Summary
This page includes links to Minn State documentation of all D2L updates, and a summary of the highlights for each month.
D2L updates occur on the 3rd Thursday of every month.
Body
Highlights include:
- Assign zero points to a quiz question (such as, a survey-type question or academic honesty statement agreement)
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- Set a Due Date on Discussions, in addition to an End Date, which might be later.
- Use case for this feature:
- Set a "Due Date" for students to create an original thread.
- Set a later "End Date" for students to reply to classmates.
- You will now see if their first post was "late."
- CAVEAT: The first post could either be a thread or a reply. If you want to enforce that their first post is an original thread, select the option for "Learners must start a thread before they can view or reply to other threads ."
- Find this setting in the "Post & Completion" tile.
- Remember that if desired, you can still allow them to read all posts & replies after the End Date, even if they can no longer post or reply.
- M365 OneDrive Integration through "Existing Activities"
- In the Current (Classic) Content Experience, find this in the "Existing Activities" menu of any Content module.
- In the "New Content Experience", find this in the "Add Existing > More" menu
- Learn more about M365-D2L integration here.
Highlights include:
- D2L Announcements that include images will transfer the images to the email version of the Announcement.
- Export Classlist to a CSV file
- This can be great for creating an Attendance list!
- Lock a Quiz to a single login session
- Increases Quiz security
- Prevents students from being able to share login info to a 3rd party
February 2026 Updates
Highlights include:
What changed in "Enter Grades" on February 19th?
- The scrollbar on the bottom of your "Enter Grades" page no longer appears unless you scroll to the bottom of your list of students.
- In place of the scrollbar, navigation arrows were added in the upper corners, which will advance the page left or right.
- The arrows do not work as smoothly as the scrollbar, and are causing disruption to navigating the page.
Image above: Screenshot from Enter Grades page.
Until we hear back from D2L on fixing or improving this feature, try this tip (for mouse users):
- Hold down your "Shift" key on your computer keyboard.
- Use your computer mouse's roller wheel to roll up and down, which will move the columns left and right.
March 2026 Updates
Highlights include:
- In Classlist: A new Export button is available to instructors to optionally export Classlist details to a CSV file, making it easier to review the Classlist information offline.
- Tip! The export file will include student pronouns (if the student has entered them into Account Settings)
- In Awards: Instructors can now enter more detailed information in award text fields (name, description, criteria, and evidence) that support increased character limits.
- In D2L Brightspace (overall): The minimum supported browser versions have been updated.
April 2026 Updates
Highlights include:
Quiz grading - filter by "incorrect questions"
When viewing a student's Quiz attempt, you can now filter for "incorrect questions" to view only the questions the student answered incorrectly.
Also: Quiz question "feedback" fields are condensed to save space, but will expand if needed as you add feedback.
View a short video demo of these updates