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28Release Conditions of Course Content

Updated on 2023-08-14

On the Course Content page, teachers can access the visibility setting for each item and folder in the content list. In the visibility menu, select Conditional availability to open the item's panel.

28.1 Release content with dates

28.2 Release content based on performance

28.3 Release content by users or groups

28.4 Release content in sequence within Learning Modules

Blackboard Reference Materials

28.1 Release content with dates

Teachers can release an item on an exact dates, until a certain date, or during a defined period of time.

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After creating the conditional availability rule, teachers can choose whether the item appears on the Course Content Page when students do not have access.

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Visible to Students

To show the content to students before they can access it. Students see the conditions they need to satisfy before they can access the content.

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Hidden from Students

To hide the content when students don't have access. When selecting this setting, the conditions don't appear to students. The content appears only when they can open it, just as other pieces of content in the course that are set to Visible to students.

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28.2 Release content based on performance

To release an item when students achieve certain scores on an item or gradebook column in the course, teachers need to select specific grade item and set the grade requirement (custom range can be set).

Note If more than one condition have been set for the content, students must satisfy all conditions before the content is available.

Please refer to the Blackboard Official Guide for details:

[Blackboard Official Website] Release content based on performance

28.3 Release content by users or groups

Teachers can allow certain students to have access to specific content while selecting one or both release conditions.

Note If more than one condition have been set for the content, students must satisfy all conditions before the content is available.

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28.4 Release content in sequence within Learning Modules

Teachers can use learning modules in the course as a container for organised collections of content. Modules let students navigate from one content item to the next without distractions or extra clicks.

Teachers can only set the Sequence condition if students haven't started working in the module. Teachers can remove the condition after students start working, but teachers cannot reapply it.

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