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Blackboard Learn 3900.102 Release

Date Published: Oct 31,2024


CategoryPlanned First Fix Release:3900.102.0 Release; Product:Blackboard Learn SaaS,Maintenance Release; Version:3900.102.0
Article No.: 000088423
Product:
Learn SaaS
Release Date:
Oct 31,2024

Information:

Release to client Production environments (Published October 31, 2024):
The 3900.102.0 updated release (full release number: 3900.102.0-rel.33+21f9d21) is being applied to client Production servers on Thursday, October 31, 2024.

 

We have fixed these issues: 

 

  • When a Test is Made or Becomes Unavailable While Attempts are In-Progress the Attempts Stop Saving With no Clear Indication to the Students- Article #78303 
  • Brightspace packages fail to import and convert.
  • Ultra Course View takes focus away from Anthology Adopt Popup modals.

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Release to client Production environments (Published October 25, 2024):
The 3900.102.0 updated release (full release number: 3900.102.0-rel.30+1bce038e) is being applied to client Production servers on Friday, October 25, 2024.

 

  • We have added appropriate timeouts for SafeAssign calls to prevent outages and hanging threads forever. 
  • An upgrade listener has been created to re-inject certain failed SafeAssign submissions. 

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Off-Cycle Release to Production environments (Published Oct 22, 2024): 

The 3900.102.0 off-cycle release (full release number: 3900.102.0-rel.28+1cd2e15) is being applied to client Production servers on Tuesday, October 22, 2024.

We have fixed these issues: 

 

  • Fatal Error During Course Copy Items Operation Due to Course Quota Limit- Article #89954​
  • Inconsistent superscript and subscript renderization on classic font by switching to Times New Roman as default font.

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Release to client Production environments (Published October 17, 2024):
The 3900.102.0 updated release (full release number: 3900.102.0-rel.25+cff45ef) is being applied to client Production servers on Thursday, October 17, 2024.

 

We have fixed these issues:

 

  • Excessive Number of Submission Receipts for AutoSubmitHelper Thread Submitted AI Conversations- Article #89896 
  • When an Instructor Selects the Print Button for an Ultra Test That Contains Multiple Choice Questions a 'Choose at least one correct answer for multiple choice questions' is Displayed- Article #89953
  • When students access their submitted attempt in the new assignment submission review interface, an 'undefined' message is displayed instead of the LTI content.

 

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Release to client Production environments (Published October 10, 2024):
The 3900.102.0 updated release (full release number: 3900.102.0-rel.23+4749f73 ) is being applied to client Production servers on Thursday, October 10, 2024.

We have fixed these issues: 
 

  • Original Assignments Converted to Ultra With the Fabricated 'Presentation Only Question' Edited in Ultra Display the Original Instructions on 'Assignment Content' in Flex Grading- Article #89881
  • Previously, when an email notification failed to send, our system would automatically try to resend it. However, during this resend process, the system inadvertently added the institution's configured "From" email address as an additional recipient of the email.

    Email notifications are now correctly sent only to the intended users, without including the institution's email address as a recipient.


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Release to client Production environments (Published October 3, 2024):
The 3900.102.0 feature release (full release number: 3900.102.0-rel.20+6df1f8d ) is being applied to client Production servers on Thursday, October 3, 2024.
 

  • No additional fixes in this release. 


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​​​​​​Update to client Test/Stage environments (Published October 1, 2024):
An updated release of 3900.102.0 (full release number: 3900.102.0-rel.20+6df1f8d) is being applied to client Test servers on Tuesday, October 1, 2024.

We have fixed these issues: 

  • Navigation Headers Missing in Ultra Course Content- Article #89860
  • When instructors click on the 'Grade Now' button associated with LTI items in the Gradebook Overview 'Needs Grading', it does not redirect to the LTI screen. 
  • Additional Line Breaks are Inserted Into HTML Lists When Converting Content From an Original to an Ultra Course- Article #89894



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​​​​​​Update to client Test/Stage environments (Published September 24, 2024):
An updated release of 3900.102.0 (full release number: 3900.102.0-rel.13+bc3831a) is being applied to client Test servers on Tuesday, September 24, 2024.

