{"id":120510,"date":"2024-04-03T08:00:40","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T12:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/?p=120510"},"modified":"2024-04-02T21:32:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:32:19","slug":"blackboard-updates-for-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/blackboard-updates-for-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackboard Updates for April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each month, Anthology releases feature updates and bug fixes for Blackboard Learn. Here is what\u2019s coming this Thursday, April 4. Follow a link to learn more. The April 2024 release is robust with features in these areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Instructional design;<\/li>\n<li>Competency based education;<\/li>\n<li>Tests and assignments;<\/li>\n<li>Communication and collaboration;<\/li>\n<li>Flexible grading;<\/li>\n<li>Gradebook;<\/li>\n<li>Learner progression and personalized experience; and<\/li>\n<li>Learn core and security.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These improvements impact instructors, students, and administrators. Instructors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/Release_Notes#3900.89.0-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/Release_Notes%233900.89.0-1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1712194291100000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3yIpn3SvlRD2f_vvUH6B11\">AI Design Assistant \u2013 Context picker for Learning Modules, Assignments, Discussions, and Journals\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/Release_Notes#3900.89.0-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/Release_Notes%233900.89.0-5&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1712194291100000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2chbELXRVGYSg_LL99cV0R\">Default question points value changed from 10 to 1\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/Release_Notes#3900.89.0-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/Release_Notes%233900.89.0-6&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1712194291100000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Kl4AlUKP82402CDt3CMek\">Duplicate questions in Assessments, Forms, and Question Banks\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/Release_Notes#3900.89.0-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/Release_Notes%233900.89.0-7&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1712194291100000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1uc5qxkKd7Hknrx1ncNl-M\">Likert answer options expanded to include 4 and 6\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/Release_Notes#3900.89.0-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/Release_Notes%233900.89.0-8&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1712194291100000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0-jKJ4FTdx8CM_fzs-s-90\">Auto-submitted indicator in attempt logs\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/Release_Notes#3900.89.0-13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/Release_Notes%233900.89.0-13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1712194291100000&amp;usg=AOvVaw02cHotNGZ4rPz6SYy-cX16\">Overall grade information added to gradebook download\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/Release_Notes#3900.89.0-14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/Release_Notes%233900.89.0-14&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1712194291100000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3trDsa1Afz0UxEheMNzlQu\">Edit gradebook category for Partner Cloud content\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/Release_Notes#3900.89.0-15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/Release_Notes%233900.89.0-15&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1712194291100000&amp;usg=AOvVaw10v74utvLY3115qkRGdgM2\">Long names visible and sorting controls for the Student Activity report for assessments on small devices and mobile app\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/Release_Notes#3900.89.0-24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/Release_Notes%233900.89.0-24&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1712194291100000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1L7mykG4lHdAnY8RJok8zW\">Individual date adjustments from Batch Edit\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Instructors and Students:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/Release_Notes#3900.89.0-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/Release_Notes%233900.89.0-4&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1712194291100000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1vqgOzAUmGv2oQX3eDJLgQ\">Student feedback remains visible to students regardless of release condition settings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/Release_Notes#3900.89.0-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/Release_Notes%233900.89.0-9&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1712194291100000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0yKZ9NC0LjLTFoMDpeYBHm\">Anonymous posts for Discussions\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/Release_Notes#3900.89.0-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/Release_Notes%233900.89.0-10&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1712194291100000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0Rk6f1cnHad7w8ZuJo6yBa\">Usability improvements for flexible grading\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/Release_Notes#3900.89.0-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/Release_Notes%233900.89.0-11&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1712194291100000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1tyeYYPCVA2A9bXvhrsZcR\">Add question feedback when grading by student in Flexible Grading\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/Release_Notes#3900.89.0-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/Release_Notes%233900.89.0-12&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1712194291100000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3rUTgIdzGrN9U673GGQA9g\">Calculations changed from using BigDecimal to BigFraction<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Students:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/Release_Notes#3900.89.0-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/Release_Notes%233900.89.0-2&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1712194291100000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3hWzfn3LtBQhEIk9cFg2KB\">\u00a0Persistent navigation for Learning Modules<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>OWU Sponsoring Organization\/Office: Information Services<br \/>\nContact: David Soliday at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:helpdesk@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">helpdesk@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each month, Anthology releases feature updates and bug fixes for Blackboard Learn. Here is what\u2019s 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2057,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-facultystaff-news-events"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2057"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120511,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120510\/revisions\/120511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}