Month: October 2021

Continuous Delivery Updates for October 2021

Students and Instructors

Editor – Drag/drop and copy/paste images

The drag/drop and copy/paste functionality of images is now available in the following areas that contain no user-specific data.

  • Content Module/Topic Descriptions
  • Quiz/Survey/Self-Assessment – Description, Header. Footer
  • Grades – Description
  • Content Course Overview descriptions
  • Discussion Forum/Topic descriptions

Note: Similar to current functionality, image files added to these areas are saved in the root of the Manage Files area of the course the user is currently in.

Editor – Email notifications for users tagged in discussion posts and threads

This feature adds the ability for users tagged in discussion posts and threads to receive email notifications.

The new Discussions – mentioned in a discussion post or thread option appears in the Notifications page.

When a user is tagged, their profile is linked to their tagged name. At this time, a user can @mention any active user.

Brightspace Pulse – Operating system support

The latest version of Brightspace Pulse is supported on devices with iOS® 12+ or AndroidTM 6.0+ (2015 release). Older versions of Brightspace Pulse will continue to work on devices with iOS 11 or Android 5.0, but will not receive any app updates.

Content – Add Print Button to PDF file types

This feature adds the option to print PDF file types.

The Print button is visible when viewing a PDF topic or the Course Outline as a PDF. 

No option to print PDFs was previously available.

PDF view in Content - highlighting the location of the Print button.
Figure: PDF view in Content – highlighting the location of the Print button.

Instructors Only

Dropbox – Preview Activity in Evaluation mode

Previously, users who did not have edit permissions for the Dropbox could not preview assignments. As a result, not all evaluator types could see folder information such as assignment instructions, start date, or due dates.

Now, in Evaluation mode, there is a Preview Activity option in the folder context menu to see a preview of the assignment.

The Preview Activity option appears on the context menu for the Dropbox folder.
Figure: The Preview Activity option appears on the context menu for the Dropbox folder.

Course Import – View Course Import history

Users can now view the history of course import attempts for courses. From the Import/Export/Copy tool on Course Admin, users can view the Course Import History page, which includes the following information for each course import attempt:  

  • the original package name 
  • status of the import 
  • user who created the import job 
  • the timestamp for the import attempt 

The content is sorted by Start Time (Descending) by default. After users have viewed the page, they can return to the Import/Export/Copy Components landing page in the Course Administration or click View Import Log to see a more detailed log. The log opens at the last line for the conversion you are viewing.

The View Import History link is available from the Import/Export/Copy Components tool in the Course Administration area of their course.
Figure: The View Import History link is available from the Import/Export/Copy Components tool in the Course Administration area of their course.

Contact

If you have any questions about the updates, please contact CourseLink Support at:

courselink@uoguelph.ca
519-824-4120 ext. 56939