Blackboard Learn’s next update will be released Aug. 8. It features these enhancements, as well as many minor improvements and some bug fixes:
Create question pools in Ultra courses–To help build assessments quickly and encourage academic integrity, instructors can now create question pools in the Ultra Course View. With question pools, students receive different sets of questions to answer. Instructors can add questions from all existing tests, assignments, and question banks in their courses. In the Ultra Course View, question pools replace the Original Course View’s random blocks and question sets. Instructors can create as many question pools as they want and add, edit, and remove questions in the pools. Edits appear anywhere questions are used.
Show answers option in Ultra assessments–In Ultra assessments, instructors can decide whether students see answers to questions that were answered incorrectly. For example, instructors may want students to see which questions they missed on a multiple attempt assessment, but don’t want to show the correct answers. Instructors may also hide answers until all students complete their submissions. In the assessment settings panel, a new option appears: Show correct answers. The option isn’t selected by default, so correct answers are hidden from students. Instructors need to return to the assessment settings and select Show correct answers so students can review them with the assessment content.
Organizations get the Ultra interface–In this release, Ultra Organizations come to life. Administrators can now create Ultra Organizations, which have the same functionality and workflow as Ultra courses. Administrators can choose to create Original Organizations, Ultra Organizations, or let users choose. Administrators can import and export existing courses and organizations. You can create groups, make the organization private or visible to students, and create content within the organization.
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