D2L makes updates to Brightspace on a monthly basis. Taylor University's updates are usually available the 24th of the month. To access the complete D2L release notes for June 2026, sign into the D2L Brightspace Community and click on this link: June 2026/20.26.06 - Brightspace. Taylor University does not implement all updates.
Rubric Icon in Assignments, Discussions, and Quizzes | New
Instructors can now identify which Assignments, Discussions, and Quizzes include attached rubrics directly from list pages, helping instructors and administrators quickly audit assessments, confirm rubric setup, and reduce configuration errors.
When a rubric is attached to an activity, a rubric icon appears beside the item in the Assignments, Discussions, and Quizzes list pages. Written response questions in the Quiz Creation page also display a rubric indicator when a rubric is attached. Activities that include both rubrics and learning outcomes continue to display the rubric icon.
Figure: Rubric icon displayed beside assignment in Assignments list.
The rubric icon is informational only and does not link to the rubric, consistent with other informational icons such as release conditions and anonymous marking.
New Content Experience – Assessable Activities Displayed In-Line by Default | New
To create a more streamlined content experience, the New Content Experience now displays assessable activities in-line by default.
As a result, all assessable activities, including Assignments, Quizzes, Discussions, and Instructor Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) links, display in-line in the New Content Experience by default. This update enables learners and instructors to interact with activities directly within content without opening a separate browser tab.
New Content Experience – Enhanced Table of Contents Enabled by Default | New
To provide a more consistent and flexible course navigation experience, the New Content Experience now enables the enhanced Table of Contents by default.
The enhanced Table of Contents introduces several usability, navigation, and accessibility improvements for instructors and learners, including:
- Support for unlimited depth of content topics and modules
- Learner completion progress tracking indicators on topics and module rollups
- Display of the Course Overview if previously used in Classic Content
- Improved accessibility and keyboard controls to support easier course restructuring
- Ability to expand and collapse modules without navigating away from the current page
- Right click to open content items in a new browser window to support multi-topic viewing
- Condensed display enables improved visibility on smaller devices
- Visual design and behaviors that are more consistent with other Brightspace tools
My Courses widget | Updated
To help learners and instructors focus on relevant courses, the Brightspace administrator has changed which semester appears in the My Courses widget. The most recent semesters for each term appear.
Users can still find all courses they are enrolled in and can accessed from the All tab, regardless of which semester tabs appear. Users can also access the Pinned tab.