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What's New? August 2025

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Turnitin: the new plagiarism checker

Turnitin (TII) is the new plagiarism checker in Brightspace. Ouriginal will no longer be available from 1 September. From that date onwards, all plagiarism checks will be carried out via Turnitin.

Brightspace

Printing quizzes

You can now print quizzes directly from Brightspace. There are several printing options available:

  • a version for students (without answers)
  • a version for teachers (including answers)
  • different randomised versions of the quiz

Number of participants in groups

The maximum number of participants in a group has been increased from 200 to 3,000.

Portflow

Grouping Goals

Template builders can now group goals to keep the various goals ordered.

Notes in templates

You can now add notes to templates:

  • internal notes (only visible to fellow template builders)
  • student notes (visible to students when importing the template)

Start view settings

In your personal settings, you can now choose:

  • Start with the Collections view (as before) or with Goals & Progress.
  • Within a collection: start with the Evidence view (as before) or the Activity overview.
  • You can also specify whether descriptions should be collapsed or expanded by default.
  • Defining your role (learner, teacher, coach) is now done within your personal settings, not on the homepage of your portfolio anymore.

Wooclap

Wooclap has updated its interface. The appearance and navigation have been redesigned. Read more

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