Blackboard Reach 1.5 Release

Continuous Delivery 1.5 | Release to Production 27 April, 2021
Bug fixes, enhancements

Here's what the Blackboard Reach 1.5 release includes:

  • Bug fixes
  • Enhancements

Bug fixes and enhancements

  • Enhanced user experience
    • Loading overlay properly addressed by covering complete page when the page loads.
    • Width of buttons, padding between date range fields, and findings related to mobile and tablet view addressed.
    • Empty state messages are displayed in the direct message modal and a chat with no activity.
    • When users view a quoted direct message in its original thread, the background will be highlighted in light pink.
  • Improved search results
    • Fixed an issue where read messages appeared as unread in impersonating view.
  • Improved operability
    • Fixed an issue where live messages weren't populated during a chat.
    • HTML formatting is retained in the message when users reply.
    • Fixed an issue where teachers were able to see students from different classes.
    • Fixed an issue where the student relationship isn't getting shown when the student was added to a group.
    • Fixed an issue where classes duplicated for parent associated more than one student of the same class.
    • Fixed an issue so that the appropriate parents and students results are returned when a teacher searches from the direct message search box.
  • Improved reporting and reliability
    • Classes related to the school will be auto-populated in usage reports when the school is enabled in Reach.
    • Number of users accessing via mobile app is included in usage reports.
    • Time now displays correctly in search results in Messages.
    • User reports are automatically populated and generate reports on time based on real-time data.
  • Improved settings
    • Fixed an issue where empty channel names (No Name) displayed under settings.
    • Fixed an issue with the Staff ID getting changed when the login ID was changed.
    • Updated the default browser validation to custom validation if Sign in is selected without entering the login ID and password.
  • Improved profile page
    • Users are alerted to unsaved changes in the profile page.
    • Adding an email ID will have proper validation and action buttons enabled appropriately.
    • Name of field values changes to suit the user profiles.
    • Fixed an issue where the Delete action was disabled when users want to delete email IDs.
  • Enhanced email digest
    • Users will be sent to the district Google Play store or Apple App store link when they click the icon present in the email digest.
    • Users are shown "pending confirmation" and "resend confirmation" links when they opt-in with an ID for email digest.