Cumulative Known Issues List

Contents

Known Issues

Accessibility

PRB0055012

PRB0055014

PRB0054718

PRB0054719

PRB0054720

PRB0052535

PRB0050065

PRB0048149

PRB0047784

PRB0049005

PRB0049779

PRB0049556

PRB0049764

PRB0049763

PRB0050462

Account Settings

PRB0054017 (Daylight)

Activity Feed

PRB0056705

PRB0056706

PRB0056496

PRB0056583

PRB0055727

PRB0055669

PRB0055884

PRB0055456

PRB0054364

PRB0054926

PRB0054938

PRB0054649

PRB0054366

Announcements

PRB0049901

PRB0052883

PRB0044103

PRB0052132

PRB0051340

PRB0041871

PRB0050218

PRB0055229 (Daylight)

Assignment Grader

PRB0055956

Assignments

PRB0056538

PRB0055772

PRB0056695

PRB0056542

PRB0056569

PRB0056232

PRB0055280

PRB0053402

PRB0054897 (Daylight)

PRB0054708

PRB0054842

PRB0040465

PRB0054075

PRB0053576

PRB0051757

PRB0052909

PRB0053696

PRB0045846

PRB0045616

PRB0051276

PRB0043920

PRB0052124

PRB0045036

PRB0052039

PRB0051629

PRB0050322

PRB0047001

PRB0050953

PRB0050533

PRB0050787

PRB0050894

PRB0050802

PRB0048410

PRB0048252

PRB0049749

PRB0047001

PRB0047094

PRB0049693

PRB0054322

PRB0055436

PRB0055206

PRB0055685

Awards

PRB0054307

PRB0050797

Brightspace Data Sets

PRB0055565

PRB0055567

PRB0055499

PRB0056474

Brightspace Developer Platform & APIs

PRB0043888

PRB0051297

PRB0051182

PRB0051178

PRB0051176

PRB0051097

PRB0050822

PRB0047783

PRB0047696

PRB0057464

Brightspace ePortfolio and ePortfolio Mobile

PRB0056339

PRB0055413

PRB0052425

PRB0047034

PRB0046495

PRB0046168

PRB0043454

PRB0045274

PRB0045324

PRB0047527

PRB0052251

PRB0052252

PRB0053103

PRB0044665

PRB0052878 (Daylight)

PRB0052536

PRB0052307

PRB0047528

PRB0052079

PRB0044189

PRB0050978

PRB0048400

PRB0049136

PRB0044442

PRB0044919

PRB0051063

PRB0050862

PRB0048571

PRB0047860

PRB0047605

PRB0049869

PRB0050547

PRB0057118

Brightspace for Parents

PRB0056839

PRB0056883

PRB0056885

PRB0056674

PRB0056110

PRB0055385

PRB0055391

PRB0057036

PRB0057373

Brightspace Learning Repository

PRB0045388

PRB0045758

PRB0050202

PRB0052378

PRB0046961

PRB0045894

PRB0052316

PRB0051921

PRB0051584

PRB0043980

PRB0049358

PRB0050173

PRB0049456

PRB0051085

PRB0051251

PRB0050922

PRB0048295

PRB0048904

PRB0050406

Brightspace Platform

PRB0056621 (Daylight)

PRB0056595 (Daylight)

PRB0056096

PRB0052675 (Daylight)

PRB0054778 (Daylight)

PRB0054818 (Daylight)

PRB0054349 (Daylight)

PRB0047355

PRB0051956

PRB0052699

PRB0052447

PRB0052445 (Daylight)

PRB0044908

PRB0051502

PRB0051820

PRB0055409

Bulk Course Configuration

PRB0054254

PRB0052394

PRB0049269

PRB0049940

Bulk Tool Configuration

PRB0052181

Bulk User Management

PRB0046926

Calendar

PRB0055694

PRB0053262

PRB0045744

PRB0052037

PRB0052242

PRB0045889

PRB0051484

PRB0051302

PRB0047996

PRB0051194

PRB0045963

Chat

PRB0051266

PRB0051846

PRB0051144

PRB0049785

Checklist

PRB0055969 (Daylight)

