August 8, 2017

Continuous Delivery | Release to Production 8 August 2017
Bb Comms, Mass Notifications, MCA, New features, Social Media Manager, Teacher Comms, Updated features

  • All Products
    • Added the ability for all accounts to use SAML to login. Previously, teacher accounts were not supported but they are now.
    • Staff can now login to their account on the web interface using their Google account.
    • The Reports page has been redesigned.
    • Login report is now in the Accounts section.
    • Auto-complete recipient selection on the Send Message interface will have images or initials displayed next to accounts.
  • Teacher Communications
    • The Send Message page and the Teacher Messaging report have been updated in this release.
    • The Send Message page has been redesigned for easier use. You can send messages to any of your students, the entire class, all your classes, or just to parents.
    • The Teacher Messaging report displays how many teacher messages each student receives, the number of parents contacted, and which delivery method was used.
    • With the Teacher Communications program, administrator have a new ability to hide student contact information from teachers.
  • Blackboard Mass Notifications
    • Fixed an issue where sometimes the wrong status would show in the Message Tracking report.
  • Blackboard Communications App Release
    • Fixed an issue where sometimes push notifications would not be delivered.