Blackboard Reach 1.3 Release

Continuous Delivery 1.3 | Release to Production 20 February, 2021
New features, bug fixes

Here's what the Blackboard Reach 1.3 release includes:

New feature

  • Profile page
    • We've enabled a profile page for all users where they can view their personal contact information like login ID, staff ID, first name, last name, etc. 
    • Users can add or delete a profile picture
    • Users can change the preferred language 
    • Users can add or delete an email ID for digest purposes.

Bug fixes and enhancements

  • Message reliability
    • Parents and students can reply to a message or send direct messages from the received chat from a channel.
    • Parents can search and select the teachers connected to them from Direct Messages.
  • Accessibility
    • Users can navigate from Reach to the app using Universal Navigation.
    • Fixed an issue so now users an login via a Chrome browser and the channel populates respectively.
    • Helper message appears as a banner on the login screen if the school isn't available in the application.
  • Reports
    • Fixed an issue where the date range was accepting the future date.
    • The platform access count properly updates, based on user login, under reports.
    • The count of members in each channel is consistent across the application.
  • UI and UX improvements
    • Channel and Direct Message sections don't have a minimum height. Both sections are scrollable.
    • Column headers are aligned properly to fit the mobile screen.
    • Text editor is more responsive.
    • School order sorted appropriately.
  • Settings
    • Proper channels are selected or deselected based on the appropriate action.