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Brightspace Conversion Improvements - 3900.102

Blackboard Learn SaaS
Ultra Experience
Ultra Course View and/or Original Course View
Impact: Instructors
Related Topic: Migrate from D2L Brightspace

Question Library and Sections

We further refined the conversion of courses from Brightspace. The question library and sections in Brightspace now convert to question banks. This enhancement is important for converting quizzes that include question pools and sections.  

Important notes:

  • The question library and sections will be flattened. Nested question banks are not supported in Blackboard.  
  • Any sections without questions will not convert to question banks.

Gradebook Columns

Numeric, selectbox, text, and pass/fail grade Items in Brightspace are now preserved when converting a Brightspace course to Blackboard. Formula and calculated grade Items are not preserved and are dropped from the gradebook. Instructors should check if their formula or calculated grade items can be rebuilt in Blackboard’s calculated column. For more information, see Calculate Grades.

For Administrators: These features and improvements are available for all Ultra and Original courses. There are no configurations needed.

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