Blackboard Learn 3900.106 Release




 
Blackboard Learn 3900.106 Release

Date Published: Dec 19,2024 Category: Planned_First_Fix_Release:X3900_106_0_Release; Product:Blackboard_Learn_SaaS,Maintenance_Release; Version:X3900_106_0   Article No.: 000090079

Producto: Learn SaaS

Fecha de la versión: Dec 19,2024



Información:

Update to client Production environments (Published December 19, 2024):
An updated release of 3900.106.0 (full release number: 3900.106.0-rel.53+be172ea) is being applied to client Production servers on Thursday, December 19, 2024. 

 

  • Fatal Error Occurs While Doing Course Copy- Article #90139

 

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Update to client Production environments (Published December 5, 2024):
An updated release of 3900.106.0 (full release number: 3900.106.0-rel.36+f7d939c) is being applied to client Production servers on Thursday, December 5, 2024. 

 

No additional fixes in this release. 

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Update to client Test/Stage environments (Published December 3, 2024):
An updated release of 3900.106.0 (full release number: 3900.106.0-rel.36+f7d939c) is being applied to client Test servers on Tuesday, December 3, 2024. 

 

We have fixed these issues:

  • Use Attendance As A Mark Enables Itself On Copies- Article #89933 
  • Students can submit assignments even when Release Conditions make it unavailable

 

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Update to client Test/Stage environments (Published November 26, 2024):
An updated release of 3900.106.0 (full release number: 3900.106.0-rel.28+08ea7fc) is being applied to client Test servers on Tuesday, November 26, 2024. 

 

We have fixed these issues:

 

  • Unable to Edit Due Dates of a Discussion Board in Ultra Courses- Article #90060
  • Peer and Instructor Feedback not Appearing for Students in Ultra Courses- Article #90062
  • Instructors Cannot Introduce Comma Separated Grades When Using the Spanish Language Pack- Article #90085

 

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Update to client Test/Stage environments (Published November 19, 2024):
An updated release of 3900.106.0 (full release number: 3900.106.0-rel.20+6cb3a11) is being applied to client Test servers on Tuesday, November 19, 2024. 

 

We have fixed these issues:

 

  • We improved performance for Blackboard loading the Course Outline page and some individual content pages when SafeAssign is used.
  • We have modified the wording for the error displayed when an assessment has been made unavailable to make it more meaningful to students. 
  • When providing overall feedback as an instructor in Flex grading for an Anonymous test or assignment, the feedback disappears after closing and reopening the feedback panel. 

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Initial Release to client Test/Stage environments (Published November 12, 2024):
The initial release of 3900.106.0 (full release number: 3900.106.0-rel.10+91807dd) is being applied to client Test servers on Tuesday, November 12, 2024.

 

The December 2024 - 3900.106 release is robust with features in 7 areas:  

 

  • Instructional design
  • Communication and collaboration
  • Flexible grading
  • Gradebook
  • Integrations
  • Learn core and security
  • Upgrade to Ultra


These improvements impact instructors, students, and administrators. Some features do require administrative action.

 

Instructors:

  • AI Design Assistant rubric generation upgraded from GPT-3.5 to GPT-4o mini
  • Moodle conversion improvement: images in question text
  • Improvements to grading assignments: New labels for late submissions
  • Grade override improvements


Instructors and Students:

  • Video Studio – skip to a specific part of a recording
  • Discussion enhancement: new post indicator


Students:

  • Navigation added for LTI and SCORM items within learning modules

 

Administrators:

  • Deploy Role Play separately from Socratic Questioning for AI Conversation
  • Copy items from courses improvement
  • Performance Goals Scale via Public REST API
  • Additional Grader Information for Grade Export Tool

 

All users:

  • Mobile app sessions renew without requiring authentication

 

Instructional Design

 

Deploy Role Play Separately from Socratic Questioning for AI Conversation

Blackboard Learn SaaS  
Ultra Course View  
Impact: Administrators 
Related Topic: AI Design Assistant and Unsplash Configuration 

We listened to your feedback and adjusted the AI Conversation toggle in the administrator panel. Previously, Socratic Questioning had to be turned on so that Role Play could be selected. Administrators can now choose to deploy Role Play separately from Socratic Questioning. 

 

For administrators: Turning AI Conversation off after deployment will stop AI Conversation services. Therefore, any AI Conversation activities visible to students won't operate as expected.

 

 

Video Studio: skip to a specific part of a recording

Blackboard Learn SaaS
Ultra Course View
Impact: Instructors, Students
Related Topic: Video Studio (instructor page), Video Studio (student page), Video Studio (administrator page)

In Video Studio, users can skip to a specific part of a recording, giving them more control over viewing. By selecting a time stamp in the transcript, the recording plays from the time selected.

