{"id":75031,"date":"2018-12-05T08:00:54","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T13:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/dailymonster\/?p=75031"},"modified":"2018-12-04T16:22:03","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T21:22:03","slug":"december-blackboard-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/dailymonster\/december-blackboard-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"December Blackboard Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

With us on the SaaS (Software as a Service) platform with continuous release, Blackboard provides updates on the first Friday of each month. Here are some highlights:
\n– Batch edit due dates in course content.
\n– Content lockdown: Expanded user privileges for gradebook.
\n– Course Groups.
\n– Learning modules and forced content sequence.<\/p>\n

Misc. Bug Fixes:
\n– Users saw an error when downloading an annotated PDF with comments.
\n– Students may have had trouble accessing the activity stream due to conflicting backend logic regarding grade columns and due dates.
\n– Special characters in custom Ultra locales weren\u2019t displaying correctly.
\n– Updated the activity stream messages regarding student achievement and activity in courses.<\/p>\n

Full release notes are available on their Help site:\u00a0https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/Release_Notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you have any questions or would like to learn more, please reach out to the Help Desk at 740-368-3120.<\/p>\n

OWU Sponsoring Organization\/Office: Information Services.
\nContact: David Soliday at\u00a0helpdesk@owu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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