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Blackboard Learn 3900.80 Release

Date Published: Apr 11,2025


CategoryPlanned First Fix Release:3900.80.0 Release; Product:Blackboard Learn MH,Blackboard Learn SaaS,Blackboard Learn Software; Version:Blackboard Learn
Article No.: 000078076
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Learn SaaS

Information:

Blackboard is pleased to announce the release of the 3900.80.0 (November 7, 2023) update of Learn SaaS for test and stage environments (full release number: 3900.80.0-rel.5+dfdc4bd). This update will replace the previous v3900.78.0 release.


The December 2023 - 3900.80 is robust with features in 8 areas:
 
  • Instructional design;
  • Tests and assignments;
  • Flexible grading;
  • Gradebook;
  • Integrations;
  • Learn core and security;
  • Mobile app; and
  • Upgrade to Ultra

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


Instructors:
  • Authentic Discussion and Journal prompts
  • Rubric criteria and levels of performance restrictions removed
  • Group assessment due date exceptions
  • Goal alignment to questions in banks
  • Prevent students from earning full credit when selecting all answers choices on a multi-select question with partial credit
  • Sorting controls in Students and Questions tab
  • Grid view sorting controls
  • Automatic zero gradebook improvement
  • Canvas conversion improvements: Support for Multiple Grade Schemes

Instructors and students:
  • Additional image insertion and generate options
  • Mobile App: Enhancements to Grades

All users:
  • Removal of First Time User Experience pop-ups
  • Improved mobile experience for Course Content page


Administrators:
  • Gradebook API: Accessing grading dates
  • Enhanced user data retrieval with secondary IDs via REST API
  • REST API for accessing assessment passwords
  • Converting Building Block content to LTI
  • Building Block Management page displays removal details
 

Instructional Design


Authentic Discussion and Journal prompts 
Blackboard Learn SaaS
Ultra Experience
Ultra Course View
Impact: Instructors



AI plagiarism is a growing concern among academics. Research indicates a variety of issues with a reliance on AI detection. Detection models cannot keep up with advancements in AI technologies. Our approach to combatting AI plagiarism is different. We empower instructors and lean on the effective practice of authentic assessment.

Learn more by reading our white paper about AI, Academic Integrity, and Authentic Assessment.

Now, instructors can generate discussion and journal prompts that encourage students to:
 
  • engage in higher-order thinking,
  • apply their knowledge,
  • justify or challenge their beliefs and ideas,
  • and emulate real-world situations.


To ensure the instructor is in control, the generation process allows instructors to:
 
  • enter a discussion or journal description,
  • select a desired cognitive process based on Bloom's Taxonomy,
  • set the complexity,
  • and generate a discussion or journal title.

The instructor can review the generated prompts and select one to add to the discussion or journal. After adding the prompt, the instructor can edit or further refine the prompt as appropriate.


For administrators: To use this feature, enable the AI Features option in Ultra Experience Management. Select Building Blocks from the Administrator Panel, then select Installed Tools. Locate AI Design Assistant and Unsplash and select Settings from the drop-down. The default state is off. Set Enable AI Design Assistant to on. Set Generate Discussions and Generate Journals to on. You must also activate privileges. Assign the following privilege for the appropriate Course Roles (e.g., Instructor): Use AI features.

 

Removal of First Time User Experience pop-ups 
Blackboard Learn SaaS
Ultra Experience
Ultra Course View
Impact: All users


In the past, we provided in-context information pop-ups to support users when they used the system for the first time. These pop-ups, called First Time User Experiences (FTUEs), can be helpful to some users. At the same time, FTUEs can be distracting or unnecessary. Users who would like supportive information can locate that on our help pages. Some institutions want to provide their own support information across Ultra and choose to use tools such as Anthology Adopt.
 

Based on client feedback, we are removing the FTUEs across Learn Ultra. This improves the users' experience and supports a greater focus on the learning content. Approximately 60 FTUEs are being removed in this release. Examples of some of the FTUEs we removed are below.

For administrators: This update is available for Base Navigation and Ultra courses. There are no configurations needed.

