Quizzes – Improved filter and source dropdowns in Question Library | Updated

This update improves the source and filter dropdowns in the Browse Existing Questions dialog to better align with Brightspace standards and provide a more consistent experience.

Both dropdowns now include a search option, helping instructors find sources and filters more quickly.

Figure: The Source dropdown with a search field in Question Library.

Figure: The filter dropdown with a search field in Question Library.

 

 

Quizzes – Flag questions and strikethrough answer options | New

This release introduces the question annotation option in Quizzes. Learners can flag quiz questions to revisit later and apply strikethrough formatting to answer options to help narrow their choices.

Learners can select the bookmark icon  beside a quiz question to flag it for review. Flagged questions appear in the left navigation, allowing learners to quickly return to them.

Learners can also select the strikethrough icon  beside answer options to eliminate choices they believe are incorrect.

Figure: A flagged quiz question with an answer option shown in strikethrough.

Instructors can disable these tools for learners by selecting Hide question annotation tools in the Timing & Display section of the quiz edit page.

Figure: When creating or editing a quiz, in the Timing & Display section, select Hide question annotation tools to disable question flagging and answer option strikethrough for learners.

 

 

Work To Do widget – Evaluation activities are hidden by default | Updated

The Work To Do widget now helps learners with multiple roles, such as teaching assistants, focus on upcoming and overdue work by hiding evaluation activities by default. Previously, the widget displayed both personal course due dates and evaluation tasks for users with multiple roles, making it more difficult to track learner deadlines.

This feature implements the following PIE item:

• D8285 (Allow users to show/hide assignments by Role in Work to Do Widget)

Figure: The Work To Do widget now filters out evaluation activities by default for users with multiple roles.

Technical Details

Impact:

• Slight impact to instructors and teaching assistants who also have learner enrollments, as they no longer see evaluation tasks in the Work To Do widget by default.

 

Work To Do widget – Automatically marks modules as complete | Updated

This release updates the Work To Do widget so that when learners complete all activities in a module, the module is automatically marked as complete and removed from the widget.

Learners now see only activities that still require completion, reducing clutter in the widget.

Previously, completed modules that have due dates could continue to appear as overdue because the module itself was not automatically marked as complete. As a result, learners could see overdue modules that no longer required action and could not be manually dismissed.

This feature implements the following PIE item:

• D8813 (Work to Do – Remove Completed Module Dates)

Figure: In the Work To Do widget, completed modules no longer appear after all module activities are completed.