We have new updates for MyCourses, Pulse, Kaltura, and Zoom this month! See below for details, and please contact helpdesk@ggc.edu if you encounter any problems or have questions.
Note for Upcoming Semester
Fall 2022 courses will be available in MyCourses on June 6th, 2022.
MyCourses
Accessibility Improvements
The default font and color stylings have been updated for improved accessibility.
Figure: Before and after showing the updated font color visible in the My Courses widget.
Figure: Before and after showing the updated font color visible in text and inline links.
HTML Editor
This feature implements a new and improved context link menu in Brightspace Editor. The new menu has the same functionality as before – enabling users to highlight text and create a link, edit the link, remove the link, and preview the link – but now also enables support for previewing quicklinks that contain replace strings while editing their HTML. The new formatting context menu continues to allow users to highlight text within the editor and apply formatting or create links.
Figure: The new Content link menu.
Figure: The new formatting context menu.
Brightspace Pulse App
@mention Push Notifications
Instructors can now use @mention push notifications to direct a message to Learners using Pulse.
Figure: @mention subscription alert in the Brightspace Pulse app.
Updates and Subscriptions
In the Brightspace Pulse app, the Updates and Subscriptions tab is now aligned to show the same items as the Alert Bell and Discussions in MyCourses.
Figure: Update alerts in MyCourses versus the Brightspace Pulse app.
Kaltura
Kaltura Training Opportunity
Kaltura is hosting a D2L/Brightspace Essentials webinar on Tuesday, June 14th at 10:00 am ET. We would like to invite faculty and staff who are new to Kaltura to join us for this intro session.
To register for the webinar, please visit the Kaltura Registration Page.
Zoom
Zoom Training Opportunities
Our Learning Management Support Specialist, Rachele Byrd, is hosting a MyCourses: Teaching with Zoom training on Thursday, June 2nd at 2:00 pm.
We encourage faculty to join to prepare for the transition from Blackboard Collaborate. To learn more about this training opportunity, please visit the IT Services Event Page.
Another Zoom training, Zoom: Getting Started with the Basics, will be held on Tuesday, June 7th at 2:00 pm.
To learn more about this training opportunity, please visit the IT Services Event Page.
To check out last month’s updates, please read Academic Technology Updates for April 2022!