 

Additional image insertion and generate options 
Blackboard Learn SaaS
Ultra Experience
Ultra Course View
Impact: Instructors, Students


Images enhance comprehension of and engagement with course content. Instructors and students want to use high-quality images in content and submissions. To help, we have added a new image button in the content editor in the following places:
 

  • Announcements
  • Assessment Questions
  • Student answers on questions (local file upload only)
  • Submission feedback (standard view)
  • Journal entries and comments
 

We also added the option for instructors to generate images in journal prompts and assessment questions.

To learn more about working with images, please visit the “Work with Text" page.
 

For administrators: The "Stock images from Unsplash" and "Generate images" options only appear for instructors when each 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 drop-down. The default state is off. You must also activate privileges. Assign the following privileges for the appropriate Course Roles (e.g., Instructor):
 

  • Search for images using Unsplash
  • Use AI features
 

Tests & Assignments

 

Additional image insertion and generate options 
Blackboard Learn SaaS
Ultra Experience
Ultra Course View
Impact: Instructors


Rubrics provide a structured and transparent framework for evaluating student work. They ensure consistency and fairness and provide a means for constructive feedback. Rubrics enhance the learning process.
 

In the past, we limited rubrics to 15 criteria and 15 performance levels. We have removed these restrictions. Clients shared that some instructors need to assess a larger number of criteria. Others shared that more criteria are sometimes needed for accreditation purposes


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

 

Group assessment due date exceptions
Blackboard Learn SaaS
Ultra Experience
Ultra Course View
Impact: Instructors


Instructors may want to set different due dates for each group working on a group assessment.

In the past, there was no way to assign varying due dates for each group working on a group assessment. Now, instructors can assign a unique due date to each group using the exceptions workflow.

On the group assessment Submissions page, the instructor may add or edit exceptions for a group.

The Exceptions panel displays relevant information such as the assignment name and selected group name. This helps ensure the accuracy of an exception. Instructors can select a due date for the group using the date and time picker.

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

 

Goal alignment to questions in banks 
Blackboard Learn SaaS
Ultra Experience
Ultra Course View
Impact: Instructors


Institutions want to align goals to course content. Goal alignment ensures that the curriculum is designed to meet specific learning outcomes.

Instructors can currently align goals to the following course items:
 

  • Assignments
  • Tests, including individual questions
  • Discussions
  • Rubrics criterion
  • Files
  • Web links
  • Teaching tools with LTI connection
  • Documents


Now, instructors can also align goals to questions within a question bank. Question-level goal alignment ensures that assessment items measure the desired learning outcomes. This helps to ensure the accuracy and effectiveness of evaluation and feedback practices.

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

 

Prevent students from earning full credit when selecting all answers choices on a multi-select question with partial credit 
Blackboard Learn SaaS
Ultra Experience
Ultra Course View
Impact: Instructors


Multi-select questions require students to select multiple correct answers from a list. This variation of a multiple choice question encourages critical thinking. Some instructors may award partial credit to students on these types of questions. Partial credit promotes a fairer and more accurate assessment of students' knowledge.


In the past, students received full credit when selecting all answer choices for a multi-select question with partial credit. This happened because there was no penalty or negative credit applied for wrong answer choices.


Now, when an instructor designs a multi-select question and allows partial and negative credit, the negative credit auto-distributes across wrong answer choices. An instructor can remove or edit the negative credit if desired.

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


 

Flexible Grading


Sorting controls in Students and Questions tab 
Blackboard Learn SaaS
Ultra Experience
Ultra Course View
Impact: Instructors


Grading large numbers of submissions without a way to organize them can be tedious. Now, instructors can apply various sorting options in flexible grading:
 

  • Submission date (oldest - newest) of latest attempt
  • Submission date (newest - oldest) of latest attempt
  • Last Name (A - Z)
  • Last Name (Z - A)
  • First Name (A - Z)
  • First Name (Z-A)
  • Student ID (ascending)
  • Student ID (descending)


The grading interface stores the most recently used sorting option. If an instructor stops grading an assessment and resumes grading later, the last sorting option is applied.


Also, if sorting the submissions by last name or grading status, the chosen sorting option carries over into the grading interface.

