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Conditional Release for Specific Students Hides the Option to Show/Hide Content Prior to Release

Date Published: Apr 11,2025


CategoryProduct:Blackboard Learn SaaS
Article No.: 000076138
Product:
Learn SaaS
Release:
SaaS
Description:

When a user sets up assessments with conditional release to groups/specific individuals, they lose the ability to decide to show/hide the content prior to release. The text of the feature shows but the checkbox is missing.

The option to show/hide content prior to release is still there if the content is planned for “all students” but not when groups/specific individuals release is selected.

Steps to Repeat:
  1. Log into Blackboard Learn Ultra Experience as an Administrator 
  2. Create an Ultra course
  3. Create a content item / assignment / test and set a due date some day in the future
  4. Go to release conditions and select All Members
  5. Select a date to show the content before the due date
  6. Scroll down and observe the options:

When will content appear?
Choose if you want the content to appear before course members meet the release conditions

Show - All course members can see this item in the content list, but they can’t open it until all release conditions are met.
Hide - Hidden items don't appear in the content list until conditions are met.

  1. Login as a student enrolled in the course
  2. Observe that the content is listed as unavailable in the course
  3. Go back to edit the content release conditions (or create a new one) and select Specific Member or Groups
  4. Select a date to show the content some day before the due date

Observed Behavior: 
Scroll down and observe the text but no options:

When will content appear?
This item is visible in the content list to the members you selected. You can limit their access with the date/time and performance conditions.

Expected Behavior:
The option should be available. 

Observed Behavior 2: 
Login as the student that was selected in the above release conditions and observe that the content is not listed in the course.






Target Release:

Functioning as Designed







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