PRB0054064

Class Progress (formerly User Progress)

PRB0046968

Classlist

PRB0056709

PRB0056124

PRB0055996

PRB0054086

PRB0044137

PRB0050346

PRB0049661

PRB0041370

PRB0050463

PRB0055500 (Daylight)

PRB0057180

Competencies

PRB0056036

PRB0050883

PRB0045354

Config Variable Browser

PRB0045431

PRB0052082

PRB0051785

PRB0045225

Content

PRB0055371

PRB0056608

PRB0056355

PRB0056266

PRB0056088

PRB0052721

PRB0055998

PRB0055090

PRB0054998

PRB0052721

PRB0054724

PRB0054765 (Daylight)

PRB0054403

PRB0053725 (Daylight)

PRB0054056

PRB0054068

PRB0054061

PRB0052384

PRB0053848

PRB0052384

PRB0052474

PRB0051559

PRB0040902

PRB0042799

PRB0052477

PRB0052763

PRB0052815

PRB0053397

PRB0042727

PRB0052761

PRB0053109

PRB0053119

PRB0052639

PRB0052640

PRB0046488

PRB0044191

PRB0045261

PRB0052563

PRB0047432

PRB0044235

PRB0052299

PRB0052147

PRB0052068

PRB0044916

PRB0052448

PRB0052185

PRB0046759

PRB0047322

PRB0047497

PRB0051991

PRB0050825

PRB0051492

PRB0051532

PRB0051819

PRB0051364

PRB0051377

PRB0043906

PRB0047134

PRB0047477

PRB0048486

PRB0048648

PRB0049137

PRB0049475

PRB0049717

PRB0050025

PRB0050272

PRB0050582

PRB0050976

PRB0051169

PRB0049508

PRB0048865

PRB0048554

PRB0047904

PRB0045760

PRB0051019

PRB0051173

PRB0051165

PRB0050816

PRB0050695

PRB0050785

PRB0050875

PRB0050467

PRB0050799

PRB0048379

PRB0045828

PRB0045495

PRB0049045

PRB0048485

PRB0047962

PRB0047585

PRB0049572

PRB0050125

PRB0043564

PRB0044274

PRB0045114

PRB0050145

PRB0050175

PRB0047956

PRB0050343

PRB0050597

PRB0050380

PRB0050580

PRB0050429

PRB0050487

PRB0053466

PRB0055441

PRB0055540

PRB0055700 (Daylight)

PRB0057119

PRB0057140

PRB0056941

PRB0056964 (Daylight)

PRB0056995 (Daylight)

PRB0056974

PRB0057117 (Daylight)

PRB0057305

Course Builder

PRB0049182

Course Conversion

PRB0050883

Course Management

PRB0056060

PRB0054980

PRB0051855

PRB0051839

PRB0051840

PRB0051317

PRB0048016

Customizations

PRB0052601

PRB0052003

Data Purge

PRB0051420

PRB0051424

PRB0049440

PRB0049771

Dates

PRB0050594

PRB0050605

Discussions

PRB0055534

PRB0055977

PRB0054992

PRB0054768

PRB0055095

PRB0054659

PRB0053505

PRB0043102

PRB0054027

PRB0046760

PRB0050915

PRB0053553

PRB0053555

PRB0051633

PRB0053107

PRB0053110

PRB0043213

PRB0047609

PRB0044501

PRB0051290

PRB0048753

PRB0048072

PRB0048042

PRB0048542

PRB0048525

PRB0048519

PRB0049577

PRB0050248

PRB0050109

PRB0047581

PRB0050495

PRB0050454

PRB0055220

Document Viewer

PRB0044124

PRB0042015

PRB0043834

PRB0045967

PRB0044124

PRB0047815

PRB0057394

Email

PRB0056101

PRB0056298

PRB0053888

PRB0051098

PRB0051376

PRB0051099

PRB0041267

PRB0050329

PRB0048086

PRB0048071

PRB0049559

PRB0044924

External Learning Tools

PRB0052685

PRB0052106

PRB0051381

PRB0047985

PRB0047986

PRB0049560

PRB0051048

Glossary

PRB0045773

Google Drive

PRB0055160

PRB0054661

PRB0054717

PRB0054742

Grades

PRB0056766

PRB0056035

PRB0054295

PRB0055444 (Daylight)

