Select Enforce time limit. 6. Select Assign late behavior and select Quiz is flagged as late, and student is prevented from making further changes. 7. Impersonate the user and take the quiz. 8. Observe that the error message no longer appears. To reproduce the quiz fix: 1. Create a course. 2. Enroll a learner in the course. 3. Import a quiz that does not have a time limit into the course. 4. Impersonate the user and take the quiz. 5. Observe that the error message no longer appears by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 17

25 Fixed Issues PRB Previously, if you used Math Equation to attempt or preview a quiz, a question may have incorrectly split over two or more lines. Now, when you access a Math Equation to attempt or preview a quiz, questions display in a single line, as expected. Found in D2L Learning Environment To reproduce this fix: 1. Create a quiz and add a multiple choice quiz question. 2. Insert a simple math question into the textbox, such as \(2+2\). 3. Preview the question. 4. Observe that the question displays in a single line. PRB Previously, when you attempted to download a quiz object with an IP Restriction from D2L Learning Repository, you may have encountered an error. Now the quiz object downloads as expected. Found in D2L Learning Environment To reproduce this fix: 1. Browse to a course that has a quiz with an IP restriction. 2. From the Quiz drop- down menu, select Publish to LOR. 3. Complete the publishing process fields as appropriate. 4. After you have published the quiz object, browse to the object and attempt to download it. 5. Observe that the quiz object downloads without any errors. PRB Previously, when a quiz had date restrictions and you access the Special Access page, no dates were auto- populated. Now, when you add special access to a quiz, the existing start and end dates carry over. Found in D2L Learning Environment To reproduce this fix: 1. Set a start and/or end date on a quiz. 2. Click Save by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 18

26 Fixed Issues 3. On the Restrictions tab, access the Special Access page. 4. Observe that the date(s) set in the Restrictions tab are displayed on the Special Access page. PRB Previously, when you updated the Start and End dates on the Special Access page, the time selected may have jumped by a few hours (depending on time zone) every time you saved the page. Now the time does not change when you save the page and remains as expected. Found in D2L Learning Environment To reproduce this fix: 1. Create a course. 2. Enroll several learners into the course. 3. Create a quiz. 4. Edit the quiz you created. 5. On the Restrictions tab, click Special Access. 6. On the Special Access page, add a learner. 7. Change the date/time to be 12/15 1PM EST to 4PM EST. 8. Click Add Special Access. 9. Observe that the time does not change. Self Registration PRB Previously, the OrgDefinedID field was not visible to external self- registration users, that is, users with no role assigned. Now, the OrgDefinedID field is visible on the registration form to external users. Found in Brightspace platform To reproduce this fix: 1. Create a form with self- registration that includes the OrgDefinedId field. 2. In an environment where External Self- Registration is set up, access a course that uses the Self- Registration form created in step # by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 19

27 Fixed Issues 3. Observe that you can see the OrgDefinedId field externally, that is, you do not need to log in to D2L Learning Environment to view the field. D2L Valence PRB Previously, if the filename in the content topic title and the file content upload URL were not the same, you might have encountered an error. Now, a broken topic is created when the content topic title and the file content upload URL differ. Found in Brightspace platform PRB Previously, the API call to - d2l- api- lp- (version)- enrollments- orgunits- (orgunitid)- users- (us erid) failed for users who had only the course offering level permission set for Users.ViewUserEnrollments permission instead of the Org- level setting for this permission. Now, users trying to view enrollments at a course level can do so with course- level permissions. Found in Brightspace platform SP1. PRB Previously, the DisplayNames of users who replied to a discussion post are not returned when the following APIs were called. Only the UserIDs were returned: GET /d2l/api/le/(version)/(orgunitid)/discussions/forums/(forumid)/topics/(topicid)/posts/ GET /d2l/api/le/(version)/(orgunitid)/discussions/forums/(forumid)/topics/(topicid)/posts/(postid) Now, the DisplayNames and UserIDs are returned. Found in Brightspace platform To reproduce this fix: 1. Log in to an instance of D2L Learning Environment that is running API version Call the following APIs: GET /d2l/api/le/(version)/(orgunitid)/discussions/forums/(forumid)/topics/(topicid)/posts/ GET /d2l/api/le/(version)/(orgunitid)/discussions/forums/(forumid)/topics/(topicid)/posts/(postid) 3. Observe that the DisplayNames and UserIDs are returned by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 20