For example, a student who views a recorded lecture can skip forward to a specific portion of the video. They can also replay any part of the video by selecting the desired timestamp in the transcript.

 

For Administrators: Video Studio is a premium solution. We are offering customers a free trial until June 30, 2025. This trial provides access to the full version of Video Studio. Video Studio is set to OFF as a default in test/stage environments. If you want to enable it in your institution’s production environment, you can do that for free until the end of June 2025. In the Administrator Panel, select Configure in The Ultra Experience is Here! module. Select Enable creating/uploading videos using Video Studio. Beyond this date, your institution will have to purchase Video Studio to continue using it.

 

Navigation Added for LTI and SCORM Items within Learning Modules

Blackboard Learn SaaS  
Ultra Course View 
Impact: Students 
Related Topic: Learning Modules 

Instructors use learning modules to guide student progress through diverse types of course content. For easier navigation, students can now select arrows to the left and right of LTI or SCORM items to move through learning modules. 

 

For administrators: There are no configurations needed.

 

Navigation Added for LTI and SCORM Items within Learning Modules 

Blackboard Learn SaaS  
Ultra Course View  
Impact: Students 
Related Topic: Learning Modules 

 

Instructors use learning modules to guide student progress through diverse types of course content. For easier navigation, students can now select arrows to the left and right of LTI or SCORM items to move through learning modules. 

 

For administrators: There are no configurations needed.

 

Communication & Collaboration 

Discussion Enhancement: New Post Indicator

Blackboard Learn SaaS  
Ultra Course View  
Impact: Instructors and Students 
Related Topic: Discussions 

We added a "New" indicator that displays next to posts and replies that a user has not yet accessed. This helps direct engagement by making new discussion activity easier to find and access. 

 

For administrators: There are no configurations needed.

 

Flexible Grading 

Improvements for late submissions

Blackboard Learn SaaS  
Ultra Course View  
Impact: Instructors 
Related Topic: Grade Assignments with Flexible Grading

 

To help instructors quickly identify late submissions in the attempt banner, late submissions now have a Late indicator. We also updated the wording from Submitted late <date> to Submitted <date>. 

 

For administrators: There are no configurations needed.

 

Gradebook

Grade override improvements 

Blackboard Learn SaaS  
Ultra Course View  
Impact: Instructors 
Related Topic: Override Grades

 

To increase transparency when overriding grades, we added an Override indicator to overridden grades on the Grades & Participation screen for Discussions. 

 

We implemented the Undo Override workflow on the Discussion grading interface, mimicking the Undo Override workflow in the Journal grading interface.

 

For administrators: There are no configurations needed. 

 

Additional Grader Information for Grade Export Tool 

Blackboard Learn SaaS
Ultra Course View, Original Course View
Impact: Administrators
Related Topic: Grade Export

 

Exporting grade data helps institutions create reports, perform audits, or integrate with information systems. The Grade Export (v2) tool allows institutions to manage this data exchange in bulk. Gradebook column data in an export file now includes additional information about the last grader for each grade. The name and email of that last grader appear as new columns in the extract file. This indicates the owner of the current grade value. These data enable institutions to follow up on grade questions or create reports on staff task completion. The new column headers in the extract file are:

 

  • User.GRADER_FULLNAME indicates the full name of the last grader of the gradable item.
  • User.GRADER_EMAIL indicates the email of the last grader of the gradable item.

 

For administrators: This data is extracted for all courses, Ultra or Original.  There are no configurations needed. Administrators manage the Grade Export (v2) tool by selecting Platform Extensions in Administrator Panel. 

 

 

Integrations

Performance Goals Scale via Public API 

Blackboard Learn SaaS, Blackboard Learn 9.1  
Ultra Course View   & Original Course View 
Impact: Administrators   
Related Topic: Blackboard APIs

 

A new Blackboard public REST API lets developers retrieve the Goal Performance Scale configuration. Third party applications can access the defined performance scale for goals aligned with assessments. Instructors can reference the Goal Performance Scale while working with integrations to better track and analyze student goal performance. Configuration fields include range, label, and color.

 

Users can access to this information through the following endpoint:  

 

  • GET /learn/api/public/v1/courses/settings/goalperformance/scale

 

For administrators: No configurations or specific entitlements needed.

 

Learn Core & Security

Mobile app sessions renew without requiring authentication 

Blackboard Learn SaaS
Ultra Course View & Original Course View
Impact: All users
Related topic: Account Lock

 

Administrators can now define the maximum length of time a user can access the mobile app before they are required to login again. This time limit is controlled through an authentication token.  The token allows the app to automatically renew a session without re-authentication, as long as it hasn't expired.

