Using the Grading Attempt Selector to Grade Multiple Submissions An attempt selector on the grading page has been added to help manage, evaluate, and grade multiple student submissions. The selector can be found on the top left corner of the submissions grading page. Reusing Questions Between Question Banks Instructors can now copy questions between question […]
Multiple Grading Schemas: Add, Edit, Copy Instructors can now add, copy, and edit up to 100 grading schemas per course and choose the best grading schema for each assessment in a course. Items copied from other courses will keep their grading schemas. Submissions Page – Sorting Controls For a more efficient grade review experience, instructors […]
Please note this month’s new and improved features in Blackboard Ultra. For more details, please follow the links below: Grading Multiple-Attempt Assessments When grading submissions with multiple attempts, instructors no longer need to close an attempt then select a different attempt. It is now possible to navigate directly between a student’s attempts using a drop-down […]
Please note this month’s improvements in Blackboard Ultra. For more details, please follow the links below: Gradebook List View Gradable items can now be sorted by grading status from the list view of the Gradebook. The grade post status also now has a dedicated column. Students can sort their Gradebook to locate items by due […]
The IL Support Centre is currently receiving a number of tickets regarding issues impacting the visibility of assets in Blackboard Ultra courses with HTML and specialized builds with images and style sheets. This has been escalated to our tier three support and is under investigation. An update will be provided as soon as possible.
Known Bug: SafeAssign Cannot Process the Originality Report of a Submitted PDF File Due to a recent known bug in the SafeAssign tool, it cannot process the originality report of a submitted PDF file. Instead, the following message is displayed: “SafeAssign couldn’t process the files listed below. Select a file in the list to learn […]
Known Bugs with the Rubrics tool We have recently discovered a few bugs in the Rubrics tool where: Individual criterion feedback randomly disappears or may not be visible to students Percents Instead of Scores are Shown in Rubric Under Student’s Attempt Individual criterion feedback scores may disappear Blackboard is aware of the issue and is […]
Before the next term begins Blackboard has shared some best practices. Discover best practices for instructors shared by Blackboard Learn experts and leading higher education institutions around the globe. Please see Blackboard Ultra Best Practices for Instructors for more details.
The July 2022 release is robust with features in four areas: assessment and grading; richer course and content design. They include: Select a points overall grade calculation Download grade history Edit the points a student earns on an assessment question Copy question banks Convert Blank Pages in Original Course View to Documents in Ultra Course […]
10 June 2022 — Blackboard Purge — ALL Sites up to and Including Winter 2021 A reminder of the next scheduled deletion of all old BB sites up to and including Winter 2021. When: June 10, 2022 What will be purged: All Winter 2021 Courses including all DEV/DEVU/SBX/SBXU/MSTR Courses generated on and before April 18th, 2021. […]