28 Fixed Issues PRB Previously, you could not add a description to a content topic using the content API. In the valence API, the GET, PUT and POST routes for content modules and topics now properly support the Description field, as of D2L Learning Environment API version Found in Brightspace platform PRB If you make the following API call against an org unit that has a broken link within its content, the error 303 appears and an Unhandled Exception gets logged in the system. - d2l- api- le- (version)- (orgunitid)- content- toc Now, if you call the above API, the content renders accurately. Found in Brightspace platform SP1. To reproduce this fix: 1. In Content, click Add from Manage Files and create a new topic. 2. Select the file you want to add and save the topic. 3. Go to Edit Course > Manage Files. 4. Delete the file that you added. 5. Go to Content and observe the broken link. 6. Make the following API call against your org unit: GET /d2l/api/le/(version)/(orgunitid)/content/toc 7. Observe that error 303 appears. 8. In Content, either fix or remove the broken link topic. 9. Run the following API call again against your org unit and observe that the content topic displays: GET /d2l/api/le/(version)/(orgunitid)/content/toc 2016 by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 21

29 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 List consists of newly discovered and commonly reported issues that can be consistently reproduced by D2L. At this time, we are focusing efforts on decreasing the backlog of known issues that have yet to be shared with clients. As a result, an increased number of items will be included on the List in this and upcoming releases. For more information on when an issue was first reported, see the Found in statement in the issue description. Accessibility PRB In some cases, learners are not able to easily use a screen reader to access Matching Questions on quizzes. There is not a quick way to move between match options. Found in Brightspace platform SP Create a quiz with Matching Questions. 2. As a learner, using a screen reader, attempt to complete the quiz. 3. Observe that you are required to move between the two lists in order to determine the match. PRB While using the Tab key to navigate, the JAWS screen reader does not read the body of the message in an . Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.3 SP Enable the JAWS screen reader. 2. In D2L Learning Environment, go to the tool and open an containing body content. 3. Listen to the audio, while using the Tab key to navigate. 4. Observe that the JAWS screen reader does not choose the body of the message and goes straight to the Close button from the Flags drop- down (or back to the top of the page if message previews are enabled) by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 22

30 PRB Users with certain types of screen readers may not recognize the username dropdown menu or the admin tools menu as such because they are referenced as buttons in the role tag in the HTML code. 1. Use Google Chrome to access D2L Learning Environment. 2. Using a screen reader, inspect the username dropdown menu in the minibar (or the admin tools menu). 3. Observe that the element has the role of a button and not a menu in the HTML. Awards PRB The Awards tool may take longer to release awards to learners in instances of D2L Learning Environment with a large number of users and a few global news items with release conditions, with the actual amount of time taken dependent on the size of your organization. Found in D2L Learning Environment Competencies PRB If an auditor is not enrolled in the same course as the learner they're auditing, when they view the learner's learning objectives or grades feedback that is connected to learning objectives, they receive authorization errors. Found in D2L Learning Environment Create a rubric and publish it. 2. Create a grade item. 3. Create a learning objective and under Enforced Assessment Method, select Yes and select Grades. 4. Add a Grades Activity to the learning objective. 5. In the Select Existing Item dropdown menu, select the grade item you created. 6. Select Assess Objective. 7. In the Assessment Type dropdown menu, select Rubric and select the rubric you created. 8. Click Add by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 23

31 9. Create an auditor and enroll them only at the Org level. 10. Create an auditor relationship between the auditor and a learner in the course. 11. Grade the learner on the grade item you created using the assessment grading tool. 12. Impersonate the auditor and audit the learner. 13. In the Objectives tab, click on a learning objective. 14. Observe the error saying you are not authorized to view the learning objective if you aren't enrolled in the course or if you don't have organization level permissions. PRB Competencies containing learning objectives with associations to activities lose those associations when the course is imported into another empty course. Found in D2L Learning Environment SP6. 1. In D2L Learning Environment, navigate to a course containing dropbox folders and quizzes. 2. From the Competencies tool, create 1 competency with 2 learning objectives. 3. From the first learning objective, click Structure and then the Edit Structure tab. 4. Click Incorporate Activities and then add a Dropbox Activity. 5. From the second learning objective, click Structure and then the Edit Structure tab. 6. Click Incorporate Activities and then add a Quiz Activity. 7. Export all course elements. 8. Download the exported zip file. 9. Navigate to the second course and import the zip file. 10. From the Competencies tool, expand the tree and observe that the competency object no longer contains associations to the learning objectives. Config Variable Browser PRB In some cases, when you select an option from the side bar in the Config Variable Browser, you return to the top of the page when the page is refreshed with your selection. As a result, you may need to scroll down through the options to select another option by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 24