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

 


Gradebook


Grid view sorting controls 
Blackboard Learn SaaS
Ultra Experience
Ultra Course View
Impact: Instructors


Sorting options in the gradebook provide a more efficient grading experience.

We extended the sorting options to all remaining columns in the gradebook grid view:
 

  • SCORM
  • Journal
  • Group Assessment
  • Group Discussion
  • LTI
  • Calculations
  • Attendance
  • Discussion


Instructors can sort records in ascending or descending order and remove any applied sorting. A purple highlight in the column header indicates sorting is applied.

Any sorting applied yields a temporary change to the sort order of all columns in the gradebook grid view.

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

 

Automatic zero gradebook improvement 
Blackboard Learn SaaS
Ultra Experience
Ultra Course View
Impact: Instructors


Instructors can configure their gradebooks to assign automatic zeros to past due work. In the past, automatic zeros were assigned to past due work regardless of a student’s course enrollment status. For example, automatic zeros were applied to past due items for withdrawn students. This was problematic as, in some cases, it skewed course data.

Now automatic zeros are assigned to past due work only if the student has an enabled course enrollment. Automatic zeroes are no longer applied to past due items for withdrawn students. This helps to ensure that academic records are preserved as they are at the time of withdrawal.


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


 

Integrations

 

Gradebook API: Accessing grading dates 
Blackboard Learn SaaS, Blackboard Learn 9.1
Ultra Experience, Original Experience
Ultra Course View, Original Course View
Impact: Administrators


In a previous release, we introduced a feature that allows users to retrieve date-related grading data. Now, we incorporate two more fields into the response of all gradebook APIs: first and last relevant dates.
 

"firstRelevantDate" determined as:
 

  • The first recorded date when an attempt is scored.
  • The most recent date in which a final score is overridden.


"lastRelevantDate" determined as:
 

  • The date of the most recent modification of a grade when an attempt is scored.
  • The most recent date in which a final score is overridden.


We also introduce the following query parameters:
 

  • firstRelevantDateCompare
  • lastRelevantDateCompare


These parameters allow users to filter and refine the results.


For administrators: The required entitlements for Gradebook API remain unchanged. First and Last relevant dates do not apply to calculated columns.


 

Enhanced user data retrieval with secondary IDs via REST API
Blackboard Learn SaaS, Blackboard Learn 9.1
Ultra Experience, Original Experience
Ultra Course View, Original Course View
Impact: Administrators


The option to retrieve user data is crucial for administrators and support roles. User data retrieval is important for a host of reasons. For example, it allows institutions to ensure access control, user support, and data security.

In the past, retrieving user data depended on a single ID. Now, we are expanding the capabilities of the users' REST APIs to support secondary IDs. This will provide more flexibility and control when accessing user information.

Users can now use a secondary ID:
 

  • Contact Email: Users can now use the "contact.email" secondary ID to retrieve user data. This enhancement allows users to access their information by their institution/personal email address.
  • Student IDs: The "studentId" secondary ID is now supported in the GET /users public endpoint. You can use this feature to access user data using their student ID.
  • "Name" as New Attribute: Users can now retrieve user data based on attributes such as the user name. For this, we have the new query parameter "?name=". This will allow filtering by full names (first names, last names, middle names, or usernames).


These changes provide a significant improvement in the way users can manage user data via REST APIs.


For administrators: The required entitlements for User API remain unchanged.


 

REST API for accessing assessment passwords 
Blackboard Learn SaaS, Blackboard Learn 9.1
Ultra Experience, Original Experience
Ultra Course View, Original Course View
Impact: Administrators


In Learn, assessments can be protected with access codes. Access codes help provide integrity and security for assessments.

To improve the integration with proctoring services, we extended the access code option via REST API.

Now, users can retrieve the access password configuration settings. The configuration setting is for both Ultra and Original courses. This information includes the following key fields:
 

  • Enabled: Flag that indicates whether the assessment is password-protected or not.
  • Password: This field contains the 6-digit passcode. The password is available in plain text, simplifying the integration process.


