{"id":27014,"date":"2025-08-28T18:58:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T18:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/?p=27014"},"modified":"2025-08-28T18:58:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T18:58:05","slug":"release-notes-august-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/release-notes-august-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Release Notes: August 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Brightspace \u2013 New Window icon for all menu items | Updated<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To help users better anticipate navigation behavior in Brightspace, a&nbsp;<img src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6036482\/uploads\/B93AXYN17FZQ\/new-window-icon-gaud-8213.png\" alt=\"A diagonal arrow within a partial square shape\"><strong>New Window<\/strong>&nbsp;icon now appears next to all menu items that open in a new tab or window. This change applies to all applicable menu items across the platform interface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The icon design is also updated to better align with current styles used in Brightspace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>View an example of this change in the&nbsp;<strong>Print Thread<\/strong>&nbsp;menu in a discussion topic (see image).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6036482\/uploads\/LRWLQQKF4ACG\/window-icon-menu-gaud-8213-en-us.png\" alt=\"The New Window icon appears in a menu. The icon is a diagonal arrow in a partial box.\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Figure: The&nbsp;<strong>New Window<\/strong>&nbsp;icon appears beside a menu item.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From a course, navigate to a topic in\u00a0<strong>Discussions<\/strong>, select the actions drop-down for a thread, then view the\u00a0<strong>New Window<\/strong>\u00a0icon appears beside\u00a0<strong>Print Thread<\/strong>\u00a0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Quizzes \u2013 Print your quiz | New<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to customer feedback, this update provides instructors with a simple way to print an offline quiz that supports all native Brightspace quiz question types, shuffling and randomization options, question pools, multiple versions, and an&nbsp;<strong>Answer Key<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6036482\/uploads\/GALMD474HHX1\/borg-4327-print-quiz-en-us.png\" alt=\"The Print option selected next to a quiz name on the Manage Quizzes page.\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Figure: From the&nbsp;<strong>Manage Quizzes<\/strong>&nbsp;page, click the drop-down beside the quiz name and select&nbsp;<strong>Print<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6036482\/uploads\/QMBT4HEB6Y45\/borg-4327-print-quiz-page-en-us.png\" alt=\"Print preview of a quiz showing formatting options.\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Figure: From the&nbsp;<strong>Print Quiz<\/strong>&nbsp;page, select a version tab, configure formatting, and click&nbsp;<strong>Print [Version]<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>d2l.Tools.Quizzes.PrintQuizFeature<\/strong>&nbsp;(OrgUnit) configuration variable controls this feature. It is&nbsp;<strong>ON<\/strong>&nbsp;by default. Administrators can turn it&nbsp;<strong>OFF<\/strong>&nbsp;if more time is required for documentation or training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Options to support multiple quiz versions include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Shuffle Quiz<\/strong>&nbsp;(under&nbsp;<strong>Timing &amp; Display<\/strong>) to shuffle quiz sections and questions.<img src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6036482\/uploads\/GQ3MDW4CYTS2\/borg-4327-shuffle-quiz-en-us.png\" alt=\"The Timing and Display settings with Shuffle Quiz option enabled.\">Figure: In the&nbsp;<strong>Timing &amp; Display<\/strong>&nbsp;section of the quiz settings, select&nbsp;<strong>Shuffle Quiz<\/strong>&nbsp;to randomize the order of questions and sections within the quiz.<\/li><li><strong>Shuffle questions in this section<\/strong>&nbsp;(when creating or editing a section).<img src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6036482\/uploads\/WSDZOJ3KGVG8\/borg-4327-shuffle-questions-section-en-us.png\" alt=\"The New Section page with Shuffle questions option enabled.\">Figure: When creating or editing a quiz section, select&nbsp;<strong>Shuffle questions in this section<\/strong>&nbsp;to randomize questions, sections, and pools within the section.<\/li><li><strong>Randomize answer order<\/strong>&nbsp;when creating or editing a supported question type, for example, Multiple Choice.<img src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6036482\/uploads\/Q9S0A6WIRGBM\/borg-4327-randomize-answer-order-en-us.png\" alt=\"A multiple choice question with Randomize answer order enabled.\">Figure: When creating a multiple-choice question, select&nbsp;<strong>Randomize answer order<\/strong>&nbsp;to present answer choices in a different order for each learner.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To help instructors quickly and easily grade printed quizzes taken offline, an&nbsp;<strong>Answer Key<\/strong>&nbsp;is provided for each version. It includes the correct answers and, where applicable, the grading method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6036482\/uploads\/EJDGHXU6PB00\/borg-4327-print-quiz-answerkey-en-us.png\" alt=\"Print preview of a quiz showing answer key and formatting options.\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Figure: To grade a quiz, instructors can select&nbsp;<strong>Show correct answers<\/strong>&nbsp;and print the required version of the quiz with an&nbsp;<strong>Answer Key<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brightspace \u2013 New Window icon for all menu items | Updated To help users better anticipate navigation behavior in Brightspace, a&nbsp;New Window&nbsp;icon now appears next to all menu items that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"iawp_total_views":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27014"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27014"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27015,"href":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27014\/revisions\/27015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}