June 2026

Brightspace Environment

This update improves help text dialogs in Brightspace.

Help text dialogs appear when users click question mark icons in forms.

Previously, these dialogs did not resize to fit the screen, which could hide content or action buttons and prevent users from accessing information or closing dialogs.

Help text dialogs now automatically resize to fit the screen and can also be manually adjusted, ensuring all content and actions remain visible and accessible.

Rubrics

Instructors can now identify which Assignments, Discussions, and Quizzes include attached rubrics directly from list pages, helping instructors and administrators quickly audit assessments, confirm rubric setup, and reduce configuration errors.

When a rubric is attached to an activity, a rubric icon appears beside the item in the Assignments, Discussions, and Quizzes list pages. Written-response questions on the Quiz Creation page also display a rubric indicator when a rubric is attached. Activities that include both rubrics and learning outcomes continue to display the rubric icon.

The rubric icon is informational only and does not link to the rubric, consistent with other informational icons such as release conditions and anonymous marking.