We have fixed this issue: 

  • Bb Annotate is not Loading for Assignment Submissions With Multiple Files- Article #89867


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Update to client Test/Stage environments (Published September 17, 2024):
An updated release of 3900.102.0 (full release number: 3900.102.0-rel.11+1656741) is being applied to client Test servers on Tuesday, September 17, 2024.

We have fixed these issues: 

  • HTML block repetitively loses focus and closes. Instructors cannot select the scrollbar to view the HTML code because doing so closes the block.
  • Inconsistent “Needs Grading” count for late Discussions and Journal entries when auto zeros are enabled.
Before, when the feature automatic zeros was enabled, the “Needs Grading” count for late discussions and journal entries was inconsistent for the Submission- and Overview pages vs the Gradable Items gradebook page. If a student submitted a journal or discussion entry after the due date, the count was included in the Gradable Items page but not in the Submission and Overview pages. 

After the change implemented, the “Needs Grading” count for late discussions and journal entries is now consistent across all three views reflecting the number of submissions that need to be graded, including those submitted after the due date.
 

  • When users with Custom Roles lacking the 'Publish Grades' privilege attempt to access courses, an error is displayed. Now, users without this privilege can access all areas of the courses. 
  • Adding File to Discussion Board Forum Prevents Editing the Forum- Article #89837

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Initial Release to client Test/Stage environments (Published September 10, 2024):
The initial release of 3900.102.0 (full release number: 3900.102.0-rel.2+d59e22c) is being applied to client Test servers on Tuesday, September 10, 2024.
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The October 2024 - 3900.102 release is robust with features in 9 areas: 
 

  • Instructional design
  • Mastery learning and learner pathways
  • Tests and assignments
  • Communication and collaboration
  • Flexible grading
  • Gradebook
  • Integrations
  • Mobile; and  
  • Upgrade to Ultra


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

Instructors: 

  • Usability improvements for Documents
  • Video Studio: Enhanced caption support for uploaded files
  • Usability improvement for Knowledge Checks
  • Generate question banks
  • Quickly access items that need grade reconciliation
  • Show unavailable students in the gradebook
  • Brightspace conversion improvements


Instructors and Students: 

  • Award Course Badges with Achievements
  • Award Open Badges Automatically with Anthology Milestone
  • Enhancements to student submission review page
  • Flexible Grading performance improvements 


All users:

  • Mastery tab in the gradebook
  • Email notifications for followed discussions
  • Email notifications for followed discussions (mobile)


Instructional Design


Usability improvements for Documents 
Blackboard Learn SaaS 
Ultra Experience 
Ultra Course View 
Impact: Instructors 
Related Topic: Create Documents 



We made several usability improvements for Documents. 

  • For uploaded files, we've restored the default of View and Download in the Edit File Options. 
  • If there isn’t enough space when resizing blocks with keyboard navigation, the option to expand right is hidden.
  • The Redo button now continues to display and function after removing an HTML block. 
  • The cursor function works as expected when dragging a block. 
  • We've restored the Content Collection option in the Insert content + in the Content block. 
  • We've restored the option to generate a question bank directly from a Document. 


For administrators: A new configuration option is on the Ultra configuration page in the Administrator Panel: “Enable support for customizing Ultra document layouts.” The default state is on.



Video Studio:  Enhanced caption support for uploaded files 
Blackboard Learn SaaS   
Ultra Experience   
Ultra Course View   
Impact: Instructors
Related Topic: Video Studio (admin page), Video Studio (instructor page)



Video Studio gives instructors the ability to easily upload or record audio and video within Documents, creating a more engaging learning experience. We have enhanced the capabilities of Video Studio to help create a more accessible learning environment. Now Video Studio auto-generates captions for all file types.