 

To set the length of a token, go to the Administrator Tool Panel, select Account Lock Settings, and then Mobile App Token Timeout. By default, the mobile token lifetime is set to the maximum of 336 hours (about 2 weeks). The minimum setting is 1 hour.

 

For administrators: The verification process that ends inactive sessions runs every hour. If Use same value as Inactive Session Timeout is selected, and Maximum Activity is less than 60 minutes, the session timeout may not be precise to that value. However, the session timeout will occur in no more than an hour. For security certifications, select Use same value as Inactive Session Timeout to end sessions in the same timeframe. This option works independently of the type of device used to log in. Use these values for the Inactive Session Timeout: FedRAMP Moderate: 30 minutes; IL4: 25 minutes.

 

Upgrade to Ultra 

Copy Items from Courses Improvement 

Blackboard Learn SaaS  
Original Course View 
Ultra Course View  
Impact: Administrators 
Related Topic: Copy Content from Other Courses 

 

We updated the copy workflow in Blackboard to make copying easier. Now, users with the following privileges can copy from any course that they have access to, even if they’re not enrolled: 

 

  • Administrator Panel (Courses) > Courses > Copy Course 
  • Administrator Panel (Organizations) > Organizations > Copy Organization 

 

For administrators: There are no configurations needed.

 

 

Moodle Conversion Improvement: Images in Question Text 

Blackboard Learn SaaS  
Original Course View 
Ultra Course View  
Impact: Instructors 
Related Topic: Migrate from Moodle 

 

Images in quiz questions are now preserved during conversion from Moodle to Blackboard. Previously, images were not retained during the conversion process 

 

For administrators: There are no configurations needed.

 
 


Aspectos destacados:

Maintenance Fixes

You can view maintenance items for 3900.106 on the Anthology Support Center. Our Known Issue articles provide information for individual bug fixes, and may include bug descriptions and which Learn versions were affected. You can filter bug fixes by SaaS release for easier navigation. Here are highlights of the issues fixed in this release:

 

 

