{"id":8747,"date":"2025-01-09T15:25:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T15:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/?p=8747"},"modified":"2025-01-17T11:48:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T11:48:25","slug":"blackboard-upgrade-january-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2025\/01\/09\/blackboard-upgrade-january-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackboard Upgrade \u2013 January 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The new features in Blackboard\u2019s January upgrade will be available from Friday 10th January. 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=\"#ai-da\">Improvements to AI Design Assistant<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#show-hide-columns\">Staff option to hide\/show columns in the gradebook<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#open-close-course-settings\">New location for controls to open\/close Ultra courses to students<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#enrol\">New location for staff &#8216;Enrol on a NILE course&#8217; tool<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#e-rater\">End of life for Turnitin ETS e-Rater<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ai-da\">Improvements to AI Design Assistant<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/category\/nile-update\/#ai-rubrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">improvement to auto-generated Blackboard rubrics in last month&#8217;s upgrade<\/a>, for the January 2025 upgrade Blackboard have improved the auto-generation features of many of the other AI Design Assistant to have faster and more complex outputs, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Learning modules;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assignments, discussion, and journals prompts;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Auto-generated test questions;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AI conversation avatars;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Image generation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the upgrade, the auto-generated outputs for learning modules will be more descriptive and focused on the topic than was previously the case. Assignments, discussions, and journals will also present more depth in relation to prompts and content selected by staff. In addition, images for AI Conversation avatars will be more realistic, and the quality of the images generated by the AI Design Assistant will be improved, making the images look more realistic and better related to the auto-generation prompts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find out more about using the AI Design Assistant at: <a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/staff\/nile-guides\/ai-design-assistant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learning Technology Team &#8211; AI Design Assistant<\/a><\/p>\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=\"show-hide-columns\">Staff option to hide\/show columns in the gradebook<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, while staff can set gradebook items to be available or unavailable to students, staff have no way of hiding gradebook items from the staff view of the gradebook. To make the gradebook more manageable, after the January upgrade staff will be able to use the &#8216;Manage gradebook items&#8217; option in the gradebook settings to hide items in gradebook from the staff view of the gradebook without affecting the visibility of these items for students. Once hidden, items can be shown again by returning to &#8216;Manage gradebook items&#8217; and changing their visibility status. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"516\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/show-hide-gradebook-items.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/show-hide-gradebook-items.png 516w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/show-hide-gradebook-items-235x300.png 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sup>\u2022 Accessing the &#8216;Manage gradebook items&#8217; settings from the gradebook settings panel<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>More information about using the Ultra gradebook is available from: <a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Instructor\/Ultra\/Grade\/Navigate_Grading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blackboard Help &#8211; Ultra Gradebook<\/a><\/p>\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=\"open-close-course-settings\">New location for controls to open\/close Ultra courses to students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Following January&#8217;s upgrade, the setting to open, close, and complete Ultra courses will move from the &#8216;Details &amp; Actions&#8217; menu to the &#8216;Course Settings&#8217; panel. Additionally, the current status of the course will be displayed to staff in the upper right-hand corner of the course page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/open-close-course.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/open-close-course.png 940w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/open-close-course-300x249.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/open-close-course-768x637.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sup>\u2022 Open\/close course settings pre (left) and post (right) January upgrade<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>New NILE courses will continue to be closed (i.e., unavailable) to students so that teaching staff can open them to students when they are ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When accessing the course settings panel, a closed course will look like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"757\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/course-closed.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/course-closed.png 757w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/course-closed-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sup><em>\u2022 NILE course which is closed to students<\/em><\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To open the course, switch off the &#8216;Close course&#8217; button:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"762\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/course-open.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/course-open.png 762w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/course-open-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sup>\u2022 NILE course which is open to students<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>More information about the course access status is available from: <a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Instructor\/Ultra\/Courses\/Course_Settings#Course_Access\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blackboard Help &#8211; Course Settings, Course Access<\/a><\/p>\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=\"enrol\">New location for staff &#8216;Enrol on a NILE course&#8217; tool<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the January upgrade, an improved version of the &#8216;Enrol on a NILE course&#8217; tool will be located in the Tools section of the main NILE menu. The new version of this tool allows UON staff to enrol on (and unenrol from) a NILE course as either &#8216;Instructor&#8217; or &#8216;Support Staff&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Instructor: this role provides full permissions for the NILE course and is intended for academic staff teaching on the course.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support Staff: this role provides limited permissions for the NILE course and is intended for professional services staff supporting students on the course (e.g., ASSIST staff).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/enrol-on-a-nile-course-1024x638.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/enrol-on-a-nile-course-1024x638.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/enrol-on-a-nile-course-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/enrol-on-a-nile-course-768x478.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/enrol-on-a-nile-course.png 1204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sup><em>\u2022 &#8216;Enrol on a NILE course&#8217; tool available in the &#8216;Tools&#8217; menu<\/em><\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>More information about using the tool is available from: <a href=\"https:\/\/askus.northampton.ac.uk\/Learntech\/faq\/181746\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learning Technology Team &#8211; How do I enrol on or remove myself from a NILE course?<\/a><\/p>\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=\"e-rater\">End of life for Turnitin ETS e-Rater<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Turnitin has been notified by Educational Testing Services (ETS) that they will no longer be supporting their e-rater grammar service in 2025. As a result, Turnitin will be removing the ETS e-rater from all of its products as of December 31, 2024.<\/p>\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\">Who is my <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/staff\/nile-help\/who-is-my-learning-technologist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">learning technologist?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new features in Blackboard\u2019s January upgrade will be available from Friday 10th January. 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