The August 2025 - 3900.123 release is robust with features in six areas:
- Instructional design;
- Communication and collaboration;
- Gradebook;
- Blackboard core;
- Upgrade to Ultra; and
- Premium
These improvements impact instructors, students, and administrators. Some features do require administrative action.
Instructors:
- Video Studio: Use Video Studio in Announcements
- Increased accessibility in the student Overview page
- Grade Export: Notification appears when grade approval is completed
- Grade Export: Sort columns in the approval workflow
- Grade Export: Access student username on the grade level approval screen
Instructors and Students:
Students
- Adding table of contents and full-width assessment panel to Learning Modules
- Course Catalog: Discover important information about courses on redesigned course tiles
- Course Catalog: Clarify enrollment steps with improved prompts and feedback
- Increased accessibility in the student Gradebook
Instructors and Administrators:
- Ensure new courses use the latest Learning Object Repository content
- Ensure consistency with course-level group conversion
- Enhance usability on the Associations page of the Learning Object Repository
- Improve LTI tool management with flexible copy options
- Grade Export: Use new approval statuses in Advanced Course Search
- Use upgraded Rustici SCORM Engine
Administrators: