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The new update with Blackboard Ultra now allows for instructors and students to author and share computer code in the Content Editor using a new Code Snippet tool. The Content Editor identifies eleven programming syntaxes: Python Java JavaScript Kotlin R PHP Go C Swift C# HTML For more details regarding this new update, please see […]

The new update with Blackboard Ultra allows for instructors to decide when assessment results become available to students. Instructors now have the ability to hide the test results and also the test questions. For more details regarding this new update, please see Blackboard’s resource: Student Feedback Display Controls   

Please be advised that due to the high volume at the beginning of the term, it may take 12-48 hours to complete a course copy. For instructions on how to complete a course copy, please see our resource on Copying a Blackboard Ultra Course.

Manual Weighted Column vs Overall Grade Calculation Discrepancy  We have found minor grade differences when using a manually created weighted column versus the overall grade function to calculate Midterm and Final Grades   We recommend using the Overall grade function for Midterm and Final Grade calculations as it is the most accurate. Please see the […]

Greetings Faculty, sharing a timely reminder as the semester end approaches: Winter 2022 Collaborate Recordings Cleanup. Recordings made January 1 – April 22, 2022 (e.g. this semester) will be deleted as of May 15, 2022. Please back up / upload to Panopto any Winter 2022 Collaborate recordings that students with extensions or accommodations might need or that you’d like to retain […]

We suggest that instructors not use the Peer Review feature in Assignments within their courses until an identified issue has been resolved. Background: One of our instructors ran into a problem a few weeks ago with peer review based assignments We have reported to Blackboard and as of this writing, Bb has been unable to […]

The process of routinely deleting old Blackboard courses continues. By March 18, 2022, all Blackboard LIVE (Banner generated), DEV and SBX courses from Summer 2019 to and including Fall 2020 will be permanently purged. Note: Routine purges will continue. Please remember to archive your blackboard courses at the end of each semester. For help with […]

In support of our work in Blackboard Ultra, Innovative Learning has created a living document to centralize all known issues around unsupported features, issues with current features, and known bugs in Blackboard Ultra. Please refer to Blackboard Ultra Issues & Workarounds for more information.

As of January 7th, 2022, Blackboard, our LMS provider, has enabled the ability to Course Copy and also copy individual content items from Original into Ultra. Humber’s Digital Learning team DOES NOT recommend using this tool to copy from a Blackboard Original site to an Ultra course site as it has not been tested and adapted […]