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Impact Release Notes (2023-10-17)

Impact Release Notes (2023-10-17)

In this Impact release, new content for Campaigns, Walkthroughs, and Blackboard Learn Ultra are available.

Impact helps institutions improve technology adoption and evaluate the impact of educational technology, while helping faculty and students seamlessly navigate new platforms. Learn more about Impact by Instructure.

New Content

 

Campaigns

Canvas Release of October 21st Campaign

 

Template Preview Release of October 21st 2023

 

Provide users with updates and new features in Canvas by launching the Canvas release campaign.

Note: The October 21st Release campaign will be available on October 20th.

 

Track Mastery with Outcomes

 

Template Preview Track Mastery with Outcomes

 

Empower instructors with the ability to track student mastery using Outcomes.

 

Walkthroughs

Adding Outcomes to a Course

 

Template Preview Walkthrough: Adding Outcomes to a Course

 

Guide instructors through the process of creating and managing Outcomes in a course.

 

Blackboard Learn Ultra

Note: The content team is working continuously on updating Blackboard content over the course of the next quarter.

 

Reporting Categories and Templates

New inline templates are created around Ultra navigation for use in Walkthroughs, placing messages, and monitors.

Note: These Inline Templates are not visible in the Impact Dashboard. When you take an action on a template in the Inline Editor, a context is generated. For more information, visit What is the relationship between Inline templates and Contexts?

New Inline Templates

Create Notifications
  • Priority drop-down menu
  • Notification start date field
  • Notification start time field
  • Notification end date field
  • Notification end time field
  • Notification title field
  • Next button
  • Notification audience role field
  • Back button
  • Global announcement page
  • Course announcement drop-down menu
  • Course announcement search button
  • Save course announcement button
  • Post course announcement button
  • Done button
  • Course announcements sort by title button
  • Course announcements menu
  • Course announcement panel create button
  • Course announcements sort by status button
  • Course announcements sort by viewers button
  • Course announcement link
  • Course announcement close search button
  • Course announcement recipients field
  • Editor toolbar: text style button
  • Editor toolbar: text font button
  • Editor toolbar: text size button
  • Editor toolbar: color picker button
  • Editor toolbar: bold button
  • Editor toolbar: italic button
  • Editor toolbar: underline button
  • Editor toolbar: style menu button
  • Editor toolbar: strike button
  • Editor toolbar: superscript button
  • Editor toolbar: subscript button
  • Editor toolbar: syntax button
  • Editor toolbar: table creator button
  • Editor toolbar: alignment button
  • Editor toolbar: style menu button
  • Editor toolbar: undo button
  • Editor toolbar: clear format button
  • Editor toolbar: link button
  • Editor toolbar: local file button
  • Editor toolbar: insert table button
  • Schedule announcement checkbox
  • Course announcement show on checkbox
  • Course announcement show on date
  • Course announcement show on time field
  • Course announcement hide on date field
  • Course announcement hide on time field
  • Delete course announcement pop-up: Delete announcement button
  • Delete course announce pop-up: Cancel button
  • Current step link/Step 1 link
  • Next step link
  • Unordered list button
  • Ordered list button
  • Line height button
  • Left to right direction text button
  •  Right to left direction text button
  • Insert image button
  • Type a role autofill field
Messages
  • Course conversations summary area
  • New message button
  • Delete conversation button
  • Save changes button
  • Items per page drop-down menu
  • Recipients field
  • Close create message page
  • Add participant to conversation button
  • Cancel button
  • Close create message page
  • Add participant to conversation button
  • Cancel button
  • Directives back arrow
  • Directives next arrow
  • Course message user link
  • Participant drop-down menu item
  • Items per page selector drop-down menu item
Gradebook
  • Grade settings page
  • Manage marks schema button
  • Mark schema page
  • Days of Student Inactivity field
  • Minimum grade input field
  • View performance button
  • Manage overall mark settings button
  • Add mark category button
  • Add grade notation button
  • Add mark scheme button
  • Course Activity Marks alert settings button
  • Alert settings for Course activity related to marks page
  • Alert based on student inactivity field
  • Alert based on student grade field
  • Download Course Activity as chart button
  • Download Course Activity as csv button
  • Download Course Activity as a pdf button
  • Overall Mark page
  • Edit markable item page
  • Edit grade category field
  • Edit mark scheme field
  • Offline gradebook item page
  • Download gradebook settings page
  • Gradebook download button
  • Submission receipt icon
  • Submissions receipts search page
  • Submissions receipt search bar
  • Upload gradebook icon
  • Upload gradebook from Content Collection
  • Student gradebook tab
  • Delete gradebook item link
  • Edit gradebook item link
  • Gradebook item question analysis link
  • Gradebook item send reminder link
Groups
  • Import course group set page
  • Import group members page
  • Course groups page
  • Sort group set by members link
  • Import group set button
  • Create new set button
  • Group set title link
  • Group set visibility information button
  • Announcement icon

 

Monitors

New monitors are created and added to report templates.

