The December 2025 - 4000.4 release is robust with features in eight areas:
- Mastery learning and learning pathways;
- Communication and collaboration;
- Gradebook;
- Learner progression and personalized experience;
- Integrations;
- Blackboard core;
- Blackboard Admin;
- Mobile; and
- Premium
These improvements impact instructors, students, and administrators. Some features do require administrative action.
Instructors:
- Set release conditions for open or started and for non-assessment content items
- Improved handling of group membership changes
- Aligned gradebook submission counts with Show/Hide Unavailable Students Gradebook setting
- Standardized tabbed interface in Flexible Grading
- Improved Automations experience
- Specify participation requirements for Discussions
- AI Conversation – Remove Originality Reporting
- Better Audio and Video in Feedback
- Learning Module Table of Contents – Instructor View
- Bb Annotate Enhancements and Bug Fixes
Instructors and Students:
- AVA – Responses to Student Messages
- Support Inline and Display Formulas in MathJax
- Video Studio: Recording Minimize Workflow
- Video Studio – Record Screen and Camera Simultaneously
Students:
Instructors and Administrators:
All Users
Administrators:
- Customize grade pills to reflect incomplete/complete status and exemption criteria
- Apply schema-based gradebook calculations
- Enhance Control Over LTI Proctoring Tools with Institutional Hierarchy
- Permanent “Course Complete” Banner in Closed Original Courses
- Import and Export Privileges for System and Course Roles
- Switch on or off Discussion tool visibility