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Blackboard Learn 9.1, 3900.32.0 Release

Date Published: Apr 11,2025


CategoryPlanned First Fix Release:Older Release; Product:Blackboard Learn Software
Article No.: 000076290
Product:
Learn Software

Information:

Blackboard is pleased to announce the availability of the Blackboard Learn 9.1, 3900.32.0 Release (Build: 3900.32.0-rel.33+aac11a3).

Maintenance Items:

  • Deadlocks and Stuck Threads Associated With CLP_ALIGN_CONTENT_FK?_TRG Triggers on SQLServer- Article #57048
  • Matching Questions Pair Limit Gives "Oops Something Went Wrong" Message - Article  #75651
  • Students and Instructors Receive Error When Trying to Access Group Assessment - Article #75759
  • Submit Button Unresponsive after First Time when Adding Images to Ultra Institution Page from Content Collection with 'Open in new window' Option - Article #75592
  • Ultra Course Terms Are Also Appearing in Organizations - Article #75879
  • Assignment's Feedback in Ultra is not Updated if not Saved Before a Grade is Added- Article #75564
  • Private Settings for Administrators and Anyone in My Courses Cannot be Applied in Ultra- Article #76026
  • Students and Instructors Receive Error When Trying to Access Group Assessment- Article #75759
  • Ultra Discussion Analytics Title Repeated Twice- Article #75589
  • Content Editor Math Option Not Working With Latex When Using a Custom CNAME - Article #76137

Change Management Resources:

  • Self-hosted clients may download the latest build on the Download Files  page.

Before applying the Cumulative Update, please take a system backup and make sure you have a backup plan in place. The installer is run at the command line, using Gradle, Maven, and an installer properties file. This also requires your system to be down for the upgrade/install. Further installation instructions can be found here.

  • Managed Hosting clients may submit a case on Behind the Blackboard to schedule implementation of this release.

 

Upgrade Paths for Clients Already on Blackboard Learn, Release 9.1

Existing Blackboard Learn, Release 9.1 clients can upgrade from the following versions to 9.1 3900.32.0 (Build: 3900.32.0-rel.33+aac11a3)


If you are a self-hosted client on a Blackboard Learn 9.1 release prior to Q2 2019 you will need to upgrade to at least 9.1 Q2 2019 before you can upgrade to Learn 9.1, 3900.32.0


Upgrade Paths for Clients New to Blackboard Learn, Release 9.1

If you are upgrading from one of the releases listed below, please refer to Install or Upgrade Learn for information to help you plan for this move. There are planning, training, and communication materials available to make this upgrade as smooth as possible. Please reference next steps based on your current release. For those migrating from Blackboard Learn, Release 9.0 or Blackboard Academic Suite, Release 8.0, please ensure you include migrating to a 64-bit environment in your upgrade plans.

  • Blackboard Learn, Release 9.0: The following paths are supported when upgrading from Blackboard Learn, Release 9.0, Service Pack 7 (Build: 9.0.692.0)
    • Release 9.1, Service Pack 9 (Build: 9.1.90132.0) > Service Pack 12 (Build: 9.1.120113.0) > April 2014 (9.1.201404.160205) > Q4 2015 (Build:9.1.201510) > Q4 2016 (Build:3100.0) > Q4 2017 (Build:3300.0) > Q4 2018 (Build: 3500.0) > Q2 2019 or Q4 2019 > 9.1 3900.23.0
  • Blackboard Academic Suite, Release 8.0 or lower:The following paths are supported when upgrading from Release 8.0, Service Pack 7 Hotfix 2 (Build: 8.0.494.35) without needing to upgrade to Release 9.0 first.
    • Blackboard Learn, Release 9.1, Service Pack 9 (Build: 9.1.90132.0) > Service Pack 12 (Build: 9.1.120113.0) > April 2014 (9.1.201404.160205) > Q4 2015 (Build:9.1.201510) > Q4 2016 (Build:3100.0) > Q4 2017 (3300.0) > Q4 2018 (Build: 3500.0) > Q2 2019 or Q4 2019 > 9.1 3900.23.0
  • Blackboard Learning System CE 8.0 and Vista 8.0 Licenses: You must be on Service Pack 6 (Build: 18.0.6.116) to effectively use course conversion capabilities.
  • Blackboard Learn, ANGEL Edition: You must be on any ANGEL 8.0 or ANGEL 7.4 release to effectively use course conversion capabilities.