Video Studio is a premium solution. We are offering customers a free trial until June 30, 2025. This will provide access to the full version of Video Studio as a feature flag. 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. Customers will have to purchase Video Studio to continue to use it beyond this date.

For administrators: For configuration and settings, see the Administrator page for Video Studio. 



Usability improvement for Knowledge Checks
Blackboard Learn SaaS   
Ultra Experience   
Ultra Course View   
Impact: Instructors



We modified the default for the Difficulty metric to display as "--" until there is at least one attempt. We also updated the answer instruction text for instructors to align with the instructions given in a test. It now reads "Choose one or more correct answers."


For administrators: This feature is available for all Ultra courses. There are no configurations needed.
 

Mastery Learning and Learner Pathways


Mastery tab in the gradebook 
Blackboard Learn SaaS  
Ultra Experience   
Ultra Course View   
Impact: Instructors, Students, Administrators  


This feature will be available on September 17, 2025.

The new Mastery tab in the Gradebook allows instructors and students to see how their activities align with institutional goals. Based on the goal performance scale set by your institution, the tab displays the mastery of each alignment. 

The Mastery tab enables instructors to: 
 

  • View the level of mastery per alignment for each student. 
  • View how each student is performing against those alignments.
  • Drill down view for individual student mastery performance. 

 

The Mastery tab enables students to: 

  • Access a visual display of their mastery performance. 
  • View specific skills and competencies that they need to master. This insight helps students understand where they should concentrate their efforts. This leads to more targeted and effective learning. 
  • Access their performance as it relates to each specific criterion. This allows them to identify areas for improvement and work towards mastery. 
  • Focus on key areas where mastery was not achieved. This fosters a growth mindset and a deeper understanding of the course content.


The color schema used in the Goal Performance Scale (shown in Image 5) indicates levels of mastery. Instructors can select View Scale to view the Goal Performance Scale from the Mastery tab.
 

Goals tab 

Students can drill down on the Goals tab to individual content items to see how goals align with their mastery progress. 
 

Configuring the Performance Scale (Administrators)

The performance scale is an institutional configuration. This allows for consistent aggregation across courses. It also creates consistency for students in mastery-based programs.

Administrators can configure the number of levels as well as the labels and colors for each.
 

Notes:  

  • Students will always see the Goals tab and instructors will always see the Mastery tab. When there are no goals aligned, the tab will be empty. The Mastery tab will display to other users depending on privileges. If their course role or system role allows them to create or view goal alignment, users will see the tab.  
  • Users can select the student column header on the Mastery tab to sort students by last name. 
  • Instructors can preview what the Goals tab will look like for students.


For administrators: A new configuration option is on the Ultra configuration page in the Administrator Panel: “Enable support for customizing Ultra document layouts.” The default state is on. Note that students will see the Goals tab even when goals are not aligned to content items. In addition, all instructors will see the Mastery tab. The ability to control this feature at the course level will be available in a future release.



Award Course Badges with Achievements 
Blackboard Learn SaaS   
Ultra Experience   
Ultra Course View   
Impact: Instructors, Students 
Related topic: Achievements


Achievements is a new capability for Ultra courses to help keep students motivated and congratulate them for their participation in a course. With Achievements:

  • Instructors can create course badges and set criteria for students to earn the badges.  
  • Instructors can view which students earned a course badge.
  • Students can review the requirements to earn a course badge.
  • Students can view both earned and unearned course badges.
  • Leaders can use achievements in Ultra organizations.


Achievements support learning in many ways:

Supports self-directed learning pathways. Instructors can give learners tasks, goals, or quests with clearly defined criteria. Learners have more flexibility in how they approach their activities; they might choose to focus on a particular area of development before moving on to another. This flexibility can replace a set sequence to personalize learning.