Furthermore, these fields will be accessible through the following Content endpoints:

  • GET /learn/api/public/v1/courses/{courseId}/contents
  • GET /learn/api/public/v1/courses/{courseId}/contents/{contentId}


For administrators: The required entitlements for Users API remain unchanged.


 

Converting Building Block content to LTI (Echo360 Course Content) 
Blackboard Learn SaaS, Blackboard Learn 9.1
Original Experience
Original Course View
Impact: Administrators


In the past, some clients relied on building blocks to enhance course content. To help clients transition from building blocks to LTI tools, we created a Content Migration Tool. This tool focuses on helping clients migrate Kaltura content within Original courses.
 

We have now updated the migration tool to support the conversion of building blocks content to LTI. This change helps mitigate challenges with migrations from Original to Ultra courses.
 

Now, administrators can also convert Echo360 content from building blocks to LTI.
 

This conversion supports the Building Block content present within the iframe. This includes Mashup links within the content editor:
 

  • wikis, journals, discussions, groups
  • assessments, assignments, test questions, and question banks
  • announcements


As before, administrators can access the Building Block to LTI content conversion service through Administrator Tools.
 

Administrators can select from a drop-down menu the building block to be configured. The options are Echo360 and Kaltura.
 

Administrators can configure the required IDs and custom parameters for the conversion details.


Building blocks mappings are displayed. Administrators can select whether they want to edit, delete, or turn off the building block for the conversion tool.


Once configurations are set, administrators can manage the placements. They can select for the specific Building Block the courses to which they want to convert the content.


Finally, at Migration Run Status, users can monitor the status of the conversion process for each course.


For administrators: If the same course contains content from both Kaltura and Echo360 building blocks, the conversion process must be performed once for each building block.

 

Learn Core & Security


Building Block Management page displays support details
Blackboard Learn SaaS, Blackboard Learn 9.1
Ultra Experience, Original Experience
Impact: Administrators


Three years ago, we announced the end of support for third-party integrations using Building Blocks. Starting in January 2024, most third-party Building Blocks will no longer be supported. Some Building Blocks have been granted extensions for limited continued support.
 

To help administrators understand what third-party tools will no longer work in January, we've updated the Building Block management page. Now, each Building Block will have a support indicator. These appear under the header “Support Status” on the Building Block management page.
 

  • ONGOING: These Building Blocks are part of Blackboard Learn and are not third-party. Anthology continues to support these.
 
  • EXTENDED: These are third-party Building Blocks with approved extended support. Support will end sometime in the future. This includes Building Blocks with both announced and unknown support end dates, such as:
    • Exceptions, or currently no known end of support date.
    • Extended support to specific dates as published on Behind the Blackboard. We will provide updates to support statuses for these Building Blocks in future releases of Blackboard Learn.
 
  • ENDS JAN 2024: These third-party Building Blocks can no longer be used starting with the January 2024 release (3900.82).

For administrators: This feature is available for all Learn environments. There are no configurations needed. These changes don't impact tools integrated with other methods, such as LTI and REST. You can access the Building Block list in Administrator Panel > Building Blocks > Installed Tools.
If you believe the status of a third-party Building Block isn’t correct, please contact Anthology Product Support.

 

Mobile App


Enhancements to Grades 
Blackboard Learn SaaS
Ultra Experience, Original Experience
Ultra Course View, Original Course View
Impact: Instructors, Students


In response to user feedback, we've made improvements to the Grades page. The Grades page now offers more comprehensive information for students and instructors. We enhanced both the appearance and functionality.
 

For Instructors:
 

  • Upcoming Grading
    • Upon expansion, instructors find items that need grading.
  • Concise View
    • We've limited the display to only three items at a time.
    • A "View more" link is available, leading to the gradebook for that course.
  • Efficient Navigation
    • Instructors can access grading tasks by selecting the respective item.
  • In the past, grade pills were black. Now grade pills display corresponding grade colors.
 

For Students:
 

  • Upcoming Due Items
    • When expanding the section, students now find items that are due within a week.
  • Recently Graded
    • Expanded sections display items that have been recently graded.
  • Concise View
    • To avoid clutter, we've limited the display to only three items at a time.
    • A "View more" link is available, leading to the gradebook for that course.
  • Quick Access
    • By selecting any item, users can navigate to the specific assessment or activity.
  • In the past, grade pills were black. Now grade pills display corresponding grade colors.

