We will be meeting remotely for our September 23 regional D2L CSA/CT meeting. We will use this same Zoom meeting for the entire day, with a midday break for lunch.
Please respond to this survey<https://mnscu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0wY76frSc3fln7w> by September 17 to request topics or demos to add to the agenda.

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Hi there,
Karen Wenz is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting<https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/93738558584?pwd=aFBCTE9nelFzUEhUdmhIZzZKL3Rmdz09>
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Meeting URL:
https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/93738558584?pwd=aFBCTE9nelFzUEhUdmhIZzZKL3Rmdz09
Meeting ID:
937 3855 8584
Passcode:
959055
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We are offering the following opportunities as part of the D2L Brightspace short course series<https://asanewsletter.org/events/list/?tribe-bar-search=d2l&tribe_eventcategory%5b0%5d=559399006&tribe__ecp_custom_11%5b0%5d=D2L+Brightspace>. Visit the ASA Newsletter to sign up, and please consider sharing these opportunities with colleagues from your campus.

Improving Instructor-to-Student Interaction: Fall 2021 (3 week short course)<https://asanewsletter.org/event/improving-instructor-to-student-interaction-fall-2021-3-week-short-course/>
Course starts Monday, September 13 and ends Sunday, October 3, 2021
By the end of this three-week course, you will be able to use D2L Brightspace tools (including Classlist, Email, Intelligent Agents, personalized Announcements, and private Discussions) to improve instructor-to-student interactions. You will be provided with efficient ways to email students, tips and tricks to personalize communication for 

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You are invited to the weekly meeting of D2L Campus Admins and D2L Campus Trainers. This meeting invitation is valid from September 2, 2021 through December 31, 2021.

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Hi there,
Karen Wenz is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting<https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/93180570435?pwd=MmNLREo1VTIyNGVOV3dJLzJ2MVZkdz09>
One tap mobile:
US: +13017158592,,93180570435#<tel:+13017158592,,93180570435> or +13126266799,,93180570435#<tel:+13126266799,,93180570435>
Meeting URL:
https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/93180570435?pwd=MmNLREo1VTIyNGVOV3dJLzJ2MVZkdz09
Meeting ID:
931 8057 0435
Passcode:
474337
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We are offering the following opportunities as part of the D2L Brightspace webinar series<https://asanewsletter.org/events/list/?tribe_eventcategory%5B0%5D=559399005&tribe__ecp_custom_11%5B0%5D=D2L+Brightspace>. Visit the ASA Newsletter to sign up, and please consider sharing these opportunities with colleagues from your campus. All webinars are recorded and available as resources at the Network for Educational Development site (NED Resources Site > D2L Brightspace topics<https://mnscu.sharepoint.com/teams/SO-ENTPR-NED-Team/Lists/Events%20Calendar/AllItems.aspx?FilterField1=Topic&FilterValue1=D2L%20Brightspace&FilterType1=MultiChoice&viewid=5c8215a5-5312-442a-9712-1065bdf16b30>). 

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D2L Brightspace Updated to version 20.21.08
Production sites were updated to the August release, version 20.21.08, as of August 19, 2021.

Release highlights include, but are not limited to:

* New Assignment Evaluation Experience will be on at all sites, no more toggling back to old experience
* New HMTL editor (available since August 9)
* Opt-in to New Discussion Evaluation Experience (similar to New Assignment Evaluation Experience)
Campus Admins-Permissions and CVB settings: 

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New Features Available in D2L Brightspace on Aug 9

Campus Admins and Trainers - CVB Settings
As a reminder, Production sites were updated on August 9, 2021 to:

* Set Instance value of d2l.Tools.Rubrics.CreateExperienceOptIn to ON
(New Rubric Creation Experience is the only experience system-wide)

* Set Instance value of d2l.Tools.WYSIWYG.NewEditor to ON
(New HTML Editor is the only experience system-wide) 

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We are offering the following opportunities as part of the D2L Brightspace webinar series<https://asanewsletter.org/events/list/?tribe_eventcategory%5B0%5D=559399005&tribe__ecp_custom_11%5B0%5D=D2L+Brightspace>. Visit the ASA Newsletter to sign up, and please consider sharing these opportunities with colleagues from your campus. All webinars are recorded and available as resources at the Network for Educational Development site (NED Resources Site > D2L Brightspace topics<https://mnscu.sharepoint.com/teams/SO-ENTPR-NED-Team/Lists/Events%20Calendar/AllItems.aspx?FilterField1=Topic&FilterValue1=D2L%20Brightspace&FilterType1=MultiChoice&viewid=5c8215a5-5312-442a-9712-1065bdf16b30>). 

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We are offering the following opportunities as part of the D2L Brightspace webinar series<https://asanewsletter.org/events/list/?tribe_eventcategory%5B0%5D=559399005&tribe__ecp_custom_11%5B0%5D=D2L+Brightspace>. Visit the ASA Newsletter to sign up, and please consider sharing these opportunities with colleagues from your campus. All webinars are recorded and available as resources at the Network for Educational Development site (NED Resources Site > D2L Brightspace topics<https://mnscu.sharepoint.com/teams/SO-ENTPR-NED-Team/Lists/Events%20Calendar/AllItems.aspx?FilterField1=Topic&FilterValue1=D2L%20Brightspace&FilterType1=MultiChoice&viewid=5c8215a5-5312-442a-9712-1065bdf16b30>). 

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Weekly meeting for D2L CSA/CTs to be held in Teams starting Thursday, August 5, 2021.
Setting this meeting to 55 minutes to allow a buffer for anyone with a 2:00 meeting. We'll try our best to keep the meetings to 55 minutes or less.

D2L Brightspace Updated to version 20.21.07
Production sites were updated to the July release, version 20.21.07, as of July 15, 2021.

Release highlights include, but are not limited to:

* Teachers can now select or create an assignment category when creating an Assignment folder using the new creation experience
* Text, Calculated, and Formula grade item types can now be placed within grade categories
(Note these grade items don't contribute to grade category or final grade totals)
* The Quiz Introduction field is no longer available and any Introduction text is automatically appended to the Description field
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Hello D2L Campus Site Admins, Campus Trainers, and others with an interest or need to stay informed about D2L Brightspace:

You are receiving this message because you were subscribed to the D2L Campus Admins and/or the D2L Campus Trainers listserv. Those listservs are being retired and from now on, announcements will be sent to the "Brightspace_Notifications" listserv. The messages will also be sent to the "ENTPR-D2L Admins and Trainers-Team" Announcements channel. 

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