PRB0054008

PRB0054376 (Daylight)

PRB0054097

PRB0054342

PRB0044375

PRB0045271

PRB0053663

PRB0047703

PRB0053731

PRB0052884

PRB0053099

PRB0053111

PRB0052549

PRB0052689

PRB0046943

PRB0051600

PRB0045319

PRB0052178

PRB0051705

PRB0051931

PRB0050893

PRB0049335

PRB0047882

PRB0047728

PRB0051036

PRB0051166

PRB0051188

PRB0048287

PRB0049594

PRB0049861

PRB0050261

PRB0045165

PRB0049765

PRB0050422

PRB0050419

PRB0057016

PRB0057267

Groups and Sections

PRB0056122

PRB0055995

PRB0054136

PRB0045079

PRB0049545

PRB0051016

PRB0051092

PRB0057465

HTML Editor

PRB0055597

PRB0055523

PRB0055574

PRB0056456

PRB0055928

PRB0055096

PRB0055097

PRB0055075

PRB0054575

PRB0054738

PRB0054853 (Daylight)

PRB0054629

PRB0054630

PRB0054632

PRB0054380

PRB0054411

PRB0045374

PRB0052228

PRB0052626

PRB0045464

PRB0052844

PRB0053319

PRB0053292

PRB0051640

PRB0051615

PRB0047032

PRB0050132

PRB0049197

PRB0048563

PRB0047999

PRB0049997

PRB0049938

PRB0050423

PRB0049786

PRB0050725

PRB0055516

PRB0056961 (Daylight)

PRB0057139 (Daylight)

PRB0054383 (Daylight)

PRB0055099 (Daylight)

PRB0057091

PRB0057142 (Daylight)

Import/Export/Copy Components

PRB0056077

PRB0055964

PRB0051970

PRB0052426

PRB0045741

PRB0048649

PRB0048719

PRB0050287

PRB0048004

PRB0050288

PRB0057315

Instant Messages

PRB0045500

PRB0049268

Integrations

PRB0056313

PRB0056622

PRB0055384

PRB0054198

PRB0052065

PRB0052192

PRB0052261

PRB0045701

PRB0052755

PRB0052241

PRB0051565

PRB0049431

PRB0049616

PRB0051125

PRB0051267

PRB0050881

PRB0048321

PRB0048175

PRB0048710

PRB0049194

PRB0048399

PRB0050215

PRB0050232

PRB0050214

PRB0050234

Intelligent Agents

PRB0050599

PRB0049660

Known Issues

Language Management

PRB0056468

PRB0053668 (Daylight)

PRB0048880

PRB0050277

PRB0057471

Lessons

PRB0055004

PRB0055006

PRB0055004

PRB0055018

PRB0055019

PRB0055397

PRB0055408

PRB0055005

Locker

PRB0053348

Login Portal

PRB0048036

Manage Files

PRB0054362

Metadata

PRB0043392

PRB0047607

PRB0048467

Navigation and Themes

PRB0056683 (Daylight)

PRB0056950 (Daylight)

PRB0055367

PRB0054483 (Daylight)

PRB0052665 (Daylight)

PRB0052599 (Daylight)

PRB0052446 (Daylight)

PRB0052443 (Daylight)

PRB0044671

PRB0056893 (Daylight)

Notifications

PRB0054205

PRB0054049

PRB0045730

PRB0052093

PRB0050804

PRB0044745

PRB0057376

Org Unit Editor

PRB0052719

PRB0049188

Personal Dashboard

PRB0051453

Question Library

PRB0054626

PRB0054627

PRB0054631

PRB0054633

PRB0054479

PRB0045483

PRB0049712

PRB0049682

PRB0050404

Quicklinks

PRB0048515

PRB0049731

PRB0049243

PRB0048180

Quizzes

PRB0056308

PRB0056255

PRB0056312

PRB0055769

PRB0053510

PRB0053430

PRB0055757

PRB0054942 (Daylight)

