Each month, Blackboard releases feature updates and bug fixes for its flagship service, Learn. Here are highlights of what’s coming February 3rd.
* Prohibit late submissions and new attempts after due date (Ultra courses only)
“Prohibit late submissions” – Select this setting to enforce a hard deadline and disallow a late submission. In-progress and saved attempts will auto-submit at the due date. Students will receive a submission receipt via email. Specified accommodations are still honored.
“Prohibit new attempts after due date” – Select this setting to prevent students from beginning a new attempt after the due date.
* Pronunciation display and recording
All users can add text guidance and an audio recording of their name to their user profile. Users can use the text guidance to describe the pronunciation of their names for other users. Users can record the pronunciation of their name. The recording tool counts down to when the recording begins. The recording may be up to 20 seconds long. Text guidance and audio recordings will appear with pronouns in assessments, course roster, discussions, messages, gradebook, groups, and user profile.
* Granular Course Copy – Copy from Original course view
Instructors now have the option to copy content from Original courses to an Ultra course. This enhancement provides efficiencies and greater flexibility for reusing content. This will save time and reduce frustration when building a course. The course copy procedure and process remain the same.
More details and more enhancements may be found at https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Administrator/SaaS/Release_Notes
OWU Sponsoring Organization/Office: Information Services
Contact: David Soliday at helpdesk@owu.edu