{"id":15288,"date":"2024-02-14T12:00:54","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T12:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/?p=15288"},"modified":"2024-02-14T11:36:43","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T11:36:43","slug":"blackboard-features-and-functionality-update-february-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/2024\/02\/14\/blackboard-features-and-functionality-update-february-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackboard features and functionality update February 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
Introduction<\/h5>\n

Anthology releases monthly incremental updates to their Blackboard software, the February<\/strong> update brings the following new features and improvements:<\/p>\n

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  1. New Forms & Survey Feature<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. New question type: Likert<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Course activity report improvements<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    This blog post will guide you through some of the new features, why they have been introduced, how they can benefit a module and how to incorporate them into your teaching.<\/p>\n

    <\/a>01: Forms\/Surveys<\/h5>\n

    Using this new feature, staff are now able to use forms\/surveys. The Forms tool is very similar to the current Test tool but with a slightly different set of questions that can be used, including a Likert scale question. Forms are intended to be used where staff want to collect information from students but where there is no correct answer and usually, where there is no requirement to grade or provide feedback on the response.\u00a0 However, there is an option to grade a form response and add feedback, but the default state for forms is to be automatically marked as complete upon submission.<\/p>\n

    To use a form in your module, select the + (plus) button in the course content area, and choose \u2018Form\u2019.<\/p>\n

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    The following question types are supported in forms:<\/p>\n