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When a Student Saves a Discussion Post as a Draft it is Visible in the Student Activity for Instructors

Date Published: Mar 05,2025


CategoryPlanned First Fix Release:3900.112.0 Release; Product:Blackboard Learn SaaS; Version:3900.102.0,3900.104.0,3900.106.0
Article No.: 000090036
Product:
Learn SaaS
Release:
SaaS
Service Pack(s):
3900.102.0, 3900.104.0, 3900.106.0
Description:

In a discussion, when a student drafts a response, it is initially visible in the Instructor's Student Activity view. However, once the student submits or opens the draft, it disappears from this view. The draft links provided to Instructors often point to content that they cannot view, leading to misunderstandings. This also results in inaccurate statistics. 

Steps to Repeat:
  1. Log into Blackboard Learn Ultra Experience as an administrator
  2. Navigate to System Admin > Create an Ultra course
  3. Enroll an instructor and two students
  4. Log in as the instructor > Create a Discussion and make it visible to students
  5. Log in as student1, submit a response, and save it 
  6. Log in as student2, submit a response, and save it as a draft
  7. Log in as the instructor and access the Student Activity for the discussion
     

 

Observed Behavior:

The saved draft response is visible under 'Responses with the most replies' without being posted by the student.

 

Expected Behavior:

The saved draft response by the student should not be visible under 'Responses with the most replies' as it should only be visible to the student.






Target Release:

SaaS-Fixed (v3900.112.0)







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