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Blackboard SaaS release 3902.1.0
Blackboard Learn SaaS Continuous Delivery v3902.1.0
Release to Test/Stage: Tuesday, 9 September 2025 | Release to Production: Thursday, 2 October 2025
Original Course View, Ultra Course View
For full feature details, please review the corresponding notes for the Blackboard 3902.1.0 version included below on this page. Details can be found on Anthology Global Support.
For more information on updates and bug fixes, please visit Anthology Global Support.
The October 2025 - 3902.1 release is robust with features in four areas:
- Instructional design;
- Communication and collaboration;
- Tests and assignments;
- Integrations; and
- Premium
These improvements impact instructors, students, and administrators. Some features do require administrative action.
Instructors:
- Consistent Save and Cancel options in Settings page
- Tag questions with metadata in tests and question banks
- Require questions before making forms visible to students
Students:
- Improved student experience with Fill in the Blank question type
- Course Catalog: Use Flywire to pay for courses
Instructors and students
Administrators:
Instructional Design
Manage files in the Learning Object Repository – 3902.1
Impact: Administrators
Updated Help Topic: Learning Object Repository
Idea Exchange ID: Not applicable
Administrators can now upload files into the Learning Object Repository, and instructors can insert those files onto the Content page in their courses and organizations. This provides the ability for institutions to manage files centrally from the Learning Object Repository, saving time and maintaining consistency throughout the institution.
The following attributes and settings are synced and locked down in courses and organizations:
- Title
- Description
- Visibility
- Uploaded File
- Display Options
- Goals
Image 1. Administrators can now use the Upload button to add files to the Learning Object Repository.
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Image 2: An upload progress window appears. When the file finishes uploading, a message appears that the file has been uploaded successfully with a button to Add to Repository.
Image 3: The file appears in the list of objects in the Learning Object Repository.
By default, users with the System Administrator (Z) role are the only users who have access to upload files to the Learning Object Repository. To give a user the ability to upload files, administrators must grant the following privilege:
- Base Navigation > Tools > Learning Object Repository > Upload
Administrators
Availability: Available for all Ultra courses.
Activation: None needed.
Configuration: None needed.
Locked attributes and settings for Documents in the Learning Object Repository – 3902.1
Impact: Administrator
Updated Help Topic: Learning Object Repository
Idea Exchange ID: LEARNU-I-6434
We locked the following attributes and settings for Documents in the Learning Object Repository:
- Visibility settings
- Class conversations
- Goals and standards
Image 1: The Visible to Students button is now grayed out and cannot be changed by instructors.
Image 2: In the Details & Information panel, the checkmark for Allow class conversations is grayed out and cannot be changed by instructors. Goals & Standards has a notations that states "This is managed by your institution. Editing is disabled."
In September, we updated all existing Documents associated with the Learning Object Repository to support syncing of the identified attributes and settings. That update ensured that settings could be managed directly from the repository before locking them.
Now, any setting an administrator can modify in the Learning Object Repository will reliably sync and remain locked in associated courses. Previously, it was unclear which attributes were synced and enforced. With this update, it’s clear: if it is editable in the Learning Object Repository, it is synced and locked.
In the future, institutions will have the flexibility to choose which attributes are locked or unlocked. These changes lay the groundwork for further improvements in upcoming releases.
Administrators
Availability: Available for all Ultra courses.
Activation: None needed.
Configuration: None needed.
Communication and Collaboration
Improved Course Messages User Interface – 3902.1
Impact: Instructors and Students
Updated Help Topic: Not applicable
Idea Exchange ID: Not applicable
We’ve redesigned the Course Messages interface in Blackboard to deliver a cleaner, more modern messaging experience. Messages now appear in chat-style bubbles, with the sender’s messages left-justified and the recipient’s messages right-justified—similar to popular messaging apps like iMessage or Teams. The sender’s avatar is displayed next to their messages, making it easier to visually identify participants in the conversation. Your own avatar does not appear in your view but will be visible to others when you send messages.
Image 1. Messages now appear in chat-style bubbles, with the sender’s messages left-justified and the recipient’s messages right-justified—similar to popular messaging apps.
This update improves clarity and usability, helping users quickly distinguish between sent and received messages. Time stamps are clearly displayed, and group conversations are visually separated for better organization.
Image 2. When you receive a message, an avatar of the sender appears on your Messages page. Your avatar appears to the user you are messaging.
These enhancements are part of ongoing efforts to modernize communication tools and streamline the user experience.
Administrators
Availability: Available for all Ultra courses.
Activation: None needed.
Configuration: None needed.
Tests & Assignments
Consistent Save and Cancel options in Settings page – 3902.1
Impact: Instructors
Updated Help Topic: Not applicable
Idea Exchange ID: Not applicable
To improve usability and consistency, we standardized the Save and Cancel actions across several assessment settings pages.
Instructors
This enhancement includes the following updates:
- Timer settings: Removed the X icon and added Save and Cancel buttons.
- Access code settings: Replaced Close and Continue with Cancel and Save.
- Learning Outcome Measurements: Removed the X icon and added Save and Cancel buttons.
- Turnitin Originality Report settings: Removed the X icon and added Save and Cancel buttons. SafeAssign settings remain unchanged.
Image 1: Cancel and Save buttons appear consistently throughout Assignment Settings.
Image 2: Cancel and Save buttons appear consistently throughout Assignment Settings.
Administrators
Availability: Available for all Ultra courses.
Activation: None needed.
Configuration: None needed.
Tag questions with metadata in tests and question banks – 3902.1
Impact: Instructors
Updated Help Topic: "Sort and search question banks" section of Question Banks
Idea Exchange ID: LEARNU-I-932
Instructors can now tag questions with metadata when creating or editing questions in tests, forms, and banks. Metadata is not visible to students during test-taking or review.
