What's New in Blackboard
Coming this Summer
Blackboard Annotate
(Replacing New Box View for Inline Grading in late May)
Bb Annotate FAQ on the Blackboard Community Site
- Watch a Video about Bb Annotate
- Getting Started with Bb Annotate is one of the 10 Topics Training Series
- May 12th 2 - 3 PM ET
- May 14th 9 - 10 AM ET
- Blackboard Annotate - Quick Start Guide
Blackboard Collaborate Ultra
Blackboard Collaborate Ultra is:
- Real-time video conferencing tool
- Opens right in your browser (No installation of any software to join a session)
- Lets you add files, share applications, and use a virtual whiteboard
Blackboard Collaborate Ultra Help:
- Blackboard Ultra Help
- Share Content and Applications
- AcceptableFiles:
- GIF, JPEG and PNG Images
- PowerPoint files - of 60 MB or less in size
- AcceptableFiles:
- Find Your Way Around Ultra
- Know the Ultra Tools
- Browser Support
- For the best experience, use Google ChromeTM or Firefox® (versions 49+).
New Features in Blackboard for Students
- Assignments
- One member submits the group assignment for the entire group. The grade you receive is the same for all members of the group.
- My Grades
- My Grades ordering and design update
- SafeAssign
- Originality Report new design
New Features for Faculty
- Anonymous Grading
- Enabling anonymous grading during the creation stage allows you to eliminate grading bias for high-stake assignments.
- DiscussionBoard Anonymous Threads
- Instructor may wish to retain this starter thread for the new course but prefers that the author be displayed as their own posting
- Discussion Board Thread Details
- New blue "Mark as Read" indicator icon
- Downloading Student Roster
- "How to ..." download student roster
- Grade History
- Learn about log files that records all changes occurring to grades within a course
- Extra Decimal in Weighted Total Column
- Weighted Total - 95.74074%
- Grading SafeAssignments
- "How to ..." grade SafeAssign
- Loading Your Avatar
- Personalize your Blackboard course with your
UMB One Card photo
- Personalize your Blackboard course with your
- Retention Center
- Discover which students in your course are at risk
- Override Grades
- Learn how to assign and override a grade
- SafeAssign
- SafeAssign is now integrated into regular Blackboard Learn assignments
- Single Course User Participation Report
- This report provides data necessary to substantiate a student’s academic contribution within a single course
- Student Preview
- While in Student Preview mode the Instructor can interact with the course as if he were a student, including taking quizzes/tests, submitting assignments, posting to forums, posting to blogs, etc