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Brightspace Updates: Discussions
Each month Brightspace release a list of updates and upcoming changes. This article summarizes updates related to instructors using discussion forums and topics in their courses.
July 2025 updates
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Discussion Topic Evaluation View
Bulk Feedback
- Bulk feedback is a recently released option that manages feedback to all students in the course for a graded discussion topic.
- Bulk Feedback is available in the Assess Topic view for a graded individual discussion topic.
- The bulk feedback option is now turned on by default for all courses, instructors can choose to opt-out of this option until October 2025 when it will be permanently turned on.
- Bulk feedback has 3 options
- Publish all feedback (publishes any feedback saved as a draft)
- Retract all feedback (this will delete any feedback you have added to individual student grades)
- Add feedback to all (this will add the same feedback to all student grades and delete any feedback you have already entered). This option is not recommended - previously entered feedback cannot be restored.
Note: The Assess Topic view can be accessed by choosing Discussions located under Course Menu, then for an individual topic choose Assess Topic from the menu list (the chevron drop down menu)