Brightspace Information
Information on changes and issues that impact Brightspace use at HVCC
Known Issues
Current Issues (For a full list please see Known Issues):
- 2/3/2026: Grades - Auto 0 effecting newly created future-dated activities [02290911]
- 1/30/2026: Data from Pulse is not aggregated in Course Access metric [01594284]
- 1/29/2026: Groups Display Out of Order in Assignment Submission View [02289294]
- 1/20/2026: Discussions > Discussion Topics with future due dates are showing as overdue in Content [02282697]
- 1/5/2026: Grades - Intermittently the dropped grade icon is not displayed correctly [02273022]
- 10/16/2025: Respondus Recordings Appearing Blank [02238106]
- 10/14/2025: Inline LaTeX markup intermittently fails to render in Creator+ Elements [02238742]
- 7/2/2025: Annotation Textbox (Minimum 100 Words) Resizes Unexpectedly When Edited [02192521]
- 6/18/2025: Annotation tool preferences stop saving after not interacting with page for a bit (e.g. 30+ min) [02189513]
- 6/12/2025: Assignment Annotations - In the Note annotation using SHIFT+TAB to navigate to the [x] button and then hitting [ENTER] doesn't close note annotation [02186533]
- 5/9/2025: Rubrics: Browser print can result in content overlay in the Rubric pdf [02172276]
- 10/25/2024: H5P Lessons Experience Youtube limitation [01782010]
Updates & Changes
Note: Brightspace uses a Continuous Delivery model for monthly updates and SUNY is part of “Wave 3” on the update schedule. Please see the Wave Schedule for the date range of when an update will be deployed. Current, past and future release notes can also be located in the sidebar of this page.
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- D2L is continuing to unlist outdated Brightspace Tutorial videos that no longer reflect the current interface and workflows. (Check any videos that you have embedded in your content)
- Assignments – Improved error messages when uploading unsupported file types
- Grades – Improved navigation within the Enter Grades page
- Surveys – Improved experience for generating survey reports
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- Assignments, Quick Eval – Improved usability for assistive technology users
- D2L Lumi Quiz – Generate questions from multiple content topics plus other key enhancements
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- Discussions – Enforce timely learner engagement with first post due dates
- Pulse – See due dates, start dates and end dates on Content | New
- Quizzes – Zero point quiz questions | New
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- Announcements – Email a copy of an announcement to your Classlist | New
- Brightspace – Progress bar for uploading files | New
- Grades – Bulk edit now supports excluding items from final grade
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- Homepage Widget Expansion Pack – Instagram, LinkedIn, and email links supported in the Single Profile widget
- Assignments - Annotation availability awareness enhancements in assignment creation
- Assignments - Improved assignment type selection interface
- Media Library – Improved Media Library to help better organize and manage your course assets
- Quizzes – Attempt exports retain line breaks in question content
- Quizzes – Hide Quiz Question Points
- Content - Create a graded item when you embed H5P interactives in an HTML topic
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- New & Improved PIE
- D2L Lumi Pro Rollout
- D2L Lumi – PDF content support in Quizzes, Ideas, Summary, and Study Support
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- Groups – Enrollment limit increase
- Quizzes – Print your quiz
- Assignments and Discussions – Bulk feedback for instructors transitioning to default
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- Assignments: Flexible text or file submission options in Assignments for enhanced
- Groups: Bulk enroll and unenroll users to Groups with CSV file
- Improved completion reporting in Visual Table of Contents Widget
- Quizzes:
- Full HTML Editor for Question Feedback
- Reopen a submitted quiz attempt
- Statistics available for rubrics on written response questions
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- Announcements – Images are positioned above text in the updated announcement widget
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- Assignments – Retract feedback in bulk on the Submissions page
- Groups – Export group enrollment data
- Quick Eval – Evaluate learners across Assignments, Discussions, and Quizzes
- Quizzes – Enhanced Learner Submission View
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- Assignments – Update to assignment annotations software version
- Assignments and Discussions – Bulk feedback for instructors
- Quizzes – New Quiz Evaluation Experience transitioning to default
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- Quizzes – Additional question types in new quiz evaluation experience
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- Brightspace Editor – Updated Accessibility Checker icon
- Quizzes – Filter Quiz Statistics by Section or Group
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- Consistent Evaluation – Assignment and Discussion evaluations now synchronized with Grade Book
- Rubrics – Streamline grading with minimum or maximum score for ungraded rubric criteria
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- Consistent Evaluation – Learner View of Grade in Assignments, Discussions, and New Quiz Evaluation experiences
- Rubrics - The Criteria descriptions limit increased to 500 characters
- Pulse - External links open in native browser
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- Groups - Restore Groups and Categories
- Single Profile Widget Updated