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Course archive quarantine
We’ve improved the performance of the course archives process when an archive fails due to specific, particular circumstances.
After three unsuccessful archive attempts, the course will be quarantined for evaluation. Administrators will receive an email notification that a course has been quarantined. Once the email notification is received, the administrator can check the quarantined courses list and reach out to Blackboard Support for further assistance, similar to the process for an export course issue.
- A notification will be sent to the administrator every time a new course enters quarantine.
- The functionality is enabled by default. To disable it, the system administrator should contact Blackboard Support.
Highlight on bug fixes
The bug fixes in this Learn release include:
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Adaptive Release and Test Exceptions: The text under Test Availability Exceptions and Review Status sections related to organizations and courses is now showing as expected.
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The Group Assignment Submission page was confusing to students: Whenever the first student from a group clicked on the assignment, he/she arrived to a submission page with an option to submit the assignment. If this student navigated away from this page without selecting Cancel, then all group members that log in afterward would see a page with previous submission information (i.e. a "review submission history" page) that suggested there was an ungraded attempt already submitted. The student then had the option to continue.
Now, the system still shows the Upload Assignment page since no attempt was ever actually submitted.
You can view all maintenance items in Behind the Blackboard. Our Known Issue articles provide information for individual bug fixes, and may include bug descriptions and which Learn versions were affected. You can filter bug fixes by SaaS release for easier navigation. View the 3900.6.0 maintenance issues on Behind the Blackboard.
New navigation tab in the Assessment View
Instructors and students will find a new navigation tab at the right side of the screen when they navigate the Assessment View. This new navigation tab helps users to access all the options and features available for the current assessment from one single place. This tab will be visible to both students and instructors once a student sends the first submission.
The options available from the new side tab are:
- Originality Report: Users will be able to select their service provider, including SafeAssign.
- Rubrics: Instructors will be able to grade the assessment with rubrics. Both students and instructors can check the grades that have been assigned by the instructor for each criterion. Instructors will also be able to more easily override and undo override actions.
- Feedback: Instructors and peers will be able to provide general feedback about the assessment.
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