  • New Question Pools are not Created if Questions Were Added to an Existing Question Pool- Article #78400
  • Decorative Image Added as a Button and Not as an Image Interrupts JAWS or Other Screen Reader Navigation- Article #78914
  • Editing a Test With an Older 'Fill in the Blanks' Question can Corrupt Test Attempts- Article #78587
  • Assignments with Multiple Attempts Will Not Update to Latest State- Article #78632
  • Full Test Attempt Cannot be Previewed and Printed- Article #77564
  • Word Documents with Floated Tables and Multiple Pages miss some of the Pages in BB Annotate- Article #77148
  • Course Settings Panel Does not Open on the Achievements tab- Article #89937
  • Wrong Decimal Separator is Shown in Calculated Formula Questions for Language Packs Using Decimal Comma- Article #78640
  • Arrow on the Main Page Remains Unenabled to Proceed With the Next Item When a SCORM Package Opens in a new Window- Article #78738
  • Using Underline Annotations in Trebuchet 18pts Shows as a Crossing Out Line Instead of Underline- Article #77412
  • Inconsistent Behavior in the Assessment Due Date Countdown Display- Article #88010
  • Ultra Document iframes Have no Title in Student View- Article #78781
  • In Ultra Auto-Submitted Tests Display Zero Score Despite Containing Partial Points- Article #78258
  • Unable to See Grade Details in Original Course on Mobile App- Article #78538
  • Content Security Policy of "blackboard.my.salesforce-sites.com" Prevents it Being iFramed Inside Ultra Base Navigation Overlay- Article #78259
  • Instructors Can Force Copy Content From Original to Ultra Courses- Article #89900
  • Mobile App Push Notification Displays Multibyte Characters as Question Marks- Article #89948
  • Instructors Are Able to Enter Child Courses by Using URL Manipulation and There is no Warning Given When They Do- Article #89851
  • When LTI Tools With a System Managed Placement are Launched in a New Window the Setting Fails- Article #89993
  • 'Undefined Content' Title for Custom Mark Categories in Grade Center- Article #78866 
  • Edit Delegated Grading/Parallel Grading Privilege is Required for Course/Org Roles to Change Test Names or Availability- Article #78869
  • You do not Have Permission to Access This Content Error When Trying to Access a Journal- Article #78719 
  • In an Ultra Course When Launching LTI/Publisher Tools in Learning Modules Leaves a Non-Functioning Peek Panel- Article #78696
  • LTI Arrows Are Not Clickable When Those Items are Added in Learning Modules- Article #78727
  • When Text is Copied From the Inline Rendering of a Student Submitted Document it Contains a Transparent Color Attribute That Makes it Invisible- Article #89848 
  • Ultra Announcement With Option 'Send Copy to Email is not Sent When the User Who Created it Does Not Have an Email Address- Article #87989 
  • AI Defaults to 'An Error Occurred Generating the Images' When Used From Announcements- Article #78493 
  • PDF Files Not Rendering Correctly on IOS Devices- Article #77198
  • Questions for Disabled Users Enrollments Attempts Keeps Loading in the Questions tab for Flexible Grading- Article #90000 
  • Content Transfer to Ultra Course Disables Progress Tracking Feature- Article #78898
  • Comment Icon is Placed a Line Above When Using Bb Annotate in the "Fit Width" View- Article #76950 
  • View Feedback Link is Missing for Students- Article #78392
  • In Ultra Bb Annotate Reloads During Rubric Grading- Article #77867
  • Graph Not Rendering Correctly in Bb Annotate- Article #76914
Problemas recientes
Número de artículo Componente Paquetes de servicio Descripción Versión de la solución de destino Parche disponible
000090110 Blackboard Learn MH, Blackboard Learn SaaS, Blackboard Learn Software 3900.106.0, 3900.108.0 <p>In Original courses, maximizing the Grade Center on devices with low screen resolutions prevents scrolling and restricts the visibility of all Grade Center entries.</p> Learn 9.1, 3900.123.0 Release SaaS-Fixed (v3900.123.0)
000090006 Blackboard Learn SaaS 3900.102.0, 3900.104.0, 3900.106.0 Due Notifications observed by users do not reflect the correct Due Date for LTI content items if the Due Date is changed. SaaS-Fixed (v3900.123.0)
000090058 Blackboard Learn SaaS 3900.102.0, 3900.104.0, 3900.106.0 <p>When students provide the numeric answer to a calculated formula question in the format &quot;10 000 000&quot; - with a space as the separator - the answer is graded as incorrect. </p> <p>When no thousands separator is entered, but just the integer number as &quot;10000000&quot;, the answer is graded as correct.</p> <p> </p> <p>This issue is reported for Language Packs where the thousands separator is not a comma ( fr_FR using space).<br><br><br></p> SaaS-Fixed (v3900.123.0)
000090118 Blackboard Learn SaaS 3900.104.0, 3900.106.0, 3900.108.0 <p>When replacing an image in an essay question with another image file with the same name, the system does not render the new one but the previous image.</p> SaaS-Fixed (v3900.112.0)
000090900 Blackboard Learn MH, Blackboard Learn Software 3900.104.0, 3900.106.0, 3900.108.0, 3900.110.0, 3900.112.0, 3900.114.0, 3900.116.0, 3900.118.0 <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Starting with release 3900.93, frequent gradebook-related error messages are logged in the bb-sqlerror-logs.txt file. The error message includes &quot;Invalid column number (19). A number between 1 and 18 is valid.&quot; This issue affects only non-SaaS deployments.</span></p> Future Reference
000089943 Blackboard Learn SaaS 3900.102.0, 3900.104.0, 3900.106.0 <p>In Ultra View mode, users utilizing the JAWS screen reader encounter accessibility issues. When navigating courses, pressing the down arrow key after selecting a course title causes JAWS to announce a disabled button. This unexpected behavior diverts users from the intended navigation list.</p> SaaS-Fixed (v3900.121.0)
000090111 Blackboard Learn SaaS 3900.100.0, 3900.102.0, 3900.104.0, 3900.106.0, 3900.108.0 <p>In Ultra view mode, when an instructor creates a test and applies a release condition, the course builder encounters a permission error upon logging in for the first time.</p> SaaS-Fixed (v3900.121.0)
000090491 Blackboard Learn SaaS 3900.106.0, 3900.108.0, 3900.110.0, 3900.112.0, 3900.114.0, 3900.116.0 <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">When opening a deep link LTI request, the peek panel scroll bars obstruct content and the submit button. </span></p> SaaS-Fixed (v3900.121.0)
000089999 Blackboard Learn SaaS 3900.104.0, 3900.106.0 <p>When a group assignment&#39;s gradebook column is used in calculations, it incorrectly includes all students, regardless of their group membership. This means that students who aren&#39;t part of any group are still having their grades included in the calculation, which is inaccurate. </p> SaaS-Fixed (v3900.121.0)
000090607 Blackboard Learn SaaS 3900.104.0, 3900.106.0, 3900.108.0, 3900.110.0, 3900.112.0, 3900.114.0, 3900.116.0 <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">In Ultra view mode, in courses with Flexible Grading enabled, the &#39;Needs Grading&#39; count incorrectly includes unavailable students when viewed by an instructor. However, when viewed by an administrator, the count correctly reflects only the students who have submitted the assignment. </span></p> SaaS-Fixed (v3900.121.0)
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