{"id":8593,"date":"2024-06-05T14:27:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T14:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/?p=8593"},"modified":"2024-06-05T14:27:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T14:27:02","slug":"blackboard-upgrade-june-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2024\/06\/05\/blackboard-upgrade-june-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackboard Upgrade \u2013 June 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The new features in Blackboard\u2019s June upgrade will be available on Friday 7th June. This month\u2019s upgrade includes the following new\/improved features to Ultra courses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#post-announcements\">Post announcements immediately<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#print\">Print Ultra tests and assessments &#8211; staff only<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"post-announcements\">Post announcements immediately<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Following feedback from staff, June&#8217;s upgrade will make posting announcements in Ultra courses easier and more intuitive. Currently, an announcement has to be saved and closed before it can be posted from the announcements panel. However, this sometimes causes confusion, as the save button does not actually post the announcement. June&#8217;s upgrade will add the &#8216;Post&#8217; button directly into the panel in which the announcement is created, allowing staff to compose and post the announcement in the same panel. The option to compose the announcement, save it, and post it later will still be available though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"982\" height=\"907\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/post-announcements-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/post-announcements-1.png 982w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/post-announcements-1-300x277.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/post-announcements-1-768x709.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 982px) 100vw, 982px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sup><em>\u2022 Upgraded announcements screen with &#8216;Post&#8217; button highlighted<\/em><\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><sup><a href=\"#top\">Back to top \u2191<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"print\">Print Ultra tests and assessments &#8211; staff only<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The June upgrade will introduce a print button which will allow a PDF copy of an Ultra test or assignment to be generated, or for a printable copy of a test or assignment to be sent to a printer. The print button is available to staff only, and there are no plans to make the print button available to students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note that there are certain limitations with the initial release of the print functionality, specifically that when a question pool is used as a question type, these are not included in the print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"776\" height=\"792\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/print-tests.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/print-tests.png 776w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/print-tests-294x300.png 294w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/print-tests-768x784.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 776px) 100vw, 776px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sup>\u2022 Ultra test with print button highlighted<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><sup><a href=\"#top\">Back to top \u2191<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As ever, please get in touch with your learning technologist if you would like any more information about the new features available in this month\u2019s upgrade: <a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/staff\/nile-help\/who-is-my-learning-technologist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Who is my learning technologist?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new features in Blackboard\u2019s June upgrade will be available on Friday 7th June. This month\u2019s upgrade includes the following new\/improved features to Ultra courses:<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"#post-announcements\">Post announcements immediately<\/a> <a href=\"#print\">Print Ultra tests and assessments &#8211; staff only<\/a> Post announcements immediately <\/p>\n<p>Following feedback from staff, June&#8217;s upgrade will make posting announcements in Ultra courses easier [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12,261,290],"tags":[39,40,305,135,319,269,304,253,212],"class_list":["post-8593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-learntech-news","category-nile-update","category-uon-ultra-project","tag-blackboard","tag-blackboard-learn","tag-blackboard-upgrade","tag-nile","tag-nile-ultra","tag-ultra","tag-ultra-upgrade","tag-update","tag-updates"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Blackboard Upgrade \u2013 June 2024 - Learning Technology Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2024\/06\/05\/blackboard-upgrade-june-2024\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blackboard Upgrade \u2013 June 2024 - Learning Technology Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The new features in Blackboard\u2019s June upgrade will be available on Friday 7th June. This month\u2019s upgrade includes the following new\/improved features to Ultra courses: Post announcements immediately Print Ultra tests and assessments &#8211; staff only Post announcements immediately Following feedback from staff, June&#8217;s upgrade will make posting announcements in Ultra courses easier [...]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2024\/06\/05\/blackboard-upgrade-june-2024\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Learning Technology Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-06-05T14:27:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-05T14:27:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/post-announcements-1.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Robert Farmer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Robert Farmer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2024\/06\/05\/blackboard-upgrade-june-2024\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2024\/06\/05\/blackboard-upgrade-june-2024\/\",\"name\":\"Blackboard Upgrade \u2013 June 2024 - Learning Technology Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2024\/06\/05\/blackboard-upgrade-june-2024\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2024\/06\/05\/blackboard-upgrade-june-2024\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/post-announcements-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-05T14:27:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-05T14:27:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/#\/schema\/person\/861cb63fe8c29de19bbf336da7a3f9e2\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2024\/06\/05\/blackboard-upgrade-june-2024\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2024\/06\/05\/blackboard-upgrade-june-2024\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2024\/06\/05\/blackboard-upgrade-june-2024\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/post-announcements-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/post-announcements-1.png\",\"width\":982,\"height\":907},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2024\/06\/05\/blackboard-upgrade-june-2024\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Blackboard Upgrade \u2013 June 2024\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/\",\"name\":\"Learning Technology Blog\",\"description\":\"News and Updates from the Learning Technology Team\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/#\/schema\/person\/861cb63fe8c29de19bbf336da7a3f9e2\",\"name\":\"Robert Farmer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d115d7ca14e59f9c4811e24949931c900553c31a63a4ac036512aa0994fcb6e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d115d7ca14e59f9c4811e24949931c900553c31a63a4ac036512aa0994fcb6e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Robert Farmer\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/author\/rjfarme\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Blackboard Upgrade \u2013 June 2024 - Learning Technology Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2024\/06\/05\/blackboard-upgrade-june-2024\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Blackboard Upgrade \u2013 June 2024 - Learning Technology Blog","og_description":"The new features in Blackboard\u2019s June upgrade will be available on Friday 7th June. This month\u2019s upgrade includes the following new\/improved features to Ultra courses: Post announcements immediately Print Ultra tests and assessments &#8211; staff only Post announcements immediately Following feedback from staff, June&#8217;s upgrade will make posting announcements in Ultra courses easier [...]","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2024\/06\/05\/blackboard-upgrade-june-2024\/","og_site_name":"Learning Technology Blog","article_published_time":"2024-06-05T14:27:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-06-05T14:27:02+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/post-announcements-1.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Robert Farmer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Robert Farmer","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2024\/06\/05\/blackboard-upgrade-june-2024\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2024\/06\/05\/blackboard-upgrade-june-2024\/","name":"Blackboard Upgrade \u2013 June 2024 - Learning Technology Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2024\/06\/05\/blackboard-upgrade-june-2024\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2024\/06\/05\/blackboard-upgrade-june-2024\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/post-announcements-1.png","datePublished":"2024-06-05T14:27:01+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-05T14:27:02+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/#\/schema\/person\/861cb63fe8c29de19bbf336da7a3f9e2"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2024\/06\/05\/blackboard-upgrade-june-2024\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2024\/06\/05\/blackboard-upgrade-june-2024\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2024\/06\/05\/blackboard-upgrade-june-2024\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/post-announcements-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/06\/post-announcements-1.png","width":982,"height":907},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2024\/06\/05\/blackboard-upgrade-june-2024\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Blackboard Upgrade \u2013 June 2024"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/","name":"Learning Technology Blog","description":"News and Updates from the Learning Technology Team","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/#\/schema\/person\/861cb63fe8c29de19bbf336da7a3f9e2","name":"Robert Farmer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d115d7ca14e59f9c4811e24949931c900553c31a63a4ac036512aa0994fcb6e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d115d7ca14e59f9c4811e24949931c900553c31a63a4ac036512aa0994fcb6e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Robert Farmer"},"url":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/author\/rjfarme\/"}]}},"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8593\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}