{"id":4466,"date":"2019-08-07T09:30:14","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T09:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/?page_id=4466"},"modified":"2022-09-16T10:31:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T10:31:43","slug":"blackboard-upgrade-whats-new-for-instructors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/blackboard-upgrade-whats-new-for-instructors\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackboard Upgrade &#8211; What&#8217;s New for Instructors"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4466\" class=\"elementor elementor-4466\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3e1af0d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3e1af0d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e8f32e8\" data-id=\"e8f32e8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c33e09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9c33e09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><strong>The following new features and enhancements of Blackboard Learn are now available with the <br>Release 3900.41.0,&nbsp;<\/strong><strong style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ); background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt;\">providing an updated appearance and a better mobile experience.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"background-image: url('images\/postbullets.png');\"><span style=\"color: #ff9933;\">New look<\/span>&nbsp;\u2013 Updated colors, fonts and spacing in the Bb user account environment and within the courses.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ebef47 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ebef47\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fb01268\" data-id=\"fb01268\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef78253 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef78253\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><ul style=\"font-size: 14.6667px;\"><li style=\"background-image: url('images\/postbullets.png');\"><span style=\"color: #ff9933;\"><i><u><br \/><br \/><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/li><li style=\"background-image: url('images\/postbullets.png');\"><u><span style=\"color: #ff9933 !important;\"><i>Important<\/i><\/span><\/u><i style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">\u2013 With this update, you will notice that the colors in your courses are changed. Course themes are no longer be supported by Blackboard Inc., to further enhance consistency\u00a0across courses for students. It is therefore suggested to choose the <u>Default <\/u>Course Theme from the\u00a0palette inside each course.<\/i><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c885a5\" data-id=\"8c885a5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-978a9bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"978a9bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"350\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/files\/2021\/08\/Pallete-.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/files\/2021\/08\/Pallete-.png 350w, https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/files\/2021\/08\/Pallete--283x300.png 283w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-35b779c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"35b779c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8ba4f1c\" data-id=\"8ba4f1c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74ac299 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74ac299\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: transparent;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; color: #ff9933;\">\u00a0Consistency across devices<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: transparent; color: #ffffff; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0\u2013 Expect a more uniform experience across all your devices.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 14px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: transparent;\">It will now <br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 be\u00a0easier to switch from your laptop or computer to your phone or tablet.<\/span><\/p><div style=\"font-size: 14.6667px;\"><p>\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 14px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ); background-color: transparent;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; color: #ff9933;\">Application Authorization<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: transparent; color: #ffffff; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0\u2013 In the My Institution tab and the Tools module, the Application<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Authorization tool allows users to manage their authorizations to applications integrated with<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Blackboard Learn.<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"font-size: 14.6667px;\"><li style=\"background-image: url('images\/postbullets.png');\"><span style=\"color: #ff9933;\">MS Teams integration<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Online meetings via MS Teams are now accessible from within a Blackboard course. Find detailed instructions on how to set them up in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/ms-teamsinstr\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff9933 !important;\">MS Teams page<\/span><\/a>.<\/li><\/ul><\/div><ul style=\"font-size: 14.6667px;\"><li style=\"background-image: url('images\/postbullets.png');\"><span style=\"color: #ff9933;\">Updated Content Editor<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Adding content is now easier and it works better with hand-held devices and larger screens. Accessibility has been improved and new features have been added.<\/li><li style=\"background-image: url('images\/postbullets.png');\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">The new easy menu is now used for adding content from the computer, cloud storage or\u00a0 \u00a0integrated tools. It recognizes all kinds of files one adds.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"background-image: url('images\/postbullets.png');\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">The editor is better suited for all devices-small screen or big.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"background-image: url('images\/postbullets.png');\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Improved Accessibility and a new accessibility checker helps authors make content more accessible.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"background-image: url('images\/postbullets.png');\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Better Copy\/Paste.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"background-image: url('images\/postbullets.png');\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Simple\u00a0Embed. When pasting links to websites such as YouTube, Vimeo, and Dailymotion, the videos are automatically embedded for inline playback.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"background-image: url('images\/postbullets.png');\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Display Computer Code. Authors can now share formatted computer code snippets.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"background-image: url('images\/postbullets.png');\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Easy Text Wrapping &#8211; Flow text next to images by selecting an image and choosing left or right justification. Text will wrap to the image using the float style which is both mobile responsive and accessible.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e18b5c4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e18b5c4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f3cd682\" data-id=\"f3cd682\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe1707d elementor-aspect-ratio-169 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"fe1707d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;169&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-fit-aspect-ratio elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" allowfullscreen title=\"youtube Video Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n8te71FYdTo?feature=oembed&amp;start&amp;end&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;loop=0&amp;controls=1&amp;mute=0&amp;rel=0&amp;modestbranding=0\"><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1dd28aa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1dd28aa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1083f1b\" data-id=\"1083f1b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c284fb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c284fb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><div><ul style=\"font-size: 14.6667px;\"><li style=\"background-image: url('images\/postbullets.png');\"><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: transparent; color: #ff9933;\">Updated email announcements<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: transparent;\">\u00a0\u2013 Course email announcements have been updated to include the title and course name in the email subject making it easier to setup rules to organize class emails.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><ul style=\"font-size: 14.6667px;\"><li style=\"background-image: url('images\/postbullets.png');\"><span style=\"color: #ff9933;\">Discussion forum manager icon<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 The manager icon has now been updated to a green rosette symbolizing the manager status of the forum and it replaces the badge icon.<\/li><\/ul><div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; color: #ff9933;\">Performance improvements\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: transparent; color: #ffffff; font-size: 14px;\">\u2013 Courses now have improved performance and stability and better\u00a0<\/span><\/div><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0notification performance.<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"font-size: 14.6667px;\"><li style=\"background-image: url('images\/postbullets.png');\"><span style=\"color: #ff9933;\">Archive and Restore improvements<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 The archive and restore tools have been updated to include user data for dropped (disabled) students.<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following new features and enhancements of Blackboard Learn are now available with the Release 3900.41.0,&nbsp;providing an updated appearance and a better mobile experience. 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