New Monitors

  • Delete course announcement pop-up: Delete announcement button
  • Overall Mark page
  • Download Course Activity as csv button
  • Download Course Activity as chart button
  • Download Course Activity as pdf button
  • Add Mark Category button
  • Add Mark Category button
  • Grade settings page
  • Upload Gradebook page
  • Download all grades of single assessment button
  • Validate Gradebook calculation button
  • Add calculation save button
  • Submissions overview page
  • Individual grades page
  • Course Gradebook page
  • Delete markable item
  • Save markable item button
  • Mark item description area
  • Edit maximum points field
  • Edit mark scheme field
  • Add Overall Mark Notation button
  • Add New Mark Category text field
  • Mark Category from markable item
  • Notification settings page
  • Course messages page: Delete messages pop-up button
  • Global messages page: Delete messages pop-up button
  • Delete File from document
  • Global messages page
  • Create notification page: Done button
  • Course announcements list: Post course announcement button
  • Course announcements page: Save announcement button
  • Course announcement page
  • Message thread page
  • Course messages page
  • Course announcements list
  • Bulk edit: save visibility button
  • Bulk edit: confirm deletion button
  • Bulk edit dates confirmation button
  • Import content from Content Market menu item
  • Import from Content Collection menu item
  • Import content from cloud storage menu item
  • Copy Content page
  • Batch Edit page
  • Content market: LTI link
  • Content provider icon
  • Import Course Content from upload
  • Import Content page
  • Delete Course Export Package
  • Export Course Package with Student Activity Data
  • Export Course Package without Student Activity Data
  • Course Export Package page
  • Add goal or standards alignment (legacy picker)
  • View Conditional Availability page
  • Release conditions: save button
  • Release conditions: end date
  • Release conditions: start date
  • Release conditions: Marked item dropdown menu
  • Content Collection page
  • Delete content from document
  • Save document settings
  • Save Content in document
  • Edit Document Title
  • Create/Edit/View Document
  • Align Document with goals
  • Document settings page
  • Download original file from document
  • Save new/edited link button
  • Edit content link page
  • Link description text box
  • Save new link button
  • Show organization link
  • Filter on organizations hidden from me link
  • Hide organizations link
  • Filter on Closed organizations
  • Filter on Private organizations
  • Filter on Open organizations
  • Filter on organizations I lead
  • Filter on all organizations
  • Use sign out link
  • Course link on Marks navigation page
  • View All Marks
  • Create new Course Message
  • Save Schedule button
  • Upcoming organizations link
  • Search your organizations box
  • Filter on courses you teach link
  • Filter on completed courses link
  • Filter on open courses link
  • Filter on all courses link
  • Show Course link
  • Hide Course link
  • Filter Activity Stream for Marks and Feedback
  • Save contact information button
  • Upload new profile picture

 

Ultra Support Center

All existing articles inside the Ultra Support Center are updated where necessary. New articles are imported where necessary and are listed below.

New Blackboard Ultra Instructor Articles
  • Student Overview 
  • Microsoft Teams Meetings and Blackboard Learn Ultra: Quick Start Guide for Instructors
  • Microsoft Teams Classes and Blackboard Learn Ultra: Quick Start Guide for Instructors
  • Grade Journals
  • Group Spaces for Instructors
  • Privacy Statement
  • Discussion Forums and Threads Conversion
  • Create Threads
  • Create Forums
  • Badgr Badges
  • Turnitin
  • Submissions Receipts
  • Override Grades
  • Grading Schemas
  • Grading: Views of the Gradebook
  • Align matching questions to goals
  • Add media to matching questions
  • Hotspot Questions
  • Extra credit questions
  • Proctoring Services
  • Grade Tests With Flex Grading
  • Export an assessment
  • Peer Review for Qualitative Peer Assessments
  • Best Practice: Group Assessment
  • BB Annotate grading workflow
  • Bb Annotate
  • New Assignment page settings
  • Assignment Grade Settings
  • Get Started with the Blackboard Apps
  • Native app features
  • Create Mobile-Friendly Content: Due dates
  • Edit, replace, delete and reorder content
  • Course content title search
  • Conversions in Rich Content Editor
  • Web Links
  • Math Editor: Instructor
  • Create Ultra Documents
  • Best Practice: Attaching Files
  • OneDrive Files
  • Google Workspace
  • About Kaltura
  • Bookshelf by VitalSource
  • Blended Schools Network
  • Watch a video about adding content
  • Create passes
  • Common Questions About Permissions in the Content Collection
  • Link to Items in the Content Collection
  • Upload and Download Packages
  • Create and Edit Content in the Content Collection
  • About Files and Folders
  • Ultra Course Settings
  • Ultra Course Roles
  • How do I set the Course Banner?
  • How do I use the Course Calendar?
  • Migrate from Canvas
  • Attempt Management
  • Work Offline with Grade Data
  • Calculate Grades
  • Assign grades
  • SafeAssign: Direct Submit

 

 

Fixed Bugs

 

  • When creating a monitor, selecting ‘When the user interacts with the element’ in the monitor settings enables ‘on click/hover’ for users.
  • When a Sub-Account is deleted, a message displays to the user that the account has been deleted.
  • When creating a campaign from the Tool Adoption, the expected user count is the same as the non-active user export.csv file.
  • The Tool Adoption reports for Blackboard users display data when ‘Any user group’ is selected.
  • Admins can add new sub-account permissions.
  • Users can create messages in the Inline Editor with characters such as emojis.
  • Insights will not display for users who do not have permission for Message/Walkthrough Insights.
  • Blackboard Ultra template changes/edits are saved correctly.

Change Log

2023-10-17

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