{"id":8923,"date":"2025-09-04T14:37:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T14:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/?p=8923"},"modified":"2025-10-08T11:45:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T11:45:12","slug":"blackboard-upgrade-september-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2025\/09\/04\/blackboard-upgrade-september-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackboard Upgrade \u2013 September 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The new features in this month\u2019s Blackboard\u2019s upgrade will be available from Friday 5th September. 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=\"#style\">Enhance Documents with block styling options<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#titles\">Add and manage question titles in tests, forms, and banks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, and as previously announced, the following changes will take effect in September:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#assist-eol\">End of Life: Assist tab in main NILE menu<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#padlet-eol\">End of Life: Padlet LTI NILE integration<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#kaltura\">End of Life: Kaltura videos playing back from the US server<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#learnsci-eol\">End of Life: LearnSci LTI 1.1 links<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"style\">Enhance Documents with block styling options<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When creating or editing a Document content item, instructors are now able to style blocks on the page using built-in icons that have been designed by the Blackboard team to enhance visual appeal and direct student attention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The option to add one of the new styles is available from the block menu as shown in the screenshot below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/BlockStyling1.png\" alt=\"Screenshot to show location of styling options.\" class=\"wp-image-8924\" style=\"width:600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/BlockStyling1.png 864w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/BlockStyling1-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/BlockStyling1-768x324.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sup>\u2022 Location of the new styling options from the block menu<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The styles available are Question, Tip, Key points, and Next steps. The results of each are demonstrated in sequence in the following image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"865\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/BlockStyling2.png\" alt=\"Block styles shown on a document page.\" class=\"wp-image-8925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/BlockStyling2.png 865w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/BlockStyling2-300x253.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/BlockStyling2-768x648.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sup>\u2022 Block styles as they appear on a document page<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>More information about creating Documents can be found on the Blackboard Help website: <a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Instructor\/Ultra\/Course_Content\/Create_Content\/Create_Course_Materials\/Create_Content_Items_or_Documents\">Creating Documents<\/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<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"titles\">Add and manage question titles in tests, forms, and question banks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Instructors can optionally utilise titles when creating or editing questions in tests, forms, and question banks on a course. Students will not see the titles when taking tests. The main purpose of this new feature is to help instructors locate previously created questions for reuse in other tests or forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"538\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/QuestionTitles1.png\" alt=\"The location of the new question title.\" class=\"wp-image-8926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/QuestionTitles1.png 538w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/QuestionTitles1-300x284.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sup>\u2022 The location of the new Question title field.<\/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\" id=\"assist-eol\">End of Life: Assist tab in main NILE menu<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Blackboard have recently announced the end of life for the Assist tab which appears in the main NILE menu and which provides students with information about University support services, etc. The Assist tab will be removed from NILE on the 8th of September 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"314\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/NILE-Assist-Tab-200x314-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/NILE-Assist-Tab-200x314-2.jpg 314w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/NILE-Assist-Tab-200x314-2-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sup>\u2022 NILE Assist tab<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to provide students with information in NILE about the University\u2019s support services, the information which currently appears in the Assist tab now appears in all 25\/26 programme and module-level NILE courses in an item called \u2018Help and support for UON students\u2019*. In programme-level courses this is in the \u2018My programme\u2019 area of the course and in module-level courses this is in the \u2018About this module\u2019 area of the course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"356\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/help-and-support-item-1-1024x356.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/help-and-support-item-1-1024x356.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/help-and-support-item-1-300x104.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/help-and-support-item-1-768x267.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/help-and-support-item-1.png 1101w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sup>\u2022 Help and support item highlighted in the \u2018About this module\u2019 area of a module-level NILE course<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note that the \u2018Help and support for UON students\u2019 item cannot be edited by staff as it is managed and maintained centrally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*In courses taught by partners the item is called \u2018Help and support for students studying with partner institutions\u2019 and only includes information relevant to partner students.