PRB0055443

PRB0054887

PRB0054016 (Daylight)

PRB0054130

PRB0054534 (Daylight)

PRB0045804

PRB0053454

PRB0053408

PRB0045082

PRB0053954

PRB0045417

PRB0042512

PRB0047016

PRB0052989

PRB0053434

PRB0053497

PRB0042443

PRB0050750

PRB0052627

PRB0053015 (Daylight)

PRB0045875

PRB0045214

PRB0052598 (Daylight)

PRB0047687

PRB0052567

PRB0043374

PRB0046973

PRB0052078

PRB0052371

PRB0052004

PRB0050093

PRB0051228

PRB0052234

PRB0048046

PRB0051439

PRB0051621

PRB0051729

PRB0051778

PRB0051326

PRB0044404

PRB0048792

PRB0049935

PRB0050721

PRB0049313

PRB0049347

PRB0049486

PRB0049090

PRB0051234

PRB0051079

PRB0050931

PRB0048464

PRB0048216

PRB0042830

PRB0049569

PRB0049955

PRB0050029

PRB0050130

PRB0050114

PRB0050179

PRB0050413

PRB0050503

PRB0050648

PRB0055573

Release Conditions

PRB0056299

PRB0051382

PRB0047323

PRB0045840

PRB0057073

Role Switch

PRB0052532

PRB0053907

PRB0052257

PRB0051217

Rubrics

PRB0044740

PRB0053343

PRB0051696

PRB0057333 (Daylight)

Seating Chart

PRB0050984

Self Assessments

PRB0054638

PRB0051516

PRB0047534

PRB0049618

PRB0047720

PRB0049860

Self Registration

PRB0048372

Surveys

PRB0053291

PRB0044774

PRB0051606

PRB0053016

PRB0045197

PRB0047779

PRB0051698

PRB0050104

PRB0048980

PRB0042705

PRB0050358

PRB0050323

System Check

PRB0044559

User Management

PRB0053435 (Daylight)

PRB0052739

PRB0047024

PRB0051208

PRB0050768

PRB0049184

User Progress

PRB0053333

PRB0053383

PRB0051863

PRB0051974

PRB0050271

PRB0041815

PRB0054505

Video Note Usage Report

PRB0050872

Widgets

PRB0056344 (Daylight)

PRB0056335 (Daylight)

PRB0055656 (Daylight)

PRB0055997

PRB0055688

PRB0055091 (Daylight)

PRB0053532 (Daylight)

PRB0051964

PRB0041160

PRB0048630

PRB0049904

PRB0050174

PRB0047992

PRB0040484

PRB0055408

PRB0057002 (Daylight)

About D2L

Known Issues

D2L is committed to releasing high quality products that perform as expected. To keep you informed about the product issues most likely to impact your environment, the Known Issues List consists of newly discovered and commonly reported issues that can be consistently reproduced by D2L. For more information on when an issue was first reported, see the Found in statement in the issue description.

Accessibility

PRB0055012

In the Firefox browser, if you are using keyboard navigation and a screen reader to navigate the Lessons tool, the focus might not transfer to dialog boxes when they open, but remain on the main page.

As a workaround, if you are using keyboard navigation and a screen reader, use the Chrome or Safari browser.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.1.

PRB0055014

In the Firefox browser, if you are using a keyboard and a NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) screen reader to navigate the Lessons tool contents tree, you might be forced out of the tree unexpectedly.

As a workaround, use the screen reader to refresh the page and then access the contents tree again.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.2.

PRB0054718

Using iOS on mobile devices (iPad or iPhone) with Apple VoiceOver turned on, you cannot change the edit permissions for a Google Drive document directly in the app using swipe motions.

As a workaround, change the edit permissions in Google Drive instead.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.1.

PRB0054719

Using the Safari browser on a Mac computer, with Apple VoiceOver on, you can use the keyboard to navigate to the Edit Permissions menu of Google Picker, but Apple VoiceOver does not read the menu items.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.1.

PRB0054720

In some cases, using the Internet Explorer 11 browser, the Grid and List views of Google Picker do not always switch between one another when you press Enter/Space on your keyboard.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.1.

