Release note foreword for version 3900.80.0

December 2023 – 3900.80 Release

The December 2023 - 3900.80 is robust with features in 8 areas:

• Instructional design;
• Tests and assignments;
• Flexible grading;
• Gradebook;
• Integrations;
• Learn core and security;
• Mobile app; and
• Upgrade to Ultra

These improvements impact instructors, students, and administrators. Some features do require administrative action.

Instructors:

• Authentic Discussion and Journal prompts
• Large rubric support
• Group assessment due date exceptions
• Goal alignment to questions in banks
• Prevent students from earning full credit when selecting all answers choices on a multi-select question with partial credit
• Sorting controls in Students and Questions tab
• Grid view sorting controls
• Automatic zero gradebook improvement
• Canvas conversion improvements: Support for Multiple Grade Schemes

Instructors and students:

• Additional image insertion and generate options
• Mobile App: Enhancements to Grades

All users:

• Removal of First Time User Experience pop-ups
• Improved mobile experience for Course Content page

Administrators:

• Gradebook API: Accessing grading dates
• Enhanced user data retrieval with secondary IDs via REST API
• REST API for accessing assessment passwords
• Converting Building Block content to LTI
• Building Block Management page displays removal details