<\/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=\"padlet-eol\">End of Life: Padlet LTI NILE integration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Important Note<\/strong>: Padlet is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">NOT<\/span> being removed \u2013 only the method of sharing Padlets with students is changing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the 8th of September 2025 Padlet will be removed from the Content Market in NILE, meaning that all links to existing Padlets which have been embedded in NILE courses via the Content Market will stop working and will become automatically hidden from students. Such links will be clearly marked to staff, as shown in the screenshot below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/padlet.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8950\" style=\"width:575px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/padlet.png 575w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/padlet-300x66.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sup>\u2022 Staff view of a non-functioning Padlet LTI link in a NILE course<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>UON staff can continue to use Padlet with their students, but staff will now need to access Padlet via <a href=\"https:\/\/uon1.padlet.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/uon1.padlet.org<\/a> (selecting \u2018Continue with Microsoft\u2019 and entering their UON username and password) and share their Padlets in NILE via web links rather than using the Content Market. No other Padlet functionality will be affected, and students will not need to login to Padlet to be able to contribute to Padlets that have been linked from NILE courses using web links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information about logging in, setting up and using Padlet is available from: <a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/staff\/nile-guides\/padlet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learning Technology Team \u2013 Padlet<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information about creating web links in NILE courses is available from: <a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Instructor\/Ultra\/Course_Content\/Create_Content\/Create_Course_Materials\/Link_to_Websites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blackboard Help \u2013 Web Links<\/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=\"kaltura\">End of Life: Kaltura videos playing back from the US server<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Important Note<\/strong>: Kaltura is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">NOT<\/span> being removed \u2013 only some old content in NILE courses will be affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Kaltura was implemented at UON prior to the GDPR and the Data Protection Act (2018), Kaltura videos were initially stored in the US. In order to be fully compliant, and following discussions with the University&#8217;s Data Protection Office, migration of all Kaltura content from the US to the EU was completed and staff and student access to Kaltura&#8217;s US server was discontinued some time ago. In order to provide minimal disruption, Kaltura videos embedded in NILE from the US server have remained active following the migration. However, at the end of September 2025 all access to Kaltura media on the US server will be suspended. This is likely to have minimal effect, but to help staff identify videos in their NILE courses which are no longer functional the following message will be displayed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"123\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/kaltura-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/kaltura-1.png 570w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/kaltura-1-300x65.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, there are no 25\/26 NILE courses containing Kaltura content embedded from the US, therefore no 25\/26 NILE courses will be affected. While it is not possible to add US-based Kaltura items to NILE courses via the Content Market, if these items exist in old NILE courses they can be copied across into new courses. We therefore recommend that any course copies containing Kaltura items are checked carefully to ensure that there are no out-of-date Kaltura links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/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=\"learnsci-eol\">End of Life: LearnSci LTI 1.1 links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Following on from LearnSci\u2019s implementation of the LTI 1.3 method of adding LearnSci resources to NILE Ultra courses, LearnSci have advised that resources added using the old LTI 1.1 method will stop working on 8th September 2025. LearnSci resources added to Ultra courses using the LTI 1.1 method will have been added via \u2018+ Create &gt; Teaching tools with LTI connection\u2019, whereas resources added via the LTI 1.3 method will have been added using \u2018+ Content Market &gt; LearnSci\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A LearnSci resource added using the LTI 1.1 will look like the first link in the screenshots below, with the rocket next to the title. A LearnSci resource added using the LTI 1.3 will look like the second link, with the LearnSci icon next to the title. Once the LTI 1.1 is switched off the old links will appear to staff with a &#8216;This link is broken&#8217; message and will be automatically hidden from students. LTI 1.3 links will be unaffected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"619\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/learnsci-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/learnsci-1.png 619w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/learnsci-1-300x266.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sup><em>\u2022 LearnSci 1.1 and 1.3 links &#8211; pre-switch off (top image) and post-switch off (bottom image)<\/em><\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All LearnSci resources added using the LTI 1.1 will be fully functional until the end of August 2025. Where staff are using LearnSci resources for the 25\/26 academic year they will need to ensure that when new NILE courses are being set up that any old LTI 1.1 links that have been copied over are removed and replaced with new 1.3 links. 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