Instructors
When creating or editing a question, instructors can turn on Question metadata, then create or apply a tag to the question. Created tags become available in the Enter question tags search results, allowing instructors to apply that tag to other questions without needing to create them again.
Metadata is visible during question creation or editing and can be used to filter questions when reusing or adding to pools. Created tags are facets in the Categories filter set available on the question banks and Reuse question pages.
Question metadata for tests and pools that were copied from Original is preserved. Original offered four metadata types: Category, Topics, Levels of Difficulty, and Keywords. When questions have metadata that belongs to Topics, Levels of Difficulty, or Keywords metadata type, that type also becomes available for filtering on the question banks and Reuse question pages.
Example: An instructor copied an Original question pool to Ultra. The question pool contained questions that had metadata for all four types. When viewing the question bank in Ultra, the Tags section of the filter panel has filter sets for Categories, Topics, Levels of Difficulty, and Keywords. The Original tags are facets in these filter sets.
Image 1: Instructors can create and apply a tag to questions.
Image 2: Tags appear as filters in the question bank.
Administrators
Availability: Available for all Ultra courses.
Activation: None needed.
Configuration: None needed.
Require questions before making forms visible to students – 3902.1
Impact: Instructors
Updated Help Topic: Forms
Idea Exchange ID: Not applicable
We improved the visibility controls for forms to align with those of tests. Previously, instructors could make a form visible to students, even if it contained no questions. This enhancement ensures that students only access complete and purposeful assessments.
Instructors must first add at least one question to a form before they can make it visible to students. Release conditions cannot be set until the form includes questions.
Image 1: Instructors must enter at least one question before form can be visible to students.
Administrators
Availability: Available for all Ultra courses.
Activation: None needed.
Configuration: None needed.
Improved student experience with fill in the blank question type – 3902.1
Impact: Students
Updated Help Topic: Fill in the Blank Questions
Idea Exchange ID: LEARNU-I-2027
We enhanced the student experience when answering fill in the blank questions in tests. Fill in the blank questions now display the blanks inline with the surrounding text, whether the question is presented as a sentence, paragraph, or table. We also added hidden ARIA labels to blanks to improve screen reader accessibility.
Image 1: Before this update, the blanks appeared below the question.
Image 2: After this update, the blanks appear in-line with the question.
Administrators
Availability: Available for all Ultra courses.
Activation: None needed.
Configuration: None needed.
Integrations
Updated Google Drive API Access – 3902.1
Impact: Administrators
Updated Help Topic: Not applicable
Idea Exchange ID: Not applicable
To ensure full compliance with Google's latest privacy and security policies, Blackboard has updated its integration with Google Drive APIs. These updates enhance the security of the Cloud Storage feature and reflect an ongoing commitment to safeguarding user data.
The updated API access ensures that all interactions with Google Drive within Blackboard meet the latest compliance requirements. This change is part of our broader effort to modernize integrations and reduce institutional risk.
This update is backend-only with minor changes to the user interface, which doesn’t change the existing workflow.
Administrators
Availability: Available for all Ultra courses using Google Drive integration.
Activation: None needed.
Configuration: None needed.
Grade Export: Search and filter the audit history – 3902.1
Test/Stage: week of 8 September 2025; Production: week of 8 September 2025
Impact: Administrators
Updated Help Topic: Admin Tools
Idea Exchange ID: Not applicable
We added search and filter options to the audit history screen for the Grade Export tool. Now, administrators can search the history of submission, approval, and extraction actions taken in a course. The search includes the Action, Performed by, Performed on, and Message fields. They can also filter the history by choosing one or more statuses from the Action Status menu. These options help administrators quickly find specific submission, approval, and extraction events without scrolling through the entire history.
Image 1: The Audit History screen now has a Search Results field and a Select Action Status menu.
Administrators
Availability: Available for all Original and Ultra courses.
Activation: None needed.
Configuration: None needed.
Premium
Course Catalog: Access course roles in the Course Enrollment Report
Test/Stage: week of 8 September 2025; Production: week of 8 September 2025
Impact: Administrators
Updated Help Topic: Reporting
Idea Exchange ID: CC-I-26
We added a Course Roles column to the Course Enrollment report. This column allows administrators to easily distinguish between instructors, students, and other roles enrolled in the offerings. The column improves reporting accuracy, supports user management workflows, and helps troubleshoot issues related to enrollment.
Image 1: The new Role column now appears in the Course Catalog Course Enrollment Report.
User roles included in the report are:
- Student
- Instructor
- Teaching assistant
- Course builder
- Grader
- Guest
Administrators
Availability: Available for all Course Catalog courses.
Activation: None needed.
Configuration: None needed.
Course Catalog: Use Flywire to pay for courses
Test/Stage: week of 8 September 2025; Production: week of 8 September 2025
Impact: Students
Updated Help Topic: Payment Gateway v2
Idea Exchange ID: Not applicable
We added Flywire as a payment service provider. This gives students the option to use Flywire to purchase courses from Course Catalog, giving them more flexibility in how they pay.
Students
When students select Buy for a course, they now see Flywire as one of the payment options if it is implemented by their institution.
Image 1: Flywire is now one of the listed payment methods. (Only payment methods available at an individual's institution will be listed.)
Image 2: When the student chooses Flywire and selects Purchase, the Flywire PSP screen opens for them to continue the purchase.
Administrators
Availability: Available for all Course Catalog courses.
Activation: None needed.
Configuration: To set up the Flywire integration, you will need to access support through a support case, engaging Anthology Professional Services along with the Flywire Account Executive and Implementation Manager.
