Updated in August 2025

 

August 2025 Release

[Student] Adding table of contents and full-width assessment panel to Learning Modules

July 2025 Release

[Instructor] Enhance Instructor Efficiency with Expanded Activity Page
[Instructor] Review Student Engagement with Announcements

 

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2025-Aug [Student] Adding table of contents and full-width assessment panel to Learning Modules

This update improves navigation, orientation, and progress tracking. Additionally, assessments now open in a full panel in Learning Modules. These updates create a more consistent and focused user experience.

Students now have a simplified way to navigate and track progress in Learning Modules.

• Easy navigation between items
• Manual or automatic item completion tracking from within the Learning Module
• Next and Previous buttons moved closer together at the top of the page for an improved experience.

1 A Table of Contents panel to orient students within Learning Modules, the panel can be collapsed with the arrow button at the top of the Table of Contents.

2 The navigation buttons Previous and Next now appear closer to each other in the user interface within Learning Modules to give an improved user experience.

[Blackboard Official Website] Student : Learning Modules

 

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2025-Jul [Instructor] Enhance Instructor Efficiency with Expanded Activity Page

• Course Section: The updated Activity page now includes a course section that outlines new activity in current, open courses since an instructor last logged into Blackboard.
Shortcuts: New shortcuts have been added to enhance instructor efficiency.
• Go to items that need grading
• Find courses with new messages
• Access the Course Activity report directly to review students with alerts

[Blackboard Official Website] Activity Page

 

2025-Jul [Instructor] Review Student Engagement with Announcements

Instructors can now verify which students have marked an announcement as viewed. By selecting the viewer count on the main Announcements page, instructors can open a list showing who has and hasn’t acknowledged the message. From this list, instructors can send a message to follow up with students who haven’t viewed the announcement or confirm that key information was received. This helps instructors understand how effectively their announcements are reaching students.

[Blackboard Official Website] Announcements

 

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