Engages and motivates learners. Some learners respond to extrinsic motivations. They feel accomplishment when they complete tasks.  Teaching methods can use achievements to add game mechanics to a course.

Adds transparency to learning. Course badges that define the skills and competencies in a course can help students:

  • Follow how they’re developing competencies. 
  • Understand and articulate to others what they’re learning. 


With this release, there are two achievement types: course badges and Open Badges. 

Create course badges

Users with privileges to manage achievements can:

  • Create, publish, and delete course badges.
  • Select a badge image from a badge library.
  • Set performance criteria for one or more assessments in the course. With multiple performance criterion, students must meet all to earn the course badge.
  • Preview how the course badge appears to students.

 

View recipients of achievements

On the Achievements tab, instructors can view the recipient count for each course badge. Select an achievement to review details about the recipients, including the date and time they earned the course badge. To review the settings for the badge, select Badge Settings.

 

Review achievements as a student

On the Achievements tab, students can review the details of badges and the requirements to earn them. They can also determine which badges they’ve earned, and which remain unearned. When a student earns a badge, the badge displays the date and time the badge was earned.

 

Notes:

 

  • When overall grade or a calculated column is a performance criterion, that calculation itself is not enough to earn the achievement. Students must have scores for all gradable items used for the calculation. This requirement prevents a running total issuing a badge before a student completes all tasks.
  • When a gradable item has multiple attempts, it is calculated using one of the following: last attempt, first attempt, highest score, lowest score, or average of all attempts. If you need to change this setting, we recommend doing so before grading submissions. If you change it after grading, calculation updates may not award new achievements to students. If you encounter this issue, you can update student grades again for the item.
  • An earned achievement isn’t revoked if an instructor changes a student’s grades.
  • Custom badge images aren’t supported in this release.
  • Student preview isn’t supported in this release.
  • Once an achievement is published, it can’t be changed. If there is a configuration error, delete the achievement and create it again.
  • Achievements from Original course view do not convert when copying or importing a course.
  • Achievements can’t be copied from one Ultra course to another. We plan to support this in a future release.


Considerations for early adoption:
 

  • The Achievements tab appears for all students, even when achievements aren’t used in the course. We plan to improve this in a future release.
  • Student preview isn’t supported in this release.
  • Course copy for achievements isn’t supported in this release.
  • Administrators can restrict who can manage achievements and view recipients of badges. Manage privileges for Achievements in Course Role and System Role configurations.
  • The Achievements management pages found in the Administrator panel main page and the Tools area are only for Original. These don’t apply to Achievements in Ultra. 


For administrators: This feature is opt-in using a feature flag. Enable it in the Ultra configuration page of the administration panel.


Award Open Badges Automatically with Anthology Milestone 
Blackboard Learn SaaS   
Ultra Experience   
Ultra Course View   
Impact: Instructors, Students, Academic leaders



Achievements in Blackboard can be linked to Open Badges in Anthology Milestone. When linked, earned Open Badges are issued automatically to the student’s profile in Blackboard.

Anthology Milestone is a solution for managing institutional micro-credentials and badges. It can issue transferable Open Badges that offer several benefits for education, professional development, and career advancement:
 

  • Verified and Trustworthy: Transferable Open Badges are digital credentials that are securely checked for authenticity. They prove that the skills and achievements they represent are reliable and recognized by schools and employers.
  • Easy to Share: These badges can be shown on different platforms like LinkedIn, personal websites, digital resumes, and social media. This makes it easy for people to keep a consistent record of their skills and achievements, no matter where they work or study.
  • Supports Lifelong Learning: Transferable Open Badges allow people to collect and show their skills over time, helping them continue learning throughout their lives.
  • Personalized: Individuals can choose and organize their badges to reflect their unique skills, learning experiences, and career goals. They can manage and display their badges with a free Achievement Studio account or transfer them to another system.
  • Clear and Trustworthy: The information included in Open Badges makes it clear what skills were demonstrated and how they were assessed.
  • Works Across Platforms: Open Badges follow open standards, so they can be used and recognized on different systems and platforms.
  • Inclusive: Open Badges can recognize a variety of skills, including those that might not be acknowledged by traditional education, like soft skills, informal learning, and community involvement.


