Brightspace Update: May 2025

Brightspace Update: May 2025

Brightspace uses a Continuous Delivery model for monthly updates, some of the changes released in May 2025 have an impact on faculty use. Below are the changes that you may see. Full release notes can be found here: https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/32504-may-2025-20-25-05

Groups – Export group enrollment data

Instructors can now export group enrollment data from the Groups tool to support easier attendance tracking, group-specific class lists and contact list creation.

A new Export button now appears in the Groups tool for users with the Manage Groups and Categories permission. Instructors can use this button to export group data to a CSV file. The exported content includes:

  • Group category details
  • Group names
  • User enrollment information
  • Enrollment dates

You can choose a specific group or all groups within a selected category to include in the export.

Previously, there was no built-in method to export group data or user enrollment dates from the Groups tool.

Quick Eval – Evaluate learners across Assignments, Discussions, and Quizzes

This release enhances the Quick Eval experience by allowing instructors to efficiently navigate through their list of submissions, even when those submissions span multiple activity types or courses. For example, if an instructor has items to grade in Assignments, Discussions and Quizzes, they can now move directly from one submission to the next without returning to the main Quick Eval screen.

Previously, instructors were required to open a submission, complete the evaluation, then click Back to Quick Eval to return to the Submissions view and manually locate the next item to assess. With this update, instructors are automatically redirected to the next submission in the Quick Eval list, streamlining the evaluation process.

Important: This feature only works when New Quiz Evaluation Experience is enabled.

New Quiz Evaluation Experience

The New Quiz Evaluation Experience will become the default view in July 2025. For more information, please see our knowledge base article on the New Quiz Evaluation Experience.

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