{"id":701,"date":"2020-12-28T13:10:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T18:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/instructors\/?page_id=701"},"modified":"2023-11-20T10:39:34","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T15:39:34","slug":"replace-strings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/instructors\/replace-strings\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Replace Strings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Course content can be customized to personalize and improve the student’s course experience. Replace Strings allow instructors to customize course content and communications in<\/span>\u202fD2L <\/span>Brightspace <\/span>by integrating the intended learner’s personalized information, such as their name, automatically in specific areas of the course. For example, the course may seem to greet the student using their first name when they login to the course site.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What are Replace Strings?<\/h2>\n

Replace strings <\/span>are configuration variable names enclosed in curly braces { } that are automatically replaced by the corresponding variable values. For example, if you enter the Replace String variable {FirstName}\u00a0<\/span>into an announcement greeting (i.e. Hello {FirstName},), the student will see their first name as part of the announcement greeting in the course. Please watch the Brightspace Tutorial video below to see a video of replace strings in action and instructions on how to use replace strings for course customization.<\/span><\/p>\n

Replace strings are most useful in the following course areas:<\/p>\n