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July 2023

Brightspace Editor

With this release, images edited within Brightspace Editor are saved with their original names followed by a date-time string, which helps instructors find changed images easily in Manage Files. Changes to an image using Edit image in the floating toolbar are saved as a copy of the image with the name format 'OriginalFileName_yyyyMMddHHmmss.jpg. '

Discussions

This feature updates the settings and format of availability dates and states in Discussions, to align with other activity tools and create a unified content experience for both instructors and learners. This update is a continuation of the changes introduced to the Assignment list tab in the June 2023 update.

Availability dates in the Discussions list are now displayed as a simple date range below the titles of discussion topics. Hovering over the date range text displays a tooltip that includes the information about start and end dates. Tooltips also include applied settings to explain how the discussion topic appears to learners before and after these dates.

Previously, the availability dates in the Discussions topics did not include a hover tooltip.

Outcomes Management

To improve user experience, the ability to select Save and Close is now available when adjusting Achievement Scale settings. Selecting this option saves the specified settings in Outcomes Management and automatically closes the Settings page, returning the user to the main Outcomes Management page. Additionally, a Saved successfully message appears to users to confirm their settings are saved. Previously, it was unclear to the user that their settings changes were saved and applied after selecting the Save button.

Quizzes

This release updates the Quiz Creation experience for instructors by simplifying the quiz timing setup workflow, adding useful new features, including the ability to auto-submit, and removing obsolete quiz timing options. With this release, learners can show or hide the timer, receive time warning messages, and access more information about their quizzes.