Impact Release Notes (2023-09-06)

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In this Impact release, new content for Walkthroughs, Campaigns, and the Support Center are available.  An updated feature is included for Blackboard Learn Ultra’s Walkthrough. Accessibility updates are implemented for the Inline Editor, Inline Editor: Walkthroughs, and Support Center modal.

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

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Walkthroughs

How to Create a Document-Based Assessment (Updated)

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How to create a Document-Based Assessment

This walkthrough aims to guide instructors on how to create a Document-Based Assessment on Mastery Connect via the new Assessments layout.

Campaigns

Back to School with Canvas: Instructors

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Back to School with Canvas: Instructors

This campaign aims to assist instructors in verifying that their course is set up effectively to ensure a smooth semester for the students. This campaign consists of one message and three walkthroughs.

Support Center

Full Overhaul of the Support Center

All articles, including integrated products (Mastery Connect, SIS), have been checked and content is appearing as expected. Additionally, all URLs match those in the Community.

Updated Features

Blackboard Learn Ultra

Walkthroughs

In Blackboard Learn Ultra, Walkthroughs can be created with steps and navigation buttons in different forms and overlapping contexts. Additionally, when pop-up and systray messages are displayed, the messages take precedence over walkthroughs and display first.

Other Updates

Accessibility

Inline Editor

In the Inline Editor, when the monitor preview modal opens, the initial focus is set to the first element for Keyboard-only and Screen Reader users.

Inline Editor: Walkthroughs

In the Inline Editor, when creating a Walkthrough, Keyboard-only users can navigate to, read, and interact with the help documentation.

All Inline Editor Walkthrough content is accessible to Screen Reader users.

Support Center Modals

When the Support Center modal is open in the Learning Management System, the Keyboard-only initial focus goes to the close button, then moves to the search bar, and finally the content within the modal.

Title texts within the main support page and articles pages are changed to an H2 label. Additionally, the paragraph text is wrapped with the appropriate paragraph tag and the Was This Item Helpful text does not receive focus.

Keyboard-only focus indication is set to the first interactive element on the modal screen. Screen-Reader users are placed at the top of the screen when returning to the main screen.

Fixed Bugs

• The Support Center category is instantly removed after the deleting modal confirmation.
• After editing a message in the Inline Editor, the edited message displays appropriately after a page refresh.