Key Enhancements
We will be using the same major version of Blackboard as we do currently, updating from Blackboard 9.1 version 3200 to Blackboard 9.1 version 3300. No major changes to Blackboard’s navigation or tools will occur, but the following enhancements will be added.
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Enhancement |
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Instructors will be able to manage the availability of a course through an icon on the course’s Home module page. This tool is an addition to existing course availability management tools, such as Qwickly. |
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The Grade Center’s Column Organization tool will allow you to select and delete multiple columns at once. However, assessments linked to a course menu can only be cleared using this tool. An assessment must be deleted from the course menu before its column can be deleted. |
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Discussion participants will see a “Replies to Me” counter icon when viewing a forum. This feature displays the number of replies added to a participant’s thread. The participant can view replies by clicking on the “Replies to Me” icon. |
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If the instructor has sorted forums alphabetically, a “Remove Sorting” button will appear. Clicking this button will undo the sorting and allow the instructor to click and drag forums into a desired order. |
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Crocodocs will reach the end of its life and will be replaced by a comparable preview and annotation tool called Box View by January 8th, 2018. MATC must take the update to Box View to maintain the availability of Inline Grading to our faculty and students. To learn more about this change, see our guide. Annotations added to documents using Crocodocs prior to the Box View conversion will be preserved, but will be read-only. |
Fixes to Known Issues
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Tool Area |
Resolved Issue |
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Announcement |
An “Access Denied” error will no longer display to guests when viewing a course’s Announcements page. |
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Course Menu |
Changes to the order of course menu items stay in position after page is refreshed or navigation to a different page. |
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Course Messages |
An error generating an “Unknown Sender” message in the Course Messages tool is resolved in this update. |
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Discussion Board |
An error preventing discussion board subscription notifications from being sent to subscribers is resolved in this update. |
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Grade Center |
The Grade Center’s email tool sends attached files with correct file extensions. |
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Retention Center |
The Retention Center now displays risk markers aligned within table cells. |
At the end of each semester, instructors teaching within Blackboard must perform a series of tasks called the End of the Semester Process. This process is helpful for preserving a full record of an instructor’s Blackboard course content, Grade Center, and student work in an archive file.