Set up Open Badges with Achievements

An administrator must first set up the Anthology Milestone integration. 

Once enabled, users with privileges to manage achievements in Blackboard can:  

  • Add an Open Badge to a course or organization.
  • Set performance criteria required to earn the badge.


Add an Open Badge

On the Achievements tab, select Use Open Badge. Search for and select an Open Badge from Milestone. Then work with the badge like any other. For more information, see Achievements.

 

Set performance criteria and preview the badge

After you select an open badge, you can set performance criteria for one or more assessments in the course. With multiple performance criterion, students must meet all to earn the Open Badge.

In the Summary section, you can preview how the Open Badge will appear to students in Blackboard.    

 

Students earning Open Badges

When students earn an Open Badge, they receive an email at the address associated with their Blackboard profile. Students can manage their earned Open Badges using an Achievement Studio account. To manage their Open Badge, the Achievement Studio account profile should include the same email address.
 

From Achievement Studio, students can:
 

  • View an Open Badge
  • Add it to a collection
  • Download it
  • Get a sharing link


For more information about student tasks in Achievement Studio, see Badges Overview.

 

 Notes:

 

  • Administrators must set up the integration with Milestone.
  • Open Badges can be used in Ultra courses and organizations.
  • Users without an email address won’t be able to use the Open Badge picker. Students must have an email address in their Blackboard profile to receive Open Badges they earn.
  • Any user with privileges to manage achievements can link to Open Badges. We plan to limit this access in a future release.  
  • An earned achievement isn’t revoked if an instructor changes a student’s grades.
  • Deleting an achievement that’s linked to an Open Badge doesn’t delete that badge in Milestone.
  • Student preview isn’t supported for earning Open Badges.

 

For administrators: This feature requires licensing Anthology Milestone. The integration is configured as an LTI tool. A new LTI placement type adds appropriate Open Badge tools into the Achievements tool. This placement type should not be used for other LTI tools. The LTI tool configuration instructions will be published in Milestone documentation in September.

You can manage the Achievements privileges in Course Role and System Role configurations. In this release, there aren’t separate privileges for users who can set up Open Badges versus course badges using Achievements. You may want to consider a limited rollout of Achievements until we address this with separate privileges in an upcoming release.  
 

Tests & Assignments


Generate question banks 
Blackboard Learn SaaS  
Ultra Experience  
Ultra Course View  
Impact: Instructors 
Related Topic: Question Banks 



Creating questions is time consuming. Instructors now have the option to generate questions in a question bank. Generating question banks from course materials provides inspiration and saves time. 

To generate a question bank, select the Auto-generate option from the + on the Question Banks page. 

From the menu, instructors can select content items. These content items provide context for the questions. Instructors can further refine the questions they ask by entering a description of the learning objectives or topic. 

Instructors can select the type of question to generate, such as multiple choice or fill in the blank. The complexity of the questions can also be adjusted. Instructors choose which questions to include in the question bank. 

For administrators: The option to generate questions only appears for instructors when the tool is on. Select Building Blocks from the Administrator Panel, then select Installed Tools. Locate "AI Design Assistant and Unsplash" and select Settings from the dropdown. The default state is off. You must also activate privileges. Assign the “Use AI Design Assistant” privilege for the appropriate Course Roles (for example, Instructor).

 

Enhancements to student submission review page 
Blackboard Learn SaaS
Ultra Experience
Ultra Course View 
Impact: Students, Instructors


The student submission review page makes it easier for students to access instructor feedback on their submissions.

We made several enhancements to this page:
 

  • When an instructor selects student preview, they can now access the student submission review page.
  • Students can now access offline submissions from this page.
  • Students now have a Read more option for overall and attempt feedback.