32 Found in Brightspace platform In the Config Variable Browser, select an option from the side bar. 2. Observe that you return to the top of the page. 3. Scroll down to select another option. 4. Observe that you once again return to the top of the page. PRB Setting the configuration variable d2l.tools.notifications.user.summary.frequency to the default value of Never erroneously creates Daily notifications. Likewise, setting the same configuration variable default value to Daily sets notifications to Never. Found in Brightspace platform and In the Config Variable Browser, access d2l.tools.notifications.user.summary.frequency 2. Set the Org Value to Never. 3. From the Admin Tools menu, click Users > Create New User. 4. Create a new user with a student- level role. 5. Once created, impersonate this user account. 6. From the personal menu on the navbar, click Notifications. 7. Observe that the Summary of Activity is set to Daily. Content PRB When you have a JavaScript file in the Content tool that contains code that is calling another JavaScript file, the HTML editor displays the code from the other file. However, when using a partner tool such as ReadSpeaker, the Listen button doesn't read all of the text. Found in D2L Learning Environment PRB When viewing a content topic, in the Table of Contents flyout, the topic that is selected is not adequately communicated to non- visual users by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 25

33 Found in D2L Learning Environment Access the Content tool. 2. Click a link to a content topic. 3. Click the arrow on the left of the screen to open the Table of Contents flyout. 4. Observe that the only indication of the selected topic is that it's highlighted in blue. PRB If an iframe is embedded into a content topic using HTML5, the Full screen button does not work when the content topic is viewed. Found in D2L Learning Environment In the Content tool, create a new file. 2. Click Insert Stuff. 3. Click Enter Embed Code. 4. In the Embed Code field, paste the following: <iframe id="kaltura_player" src=" ameembed=true&playerid=kaltura_player&entry_id=1_1k5gmslp&flashvars[streamertype]=auto&flashvars[leadwi thhtml5]=true&flashvars[sidebarcontainer.plugin]=true&flashvars[sidebarcontainer.position]=left&flash vars[sidebarcontainer.clicktoclose]=true&flashvars[chapters.plugin]=true&flashvars[chapters.layout]=vertical &flashvars[chapters.thumbnailrotator]=false&flashvars[streamselector.plugin]=true&flashvars[embedpla yer.spinnertarget]=videoholder&flashvars[dualscreen.plugin]=true&&wid=1_7zd0fzee" width="640" height="396" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen frameborder="0"></iframe> 5. Click Next. 6. If the media is blocked, click Allow. 7. Click Insert and then click Publish. 8. View the video in a browser. 9. In either case, click the Full screen icon within the iframe and observe that the media does not switch to full screen by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 26

34 PRB Broken Topic links display incorrectly in the Content tool when topics are created in Content and deleted elsewhere, such as in Discussions or Calendar. As a workaround, wait 30 seconds or so and refresh the module view in Content. The correct icon and text should display ([Broken Topic] beside the discussion icon). Found in D2L Learning Environment Access a course as an administrator or an instructor. 2. In the Content tool, add a new discussion to a module. 3. Select a forum or create a new one. 4. Click Publish. 5. In the module view, the new discussion displays. 6. Access the Discussions tool. 7. Delete the discussion you created. 8. Navigate back to the Content tool. 9. In the module view, observe that the discussion link you deleted displays but with the incorrect icon and text. PRB Anchor tags in HTML content topics don't re- direct you to the proper location. Found in D2L Learning Environment PRB When there is a video in a SCORM package and it is played in D2L Learning Environment, clicking on the fullscreen button in the viewer doesn't cause the video to become fullscreen. Found in D2L Learning Environment PRB In some cases, if you add a self assessment, quiz, or dropbox folder to course content and subsequently turn off the content item, the item might incorrectly appear in the Content Browser widget. Inactive items to not appear with the Content tool. Found in Brightspace platform SP by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 27

35 1. In the sub- module in Content, add a dropbox folder, quiz, and self- assessment. 2. Click Edit Course > Tools, and deactivate the dropbox folder, quiz, and self- assessment. 3. In Content, observe that the dropbox folder, quiz, and self- assessment do not appear. 4. In the Content Browser widget, observe that the dropbox folder, quiz, and self assessment links incorrectly appear. 5. Click the links and observe that an error occurs. PRB When you Bulk Edit course content, if you delete all of the topics on the current page, you may be unable to load more topics. The number of topics on the first page is configured using the d2l.tools.content.contentlistpagesize configuration variable. For example, if the content list page size is 5 and you delete the first 5 topics, you may be unable to load more topics. As a workaround, to see the remaining topics, click Done Editing and then click Edit. Found in D2L Learning Environment SP8. 1. Set d2l.tools.content.contentlistpagesize to Open a course. 3. Add 6 topics to a module. 4. Bulk Edit the module. 5. Delete the first 5 topics. 6. Click Load More. 7. Note that nothing else loads. PRB When importing a SCORM content zip package and the imsmanifest.xml file contains resource tags with files/folders using URL encoding, the import fails. The import process should parse- out the %20 to single- spaces to properly set up links to the SCORM content. Found in D2L Learning Environment Workaround: 1. In a text editor, open imsmanifest.xml file. 2. Replace all instances of %20 with a single space. 3. Save imsmanifest.xml and then copy it back into the SCORM ZIP package by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 28