PRB0052535

When using Apple VoiceOver on an iPhone or iPad, the Next, Previous, and View Content in New Window buttons in the Content tool in Brightspace Learning Environment might not respond.

As a workaround, use a Mac computer if you are using Apple VoiceOver.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0.

To reproduce this issue:

  1. Ensure you have a course in Brightspace Learning Environment that has at least one module and two content topics.
  2. Using an iOS device such as an iPad or iPhone, go to Settings General Accessibility, and toggle on VoiceOver.
  3. Open Safari, and access your course.
  4. Go to the first content topic, and attempt to tap the Next or Previous buttons.
  5. Observe that the screen reader doesn't read the button labels.

PRB0050065

The color of many buttons in Brightspace Learning Environment is not 100% WCAG AA compliant.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3 and 10.5.1.

To reproduce this issue:

  1. Log in to any 10.5 Brightspace Learning Environment.
  2. Access a course.
  3. Click on the Content tool.
  4. Create/step into a module.
  5. Observe the color of the New button.
    This kind of blue button, seen all over, causes the issue. It's not just the New button, but Save, Save and Close, and so on.

PRB0048149

While using the Tab key to navigate, the JAWS screen reader does not read the body of the message in an email.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3 SP15.

To reproduce this issue:

  1. Enable the JAWS screen reader.
  2. In Brightspace Learning Environment, go to the Email tool and open an email containing body content.
  3. Listen to the audio, while using the Tab key to navigate.
  4. Observe that the JAWS screen reader does not choose the body of the message and goes straight to the Close button from the Flags dropdown (or back to the top of the page if message previews are enabled).

PRB0047784

In some cases, learners are not able to easily use a screen reader to access Matching Questions on quizzes. There is not a quick way to move between match options.

Found in Brightspace platform 10.3.0 SP10.

To reproduce this issue:

  1. Create a quiz with Matching Questions.
  2. As a learner, using a screen reader, attempt to complete the quiz.
  3. Observe that you are required to move between the two lists in order to determine the match.

PRB0049005

In some cases, if you are using NDVA screen reader to access the account settings preferences, the screen text for the Change Role personal menu item does not provide adequate navigation information.

Found in Brightspace platform 10.3.0.

To reproduce this issue:

  1. Open NVDA screen reader.
  2. In the Brightspace platform, click on the down arrow beside the username.
  3. User keyboard focus to access the word Change.
  4. Observe that when you press the down arrow, the screen reader speaks Change link.
  5. Observe that when you press Tab, the screen reader speaks Change link. Change Role.

PRB0049779

In some cases, related Role Switch controls are not grouped.

Found in Brightspace platform 10.5.0.

To reproduce this issue:

  1. Open NVDA screen reader.
  2. In the Brightspace platform, click the drop down menu beside the username.
  3. Click Change to display all roles.
  4. Observe that the roles are not grouped.

PRB0049556

In some cases, the expand and collapse options do not update until you move the focus. As a result, the screen reader reads that the expand or collapse options are in the incorrect state.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3.0 SP18.

To reproduce this issue:

  1. Launch an NVDA screen reader and enable the speech viewer tool.
  2. Use the Tab key to focus on any Collapse or Expand button on any widget.
  3. Press Enter, but do not move the focus.
  4. The screen reader does not acknowledge that the button has changed to the opposite state.

PRB0049764

In some cases, some buttons and forms in Brightspace Learning Environment lack sufficient color contrast.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.5.4.

To reproduce this issue:

  1. Observe the color of a button on the Brightspace Learning Environment user interface.
  2. Select the button and observe the color change when the button is selected.
  3. Observe that the color contrast does not meet accessibility requirements.

PRB0049763

In some cases, the expanding lists that appear upon clicking a top-level topic in the content browser widget appear without alerting users with visual impairments to their presence. The expanded/collapsed state of topics in the content browser widget has no audible indication that it displays a list of subtopics and submodules.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.5.4.

PRB0050462

In some cases, the Video Note feature does not provide the option to add a caption for a video.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.5.5.

To reproduce this issue:

  1. Create a new content topic and add a new Video Note video.
  2. Observe that there are no prompts to add captions or a video description.

