D2L provides updates to individual campuses  by a Release Calendar. All SUNY campuses are a part of  Wave 3 which is the Second Thursday of each Month

All release notes can be found in the D2L Brightspace Community.

June 2025

Highlights

• Assignments – Annotations update
  • ​​​​​​​Warning: Safari browsers using versions older than version 15.4 are no longer supported for the Annotations software. This is currently a legacy browser. For more information, refer to Browser support.​​​​​​​
• Assignments – Google and Microsoft 365 options available in File Upload:
• Brightspace Editor – Updated storage location for feedback attachments in Assignments, Discussions, and Quizzes:
• Manage Dates – Bulk edit and offset dates for recurring Intelligent Agents | Updated

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May 2024

Highlights

• Pulse App advertisement has been removed from the system. Promotion of the Pulse app is the responsibility of the campus
• Grades – Feedback files are now available in Grades for Assignments, Quizzes, and Discussions: This feature allows instructors to ensure that learners can easily review feedback from the Grades tool. Instructor feedback added in Assignments, Quizzes, and Discussions is now visible to learners under Grades.
  
  

April 2024

Highlights: 

• Discussions – View attached file feedback for discussion evaluationsUnlink

March 2024

Highlights

• Brightspace Editor – Consistent link creation with the ability to choose link format:
• Quizzes - Improved experience for generating quiz reports

 

February 2024

Highlights

• Question Library – Removal of the question mark icon:
• Forum workflow in New Discussion Creation Experience:

 

January 2024

Highlights:

• Brightspace Editor – Insert Stuff uses new file picker when uploading from users' computer (Drag & Drop)
• Chat – End of Life | Removed
• Quizzes – Written response questions remain as pending evaluation until being manually graded | Updated

 

 

December 2023

Highlights:

• Announcements – Copy announcements to other courses in published state | Updated

 

November 2023

Highlights

• Quizzes – Deduction option for incorrect answers | New (Enabled for BSC in December)

August 2023

Highlights:

• Announcements – Pin announcements to the top of the Announcement widget and tool pages
• Buffalo State does not subscribe to Creator+

June 2023

Highlights:

• Assignments – Accessible Rubric Confirmation dialog box in Consistent Evaluation experience
• Assignments – Availability dates are now on by default 
• Buffalo State does not subscribe to Creator+
• Quizzes – Improved workflows for large quizzes ( Load more & Drag & Drop)
  

 

May 2023

Highlights:

• Introducing the New Discussion Creation Experience ( May 23, 2023)
• Buffalo State does not subscribe to Creator+

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April 2023

HIghlights

• Discussions – Introducing the new creation and editing experience
• Quizzes – Confirmation dialog for learners exiting a quiz | Updated