Each month, Anthology releases feature updates and bug fixes for Blackboard Learn. Here is what’s coming this Thursday, April 4. Follow a link to learn more. The April 2024 release is robust with features in these areas:
- Instructional design;
- Competency based education;
- Tests and assignments;
- Communication and collaboration;
- Flexible grading;
- Gradebook;
- Learner progression and personalized experience; and
- Learn core and security.
These improvements impact instructors, students, and administrators. Instructors:
- AI Design Assistant – Context picker for Learning Modules, Assignments, Discussions, and Journals
- Default question points value changed from 10 to 1
- Duplicate questions in Assessments, Forms, and Question Banks
- Likert answer options expanded to include 4 and 6
- Auto-submitted indicator in attempt logs
- Overall grade information added to gradebook download
- Edit gradebook category for Partner Cloud content
- Long names visible and sorting controls for the Student Activity report for assessments on small devices and mobile app
- Individual date adjustments from Batch Edit
Instructors and Students:
- Student feedback remains visible to students regardless of release condition settings
- Anonymous posts for Discussions
- Usability improvements for flexible grading
- Add question feedback when grading by student in Flexible Grading
- Calculations changed from using BigDecimal to BigFraction
Students:
OWU Sponsoring Organization/Office: Information Services
Contact: David Soliday at helpdesk@owu.edu