For administrators: No additional settings are required for this feature.

 

Enhancements to Grades 
Blackboard Learn SaaS
Ultra Experience
Ultra Course View
Impact: All users


The Course Content page had several issues on mobile devices. We have made the following improvements:
 

  • Anthology Ally icons no longer overlap with other elements on the page.
  • Items nested in learning modules and folders no longer occupy as much space.
  • Icons on the content page are smaller, providing more space for titles and descriptions.
  • Titles and descriptions are no longer truncated. The full title and description are always visible now.
  • The button to make an item visible to students or hidden from students no longer goes off the page.

For administrators: This update is available for Base Navigation and Ultra courses. There are no configurations needed.

 

Canvas conversion improvements: Support for Multiple Grade Schemes 
Blackboard Learn SaaS
Ultra Experience, Original Experience
Ultra Course View, Original Course View
Impact: Instructors


The Canvas Learning Management System allows instructors to create Grade Schemes. Grade schemes can use point or percentage ranges. Each point or percentage range has a name value.

In the past, Grade Schemes in Canvas did not convert. We have updated the conversion so that Grade Schemes from Canvas are now preserved. Instructors no longer need to rebuild Grade Schemes when converting a course from Canvas.


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









 

 

Highlights:

Maintenance Fixes

 

You can view maintenance items for 3900.80 on Behind the Blackboard.  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:
 

  • Special Characters on LTI Items are not Being Decoded When Creating a new Item- Article #77290
  • LTI 1.3 Tools Should Not Be Listed as Hyperlinks Because Converting The Name to a URL is Invalid- Article #77678
  • In Ultra an Overridden Grade is Set to 0 When the Due Date is Extended With Automatic Zeros Enabled- Article #77682
  • Insert Content Menu in Assignment Feedback is cut off at Specific Screen Resolutions and Zoom Level- Article #77973
  • In Ultra Deleting a Discussion Board Post with Replies Shows the Post Deleted Message Instead of Post a Response to see Discussion Activity- Article #77439
  • ALT Text in Course Images is not Being Read by Screen Readers- Article #77607
  • Card Preview Missing Avatar Image- Article #78007
  • Issue with Attempt Numbers Order in Grade Center's Grade Questions Option- Article #77696
  • Wrong Scores Displayed in Ultra Grades- Article #77905
  • Announcement Search does not Support Spaces- Article #77965
  • Discussion Feedback is Not Displaying Accurately Within the Gradebook Feedback Area- Article #78029
  • No Option to Expand the Contents of the Newly Copied Folder to Create Item Course link- Article #76952
  • LTI Tools do not Redirect to Login When the Session has Timed Out- Article #77989
  • Download Gradebook Will not Include Feedback Information for a Single Column Gradebook- Article #77915
  • Announcement Emails Not Sent to Sole Instructor Enrolled- Article #77943
  • Course Media Content Created through Preview cannot be Viewed by Students- Article #59453
  • The Grade Center's Grid View Differs From the Offline Grading and List View- Article #77985
  • In Original View When Launching LTI Items Breadcrumbs are not Properly Wrapped or Disappear if Screen Size is 1115px or Less- Article #77356
  • Proctoring "Tool Provider Custom Parameters" Section Within the Edit Placement Page are not Being Sent- Article #76146
  • Users with Course Administrator Roles are Unable to Access Date-Restricted Courses- Article #76986
  • Alternative Text Field for Learning Module's Thumbnail Image Shifts Cursor at the End of the Text When an Existing Text is Edited- Article #77916
  • Constraint Violation When Using a Link to Self Enroll in a Group Set that Only Contains a Single Group- Article #77969