36 4. Re- import the package into environment. 1. Import the SCORM ZIP package into a course. 2. From the Content tool, attempt to open the pages within the package. 3. Observe the error. PRB In some cases, Overdue APIs are not taking into account Required: Automatic completion topics and GET requests are not showing the Required: Automatic topics. For more information on Overdue APIs, visit items ( items). Found in D2L Learning Environment Course Conversion PRB Pearson ecollege course packages are failing to convert when dropbox attachments are.doc or.docx files, and an error occurs. Found in D2L Learning Environment Discussions PRB In some cases, links that appear and function correctly in Reading view might not work in Grid view. Found in Brightspace platform SP In a course offering, in Discussions, navigate to Settings > Personal Settings. 2. Ensure that the Default View is set to Reading View. 3. Click Save. 4. Create a new forum and a new topic. 5. Click Start a New Thread by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 29

37 6. Enter a subject for the thread. 7. In the HTML editor, enter a html address followed by a space. 8. Press Enter and click Enter Quicklink. 9. Click URL. 10. In the URL field, enter the URL for the HTML address you entered. 11. Enter a title for the URL. 12. Set the Target to Same Frame. 13. Insert another Quicklink with the same URL but a different title. 14. Post the thread. 15. Observe that in the Reading View, the link navigates the current tab to the URL you defined. 16. Change the view to Grid View. 17. Observe that in Grid View, the frame does not load the URL as expected. PRB In some cases, if you use the Content Browser widget to view discussions, the Back To Discussion Topic button does not function as expected. Found in Brightspace platform Create a new discussion post and add a new thread. 2. Enter some text in the thread and post. 3. Click the thread and post a reply. 4. Add the Content Browser widget to the home page for the course containing the discussion. 5. Impersonate another student. 6. In the Content Browser widget, browse to the discussion. 7. Click Unread, then click Back to Topic. 8. Observe that you incorrectly return to the course homepage. 9. Browse back to the discussion and click on the thread title. 10. Click Back to Topic and observe that you return to the topic as expected by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 30

38 Dropbox PRB When Generate Report on Due Date is selected for a Turnitin- enabled dropbox folder, an error occurs when files are submitted. Found in D2L Learning Environment Create a Turnitin- enabled dropbox folder and ensure you map the appropriate roles to their IMS roles. 2. On the Edit Folder page, in the Turnitin tab, click More Options in Turnitin. 3. Expand Optional Settings. 4. Under Generate Originality Reports for student submissions, select Generate Report On Due Date. 5. As a learner, submit a file to the dropbox folder. 6. Observe that an error message occurs stating that the submission failed. PRB For Turnitin- enabled dropbox folders, the due date in Turnitin is different than the due date set in the dropbox folder in D2L Learning Environment. Found in D2L Learning Environment As an instructor, access the Dropbox tool. 2. Create a new dropbox folder. 3. Specify a start, due, and end date ensuring the end date is different from the due date. Take note of the two dates. 4. Enable Turnitin for the dropbox folder. 5. Click More Options in Turnitin. 6. In the Turnitin dialog, observe that the due date for the assignment is different than the due date you specified in the dropbox folder in D2L Learning Environment, and instead it is the same as the end date. PRB Some Microsoft Office Graphic Objects do not render correctly on the Evaluate Submission page in the Dropbox tool. As a workaround, save the Word document as a PDF and then submit it to preserve the correct formatting. Found in D2L Learning Environment by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 31

39 PRB You cannot delete a dropbox category if it doesn't have any dropbox folders associated with it. As a workaround, ensure a dropbox folder that you don't want to keep is associated with the category and then delete the category from the Dropbox Folders page. Found in D2L Learning Environment Create a new dropbox folder in a new category. 2. Delete the dropbox folder. 3. Create another dropbox folder and notice that the new category you just created is listed as an option. 4. Observe that there is no way to delete the category if it has no dropbox folders associated with it. PRB For group assignments submitted to a group dropbox folder, if an instructor saves a score or feedback as draft multiple times without modifying the score or the feedback, Feedback Read displays, even though it has not been viewed by a learner. Found in D2L Learning Environment Create a group and enroll a few users. 2. Create a dropbox folder and enter a value in the Out Of field. 3. On the Folder Submissions page for the dropbox folder you created, perform a search to show all groups. 4. Beside the link for the group you created, click the Evaluate link. 5. In the Evaluation section, enter a Score. 6. Enter text in the Feedback rich text field. 7. Click Save Draft. 8. Click Back to Folder Submissions. 9. On the Folder Submissions page, when all groups are displayed, observe that Draft Saved displays beside the group you evaluated. 10. Beside the link for the group, click the Draft Saved link to open the evaluation view again. 11. Without modifying the score or the feedback, click Save Draft. 12. Click Back to Folder Submissions by D2L Corporation. All rights reserved. 32