March 2024

Brightspace Editor

Inserting a link into Brightspace Editor now opens the Add Link dialog which allows users to determine if their links open in a new window (set as the default) or in the current window. The text box in the Add Link dialog also allows users to add text to their link. This provides users with a consistent workflow and control over how links respond in their content.

The Add Link dialog opens when inserting links with the context menu or with keyboard shortcuts (for example, ctrl+K or command+K).

Additionally, the dialog includes a new Insert Quicklink option, allowing users to easily insert a quicklink. When using Insert Stuff > Insert Link or Insert Quicklink > Link, the same Link, Text, and Open In options are displayed ensuring consistent link creation.

Finally, this feature updates the icons shown in Insert Quicklink to ensure all icons use the new style.

Previously, adding links throughout the editor resulted in different workflows, different fields, and different behaviors in the way that links would open. The previous Whole Window option is removed, as it was being treated as the current window and thus cause inconsistent behavior. Several options have been renamed from the previous version to improve consistency:

• The option to have links open in the current window was previously called same frame.
• Link was previously named URL.

Lessons

The new display pages in the New Content Experience render assignments, quizzes, discussions, and LTI assessments directly within the Content tool. Users can now view relevant content about assessable activities like descriptions, due dates, and grading information without being redirected to the activity in a different tool. This does not affect the learner's view for LTI topics.

The new display allows instructors and learners to consistently view the activity details to ensure all users in the course are aligned with the requirements of that activity. Learners can complete activities and review feedback or grades without leaving the Content tool. Instructors can view the status of learner completion and achievement results and complete evaluation workflows within the Content tool that are otherwise done in assessment tools.

Quizzes

This release introduces a better experience for instructors when running and exporting quiz reports with large amounts of data. To avoid time-out failures and screen freezing, the following report types now run asynchronously:

• Attempt Details
• Question Statistics
• Question Details
• User Statistics
• User Attempts

When reports are ready for downloading, Brightspace generates a notification that instructors can access from the bell icon in the navbar.

Previously, quiz reports were generated slowly and would time-out in large classes.