Top Issues

Article Number Component Service Pack(s) Description Target Fix Release Patch Available
000076848 Blackboard Learn SaaS Ultra When a student posts a comment in a discussion, and then checks its status 24 hours later, it shows as &quot;pending&quot; when instead, it should be showing a result. <br>  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)
000090791 Blackboard Learn SaaS 3900.116.0, 3900.118.0, 3900.121.0 <p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span>Students using screen readers like NVDA or JAWS are unable to hear which answers they selected when reviewing their test submissions in Ultra courses. This behavior affects Multiple Choice and True/False questions. In tests configured to display correct answers and scores, the correct answers may be announced, but not the student’s selected choices. </span></span></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)
000090838 Blackboard Learn SaaS 3900.116.0, 3900.118.0, 3900.121.0 <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">In Ultra courses, for items with group submissions, when text is entered in the overall feedback box without saving the changes, and then a grade is entered (which triggers auto-posting), the page refreshes, and the previously entered feedback text is lost.</span></p> SaaS-Fixed (v3900.123.0)
000090878 Blackboard Learn SaaS 3900.116.0, 3900.118.0, 3900.121.0 <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">In Ultra view mode, when a Fill in the Blank Plus (FIB+) question is added to a test from a question pool, it cannot be fully edited within the test. However, these settings remain editable when accessed directly through the Question Banks.</span></p> SaaS-Fixed (v3900.123.0)
000090914 Blackboard Learn SaaS 3900.118.0, 3900.121.0, 3900.123.0 <p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span>Government clients that were migrated to Voltron are experiencing issues with the Institution Page being displayed. Specifically, </span></span><span style="font-size: 14px;">when the Institution Page is set as the default landing page; however, users find themselves redirected to the Stream page instead. This issue occurs even though the Institution Page has been selected for display in the Settings. </span></p> Future Reference
000090898 Blackboard Learn MH, Blackboard Learn SaaS, Blackboard Learn Software 3900.118.0, 3900.121.0, 3900.123.0 <p><span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &#39;Segoe UI&#39;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, &#39;Apple Color Emoji&#39;, &#39;Segoe UI Emoji&#39;, &#39;Segoe UI Symbol&#39;;font-size: 14px;">In Original courses, when instructors review the Grade History for assessments, auto-graded items such as true-or-false questions do not display a numeric grade in the Value column. Instead, the system shows the status as &quot;Attempt submitted.&quot; This behavior contrasts with manually graded items, such as essay questions, which correctly display the assigned grade.</span></p> Future Reference
000078146 Blackboard Learn MH, Blackboard Learn SaaS, Blackboard Learn Software 3900.80.0, 3900.82.0, 3900.78.0, SaaS <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">In the Original Experience when an instructor creates a Test/Pool/Rubric or any kind of exportable content in a course where there is a big amount of students enrolled in it (above 100k) and the students submit all user attempts with files into that assignment, a &#39;504 gateway error&#39; displays and the content cannot be exported. </span></p> Future Reference
000090906 Blackboard Learn SaaS 3900.116.0, 3900.118.0, 3900.121.0, 3900.123.0 <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">In Ultra view mode, when the &quot;Create Group&quot; privilege is restricted for an instructor role, users assigned to that role are unable to assign students to groups, even if all other relevant group-related privileges are granted. This issue prevents instructors from managing group memberships effectively.</span></p> Future Reference

Resolved Issues

Article Number Component Version: Description Target Fix Release
000087977 Blackboard Learn SaaS Blackboard Learn Users enrolled in a significant number of courses experience errors when accessing the Courses tab on the Learn mobile app. When a user with such enrollments attempts to load their courses, an error message is displayed instead of the expected list of courses. Fixed- Blackboard App_9.8
000055193 Blackboard Learn SaaS SaaS In Ultra courses, YouTube videos embedded in Document content items cannot be expanded to full screen in the Blackboard app on iPad.
000055459 Blackboard Learn SaaS SaaS Blackboard&#39;s Mobile apps do not support Group Discussions, so these Discussions do not appear in the apps. However, when Ultra Group Discussions are set to be graded, the Blackboard and Instructor apps show a red banner error on the main course page: &quot;There seems to be an issue on our side. Please try again later.&quot;
000060666 Blackboard Learn SaaS Ultra When instructors create announcements with multibyte characters in Ultra courses, the messages render unreadable text when using the Blackboard app on Android devices. Mobile App - Q4 2020

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