We also made general usability improvements, including additional labels and other indicators, to help students easily find the information they need. 


For administrators: This feature is available for all Ultra courses. There are no configurations needed.
 

Communication & Collaboration 


Email notifications for followed discussions 
Blackboard Learn SaaS  
Ultra Experience  
Ultra Course View  
Impact: All users  
Related Topic: Discussions 


To encourage participation in discussions, we expanded notifications to include email. Emails are sent when users opt for Email me right away notifications. 

Key Enhancements:  

User Notification Settings: New notification options allow users to manage their emails for discussions they follow. To help with consistency, these settings align with the user's settings for their activity stream. 
 

  • Activity on my responses 
  • Activity on responses I have replied to 
  • Responses from instructors 
  • Responses for followed discussions 
  • Replies for followed discussions 

 

Administrator Settings: New administrator controls allow institutions to set defaults for user notification settings. These are enabled by default: 
 

  • Discussion activity on the current user’s responses 
  • Discussion activity on responses the current user has replied to 
  • Discussion responses from instructors 
  • Discussion responses and replies for followed 


For administrators: This feature is available for all Ultra courses. There are no configurations needed. However, administrators can change these notification settings to default off, always off, or always on if desired.


Quickly access items that need grade reconciliation 
Blackboard Learn SaaS
Ultra Experience
Ultra Course View 
Impact: Instructors



With parallel grading, multiple people can share grading responsibilities for a course. For example, an instructor can divide up the grading tasks among teaching assistants and other graders. The designated reconciler reviews all grades and feedback to determine the final grade.  


A Needs reconciling section now appears on the gradebook Overview tab. In this section, reconcilers can easily access all items ready for reconciliation.  
 

Graders can select Reconcile now to open the Submissions tab for the item. They can review grades and feedback from others before determining the final grade.

The Gradebook tab displays an exclamation point when there are items to reconcile or post.


For administrators: This feature is available for all Ultra courses. There are no configurations needed. 


Show unavailable students in the gradebook
Blackboard Learn SaaS
Ultra Experience  
Ultra Course View  
Impact: Instructors



Instructors may have students in their courses whose access to Blackboard is temporarily restricted. For example, if a student has a payment pending, an administrator can set the student’s user account as unavailable until the hold is lifted.


In direct response to user feedback, we’ve made changes to how unavailable students appear in the gradebook. Now unavailable students appear in the gradebook for their enrolled courses, but their avatar has a strikethrough to indicate the unavailable status.
 

To completely hide unavailable students from their gradebooks, instructors can use the Students Visibility setting introduced in the last release.

When the hide unenrolled students from the gradebook option is turned on, unavailable and unenrolled students are hidden from these gradebook areas:  
 

  • Grades page
  • Students page
  • Calculation student list
  • Gradable items student list
  • Submission tab for an assessment
  • Group Submissions tab for an assessment
  • Student Activity tab for an assessment


For administrators: This feature is available for all Ultra courses. There are no configurations needed. 
 

Flexible Grading

 

Flexible Grading performance improvements 
Blackboard Learn SaaS
Ultra Experience
Ultra Course View 
Impact: Students, Instructors


We made several adjustments to improve the performance of Flexible Grading. Users will experience faster loading when:
 

  • Scrolling in the Student list (instructors)
  • Posting all grades (instructors)
  • Viewing the rubric (instructors and students)


For larger classes with more than 2000 enrollments, the Flexible Grading page loads 25% faster! 


For administrators: This feature is available for all Ultra courses. There are no configurations needed.

 

Mobile


Email notifications for followed discussions
Blackboard Learn SaaS
Ultra Experience
Ultra Course View
Impact: All users


Instructors and students sometimes need to pay special attention to one or more discussions or threads in a course. Users can now easily follow specific discussions to receive email updates on new contributions. Institutions can set notification defaults for discussion activity and responses for followed discussions. This feature makes it easier for users to monitor and engage with class discussions from the Blackboard Mobile App.


