Improvement to rendering in Bb Annotate - 3900.110

Impact: Instructors, Students 

Instructors and students

We enhanced how files submitted by students are rendered in Bb Annotate. Previously, formatting changes during the rendering process made grading more challenging for instructors. Now, files display with the exact same formatting as when they were submitted, ensuring a smoother grading experience. This feature was well-received by customers in a tech preview! 

Supported file types include: 

  • PowerPoints
  • Excel worksheets
  • PDFs
  • Other common formats 

Additionally, the warning about potential formatting changes during the conversion process has been removed.

This improvement is now available in both test/stage and production environments for Ultra and Original courses.

A PowerPoint file rendered by Bb Annotate now displays in the original format, ready to be annotated.

A PowerPoint slide in Bb Annotate, with a colored chart to the left and bullet points to the right

Administrators 

Availability: Available for Ultra courses. This feature is not available to GovCloud.

Activation: None needed. 

Configuration: None needed.

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