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4000.12.0 Release to Production: Thursday, 2 April 2026

Instructors & Students:

  •  Review both sets of Discussion due dates across multiple views in Blackboard: Blackboard now displays both due dates and participation requirements for Discussions across Course Content, Discussion pages, and Gradebook views. This ensures instructors and students can easily track expectations from key entry points, improving clarity and workflow efficiency.

  • AI Conversation: Use Message Limits: Instructors can now set maximum message limits for AI Conversations to guide interaction length and keep discussions focused on the intended learning task. Students see a dynamic message counter that signals when they are nearing the limit, helping them manage participation and understand when the activity is complete.

  • Specify assignment submission type: Instructors can define the expected submission type for assignments, including file submissions, text submissions, or both. Students see a submission workflow optimized for the selected type, reducing confusion and improving submission efficiency.

  • Improvements to multiple choice and multiple answer questions: We modified the default number of answer options a student can select from 4 to 1. When creating or editing a multiple choice or multiple answer question, instructors can change the number of answer options that a student can select. Multiple choice answer options alphabetical labels (A, B, C, D) have also been restored.

Instructors:

  • Add Substantive and Non‑substantive Content indicators in instructor discussion analysis: Instructors now have clear text labels identifying Substantive and Non‑substantive content in student discussion posts, improving clarity around the green and red text highlights used in discussion analysis. This enhancement streamlines grading and ensures accessible, consistent interpretation of student contributions.

  • Adjust grades for individual student attempts in group submissions: Instructors can adjust grades for individual students within a group submission. Visual indicators clearly show when grades differ across group members, supporting fairer evaluation of individual contributions.

  • Student names display in chosen sort order in Flexible Grading: We’ve improved how student names appear in Flexible Grading. The name display format is now linked to the selected sort order. By default, student names are now shown as Surname, First Name to help instructors quickly locate students. When sorting by First Name (ascending or descending), names will display as First Name Surname.

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4000.10.0 Release to Production: Thursday, 5 March 2026

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4000.8.0 Release to Production: Thursday, 5 February 2026

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4000.6.0 Release to Production: Thursday, 8 January 2026

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4000.4 Release to Production: Thursday, 4 December 2025

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