Recent Updates
This page provides recent updated features in key areas for meeting instructor needs in Blackboard. Below are the categories of updates. The latest updates are closest to the top of each category:
Rubrics - in this month performance level descriptions or the grading rubric is visible whilst grading each submission.
Communications - in this month, instructors can now send reminders to students. Reminders can only be sent to students who did not submit work, have not received an automatic zero, don’t have a posted score that was manually overridden, and is enrolled in the course.
Flexible Grading - in this month instructors can now do a video record, thus providing learners with an audio feedback. There is an audio only option if visuals are not desirable.
Gradebook - feedback is now available for overridden tests, assignment grades, and automatic zeros. This option is available in the Gradebook view, and the Submissions list AFTER the override or automatic zero is entered.
Missed Due Dates - instructors can now customized the missed due dates alert in the Alert Settings. This allows instructors to better identify at risk students in the Course Activity Report. Instructors must set up Alert Settings since this is not a default feature.
Students who trigger the missed due dates alert will appear in the Course Activity report table, chart and in the downloaded report.