Account Settings

PRB0054017 (Daylight)

When navigating Brightspace Learning Environment using the Safari browser, if your settings are configured to open secondary windows as pop-ups and your window is maximized, nearly empty tabs or windows are generated which only include the Save and Close button.

As a workaround, change your Account Settings to show secondary windows as dialogs.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.6.10.

To reproduce this issue:

  1. Log in to Brightspace Learning Environment with an administrator account using the Safari browser.
  2. Ensure that your browser window is maximized.
  3. Click your name, and from the drop-down list, select Account Settings.
  4. Under Dialog Settings, select Show secondary window as Pop-ups, and click Save and Close.
  5. Access a test course, and on the navbar, select Course Admin.
  6. Open the Sharing Groups tool, and click New Sharing Group.
  7. Observe the nearly empty pop-up that displays.

Activity Feed

PRB0056705

When users select an existing hidden assignment and post it to the feed, the assignment fails to become visible to learners.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.9.

To reproduce this issue:

  1. Log in to Brightspace Learning Environment as an instructor, and access a test course with the Activity Feed widget enabled.
  2. From the navbar, click Assignments.
  3. Click New Submission Folder.
  4. Create a new assignment submission folder, and in the Restrictions tab ensure that Hidden from users is selected.
  5. Click Save.
  6. Navigate to the course home page.
  7. In the Activity Feed widget, click Create a post, and select Assignment.
  8. Click Select Existing, and select the assignment submission folder created in previous steps.
  9. Impersonate a learner.
  10. Observe that the Activity Feed assignment post is not visible to learners.

PRB0056706

When editing a planned message post to contain an invalid or over-size file type, the post does not display an error message for the user when the file fails to upload.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.9.

To reproduce this issue:

  1. Log in to Brightspace Learning Environment as an instructor, and access a test course with the Activity Feed widget enabled.
  2. Click Create a post, and under Message create a planned message with a future posting date.
  3. Click View Planned Post.
  4. In the Planned Posts window, click the caret beside the planned message posting, and select Edit Message from the drop-down menu.
  5. Click Attach, and upload an invalid or over-sized file to the Editing Message window.
  6. Click Save Changes.
  7. Observe that the post dialog closes without displaying an error message when the file upload fails.

PRB0056496

When using Activity Feed to create or edit a planned post in Internet Explorer 11, some users are unable to click in to text editable fields.

As a workaround, do one of the following:

-Click Clear all or click the quick link attachment and close the dialog box that opens.

-Bring up the Post Later dialog window, then click Cancel to close the window.

-Remove the Post Later date from the dialog window.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.8.

To reproduce this issue:

  1. Log in to Brightspace Learning Environment with Internet Explorer 11 as an instructor.
  2. Access a test course which has the Activity Feed widget enabled.
  3. In the Activity Feed widget, click Create a post.
  4. Create a message post, then click Post Later.
  5. Enter in a future date and time for the post to appear then click Schedule Post.
  6. Observe that users are unable to click and enter a message in the text field for the message post.

PRB0056583

When editing an assignment post in Activity Feed, instructions containing rich text/HTML formatting for an existing assignment submission folder do not render correctly. Plain text is rendered to the user and editing any of the instructions overwrites the previous rich text/HTML formatting with plain text.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.8.

To reproduce this issue:

  1. Log in to Brightspace Learning Environment as an instructor, and create an assignment with instructions containing rich text/HTML formatting.
  2. Navigate to a course homepage with the Activity Feed enabled, and create a post.
  3. From the Assignment tab, click Select Existing and choose the previously created assignment, and then click Post.
  4. From the Activity Feed, edit the post by adding or changing any input field, and save the changes.
  5. Observe that the previous rich text/HTML formatting is overwritten with plain text formatting.

PRB0055727

On the Safari 9.1.3 browser on iOS, the Activity Feed widget does not load posts, and it does not provide the ability to create new posts.

As a workaround, upgrade to Safari 10.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.3.

To reproduce this issue:

  1. On a device running Safari 9.3.1, open the Activity Feed widget.
  2. Observe the Latest Posts notification.
  3. Observe that the posts do not load in the widget.