For Administrators: You can configure this feature in the Administrator Panel by selecting Notification settings and enabling/disabling your institution’s preferences.

 

Upgrade to Ultra


Brightspace Conversion Improvements
Blackboard Learn SaaS
Ultra Experience
Ultra Course View and/or Original Course View
Impact: Instructors
Related Topic: Migrate from D2L Brightspace



Question Library and Sections

We further refined the conversion of courses from Brightspace. The question library and sections in Brightspace now convert to question banks. This enhancement is important for converting quizzes that include question pools and sections.  


Important notes:

  • The question library and sections will be flattened. Nested question banks are not supported in Blackboard.  
  • Any sections without questions will not convert to question banks.


Gradebook Columns
Numeric, selectbox, text, and pass/fail grade Items in Brightspace are now preserved when converting a Brightspace course to Blackboard. Formula and calculated grade Items are not preserved and are dropped from the gradebook. Instructors should check if their formula or calculated grade items can be rebuilt in Blackboard’s calculated column. For more information, see Calculate Grades.


For Administrators: These features and improvements are available for all Ultra and Original courses. There are no configurations needed.
 

 

 

 








 

Highlights:

Maintenance Fixes

You can view maintenance items for 3900.102 on the new Support Portal. 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 issues fixed in this release:

 

  • Download the Gradebook shows Needs Grading when prohibit late submission was removed- Article #78832
  • Clicking the 'Status' Column to Sort Announcements Throws an Error- Article #78741
  • Typing a Number of Questions to Display in a Pool Does Not Clear the Leading Zero From the Input Field- Article #78806
  • Discussion RTE - Word-Break set Incorrectly on Numbered and Bulleted Lists- Article #78736
  • Date Picker With English (United Kingdom‭) Language Pack Date Validator is Preventing Manual Date Input- Article #78871
  • When Identifier or Description is Used in a Hierarchy Node Search, the Wrong Field is Queried- Article #77759
  • Multiple Attempt Grades for Groups Not Showing After the First Attempt is Graded- Article #78529
  • Incorrect Translation of Running Total Description in Overall Grade Settings- Article #78548
  • Send Message Button Appearing in the Global Grades Page for Original View Courses- Article #78819
  • The Notification Icon for New Post Does Not Appear in Discussions Assigned to Groups- Article #78620
  • In Original Courses 'Needs Grading' Filter Shows Zero Results if the User Does Not Click on 'Go' Button- Article #78682
  • Release 3900.100 Editing Ultra Locale is Missing Most Language Strings- Article #80170
  • Overall Grades Show Different Values While the Page Loads- Article #78678
  • Ultra Course Copy Logs Downloading Without File Extension- Article #78973
  • Unable to Update Assignments with Delegate Marking- Article #78845
  • Deleting Enrollment and Anonymizing Graded Discussion Posts of User Cause the Entire Participant List to be Anonymized- Article #78705
  • Discussion Grades & Participation Requests Excessive Data- Article #78193
  • Observer Users Get an Access Denied Error When Trying to Access a Course- Article #78843
  • Self-Copying Tests Breaks Question Pools (Banks) for Instructors- Article #78308
  • In the Japanese Language Pack the 'From' and 'Reply-To' Headers on Course Messages Display the First Name Before the Last- Article #78812
  • LDAPS does not support Connection Timeouts- Article #76977
  • Grades Cannot be Posted to Ultra Group's Assessment if any Member is Unavailable- Article #77761
  • Send a Message to a Group From Group Spaces Tool Option Still Shows When Students and Participants Cannot Create or Reply to Course and Organization Messages is Disabled at Admin Level- Article #78912
  • Non-English Characters Render as Hexadecimal Codes in Student Help Text- Article #78872
  • When Switching to Course Grid View an 'Oops Something Went Wrong' Error is Displayed- Article #87970
  • Original Courses Under Others Category Disappear from Ultra Courses Page After Opening- Article #78951
  • Unable to Update Assignments with Delegate Marking- Article #78845
  • Copying Instructor Role Causes Site Oops Error- Article #75982
  • Discussion Grades & Participation Requests Excessive Data- Article #78193
  • Double Quotation Mark Character is Damaging Feed Files if not Closed- Article #78606
  • Missing Result When Downloading Gradebook and Selecting a 2 Grade Column Assessment- Article #78089
  • Improper Movement of the Ultra Test Timer due to End-user PC's Clock Changes- Article #78295
  • When Downloading the Gradebook in a Course Converted to Ultra Old Titles May Appear- Article #77872
  • Inconsistent Screen Reader Accessibility in Ultra Base Navigation Course Sub-Menus- Article #78607
  • Custom Role Not Displaying Role Name in Course Feedback- Article #78875
  • Inconsistency in Updating Answer Sets in Calculated Formula Questions- Article #78557
  • Activity Accumulator Content Activity Inaccurate Since 3900.95 Release- Article #87979