If you are a self-hosted client on a release that is earlier than Blackboard Learn 9.1 Service Pack 6, and you also use Oracle, there is a pre-upgrade utility that will minimize your downtime during this upgrade. Please consult the 9.1 Service Pack 6 Release Notes and the Readme for the Pre-Upgrade Utility for Oracle for more information on this utility.


Top Issues

Article Number Component Service Pack(s) Description Target Fix Release Patch Available
000090750 Blackboard Learn MH, Blackboard Learn SaaS, Blackboard Learn Software 3900.114.0, 3900.116.0, 3900.118.0, 3900.121.0 <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">In certain viewport breakpoints, the Bb Annotate lightbox overlay renders with full opacity, obscuring the submission content. Additionally, the comment input box may appear misaligned or rendered away from its intended anchor point, and the &quot;X&quot; close button does not work, affecting user interaction. </span></p> Future Reference
000090766 Blackboard Learn SaaS 3900.104.0, 3900.106.0, 3900.108.0, 3900.110.0, 3900.112.0, 3900.114.0, 3900.116.0, 3900.118.0, 3900.121.0 <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">When attempting to mark attendance, the attendance tool returns the error &#39;Oops! Something Went Wrong. Please Try Reloading the Page.</span></p> Future Reference
000090753 Blackboard Learn SaaS 3900.116.0, 3900.118.0, 3900.121.0 <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">When using the Text tool in the Annotate inline editor, the text color changes to black if the user moves the cursor to the beginning of the text box. </span></p> Future Reference
000090707 Blackboard Learn SaaS 3900.114.0, 3900.116.0, 3900.118.0, 3900.121.0 <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">When students answer calculated formula questions using equations that include special characters like plus and minus signs, part of their input is not saved. As a result, instructors do not receive an accurate representation of the students&#39; answers. </span></p> Future Reference
000090622 Blackboard Learn SaaS 3900.112.0, 3900.114.0, 3900.116.0, 3900.118.0, 3900.121.0 <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Plain text hyperlinks are not preserved correctly in Announcements and Messages when the link includes an ampersand (&amp;) character.</span></p> Future Reference
000090789 Blackboard Learn SaaS 3900.116.0, 3900.118.0, 3900.121.0 <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">In Ultra view mode, when a course with an assessment that includes an embedded file is copied into a new course, the file is correctly copied, but the original folder structure from the source course is duplicated and left empty in the target course. This results in an unused folder under &quot;Read Only&quot; that contains no files. Additionally, a new folder is created for the file instead of reusing the existing one.</span></p> Future Reference
000090549 Blackboard Learn SaaS 3900.110.0, 3900.112.0, 3900.114.0, 3900.116.0 <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">When attempting to edit Fill In The Blank questions in a test sourced from a Pool in Ultra courses, users may encounter an issue. Specifically, there is a glitch on the page that prevents adjustments to the Response Type. If the user tries to modify the response type, it triggers a &quot;glitch&quot; that subsequently restricts the ability to edit both the answers and the question text. </span></p> SaaS-Fixed (v3900.121.0)
000090457 Blackboard Learn SaaS 3900.110.0, 3900.112.0, 3900.114.0 <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">In Ultra view mode, when a text is copied from a cell in one table and pasted into a cell in another table below in documents that contain multiple tables,  the text fails to appear upon the initial paste action. This necessitates an additional paste for the text to show up correctly.</span></p> SaaS-Fixed (v3900.121.0)
000090771 Blackboard Learn SaaS 3900.116.0, 3900.118.0, 3900.121.0 <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">When a user is assigned a custom system role that allows them to see all courses but restricts course deletion, and is later added as an administrator to a hierarchy node with a different custom role that permits course deletion, they are able to initiate deletion of courses outside of their assigned node. However, these deletion attempts fail, resulting in broken courses. </span></p> Future Reference
000090751 Blackboard Learn SaaS 3900.116.0, 3900.118.0, 3900.121.0 <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">In Ultra courses, if a test includes an essay question, automated feedback for other auto-graded question types (e.g., multiple choice) is not shown after submission, even when the test is set to show automated feedback &#39;After Submission&#39;.</span></p> Future Reference


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