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):
- 7/16/2025: Slim Announcement Widget not Respecting the 'Availability' Setting [02197973]
- 7/16/2025: Pulse - Hiding Grade Categories still display Grade Items to Learners [02052609]
- 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)
- 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
- 5/9/2025: Rubrics: Browser print can result in content overlay in the Rubric pdf [02172276]
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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- 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