Top Issues

Article Number Component Service Pack(s) Description Target Fix Release Patch Available
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)
000089878 Blackboard Learn SaaS 3900.100.0, 3900.102.0, 3900.104.0 When a textbox in BB Annotate contains multiple lines of text (using the enter key), duplicating the textbox will only display the first line and leave out the rest of the text. SaaS-Fixed (v3900.121.0)
000088005 Blackboard Learn SaaS 3900.98.0, 3900.100.0, 3900.102.0 <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">In the Ultra Experience, when a user navigates through a course using the tab key, the help icon is being skipped.</span></p> SaaS-Fixed (v3900.121.0)
000089882 Blackboard Learn SaaS 3900.100.0, 3900.102.0, 3900.104.0 <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Rubric values are being shown for previously viewed rubrics when going back and forth between assignments. This affects only what is seen. When grading, the rubrics are right. This requires a student user, and does not appear when previewing or when accessing as an administrator.  </span></p> SaaS-Fixed (v3900.121.0)
000089966 Blackboard Learn SaaS 3900.102.0, 3900.104.0, 3900.106.0 <p>The Ultra gradebook status column does not indicate when LTI content has been accessed by a student. Instead it always says &#39;Unopened&#39;. It does this even if the student has launched the content multiple times. </p> Working as Expected
000089877 Blackboard Learn SaaS 3900.100.0, 3900.102.0, 3900.104.0 <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">In Ultra Courses, categories are not displayed when creating a new course link using the Spanish Language Pack.</span></p> SaaS-Fixed (v3900.121.0)
000089980 Blackboard Learn SaaS 3900.102.0, 3900.104.0, 3900.106.0 User Profile pages display fields that administrators have marked as hidden in Customize User Information. SaaS-Fixed (v3900.121.0)
000088004 Blackboard Learn SaaS 3900.98.0, 3900.100.0, 3900.102.0, 3900.104.0 Adding a course link from a folder or Learning Module to a folder or Learning Module throws an error, &#39;Oops! Something went wrong&#39;. SaaS-Fixed (v3900.121.0)
000089870 Blackboard Learn SaaS 3900.100.0, 3900.102.0, 3900.104.0 In the Ultra Experience, when a user creates an Ultra Assessment, sets Respondus Proctoring to required, and then saves the test, a trash can icon appears in the Proctoring settings. This icon enables the user to disassociate Respondus from the test and choose another proctoring method if needed. <br><br>The issue occurs when the user creates a test that does not require Respondus and is able to click on the Respondus icon in Settings. The assessment is still set in the database to be associated to Respondus, however there is no trash icon or any other way to disassociate Respondus and choose an alternative proctoring solution. <br>  SaaS-Fixed (v3900.118.0)


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