PRB0055669

Links to inactive or hidden items, such as hidden forums, inactive assessments, modules in draft mode or hidden, or hidden assignments, in the Activity Feed result in errors.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4.

To reproduce this issue:

  1. Impersonating an instructor, in a course, click Edit Course and select Widgets.
  2. Click Search and browse for Activity Feed in the list of widgets.
  3. Click Add.
  4. Prepare the following activities:
  5. Add a hidden discussion forum to the learner role
  6. Add a module in Draft mode in the Content tool
  7. Create a hidden Assignments folder to the learner role
  8. Create an inactive quiz.
  1. In the Brightspace Learning Environment widget you created, add the activities you just created.
  2. Impersonate the learner role that you used for the activities in step 4.
  3. In a course that uses Activity Feed, click the widget where you added the activities in Step 4.
  4. Click the links for the hidden discussion forum, the draft module, the hidden assignments folder, and the inactive quiz.
  5. Observe the error messages for each link.

PRB0055884

A scheduled post on Activity Feed might have a 2-3 minute delay after the scheduled time before it goes live.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.6.

To reproduce this issue:

  1. Ensure that the Activity Feed widget is turned on for a course homepage.
  2. Create a post and schedule it to post to the feed a short time in the future, such as 10 minutes.
  3. Wait until the time when you scheduled the post.
  4. Refresh the Activity Feed.
  5. Observe that the post does not appear as expected.
  6. Refresh 2-3 minutes later to see the post as expected.

PRB0055456

When attaching files to an assignment post in the Activity Feed, if the file fails to upload, a generic error message displays. This does not provide the user with any information on why their upload failed. Uploads can fail if the files size is too large, the file extension is not supported, or an internal error occurred.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.4.

To reproduce this issue:

  1. Access a test course with Activity Feed on its homepage.
  2. In the Activity Feed, click Create a post.
  3. Click Assignment, enter a title, and select the File Upload icon.
  4. Drag and drop a large file (>2MB) into the Upload a File window.
  5. Observe the 'Something went wrong, please check your post.' error message that displays.

PRB0054364

The Activity Feed does not display for Windows 10 users who log in to Brightspace Learning Environment using Internet Explorer 11.576.14393.0 or lower.

As a workaround, upgrade your version of Internet Explorer 11, or log in using an alternate browser such as Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Safari.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.0.

To reproduce this issue:

  1. From a Windows 10 computer, log in to Brightspace Learning Environment using Internet Explorer 11.576.14393.0 or lower.
  2. Access a test course whose homepage contains an Activity Feed.
  3. Observe that the activity feed does not render any posts or comments.

PRB0054926

When an instructor edits a learner's comment on the Activity Feed, the profile image next to the comment temporarily changes from the learner's to the teacher's. Once the instructor's edit is saved, the profile image reverts to the learner's image.

Found in Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.2.

To reproduce this issue:

  1. Log in to Brightspace Learning Environment and access a test course with an Activity Feed on its homepage.
  2. Create a post text box, enter a message, and click Post.
  3. From the navbar, select Classlist and impersonate a learner.
  4. Make a comment on the Activity Feed post made in the previous steps, and end your impersonation.
  5. Locate the learner's comment on the Activity Feed and observe the learner's profile icon.
  6. Click Edit Post and observe that your icon now displays instead of the learner's.
  7. Save any changes and observe that the learner's icon returns.

PRB0054938

Changes made to a user's account settings to modify their date and time zone are not respected by the Activity Feed widget. Brightspace Learning Environment always displays the activity feed's date and time information using the organization's default date and time zone.

Found in Brightspace Learning Environment 10.7.2.

To reproduce this issue:

  1. Log in to Brightspace Learning Environment and access a test course that has an Activity Feed on its course homepage.
  2. Click anywhere in the Create a post text box, enter a message, and click Post.
  3. Observe the date and time that displays above the post.
  4. Click on your name and select Account Settings.
  5. Change your preferred date format or time zone, and click Save and Close.
  6. Observe that the date and time that displays above the post has not changed.

PRB0054649