{"id":15884,"date":"2024-07-26T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T11:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/?p=15884"},"modified":"2024-07-25T14:51:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T13:51:03","slug":"blackboard-features-and-functionality-update-july-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/lteonline\/2024\/07\/26\/blackboard-features-and-functionality-update-july-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackboard features and functionality update July 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>Introduction<\/h5>\n

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

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  1. Improvements to printing tests and assessments.<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Increased adverts on YouTube videos (from 1st August)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    This blog post will guide you through these new features, how they can benefit a module and the workflows to implement them.<\/p>\n

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    <\/a>1. Improvements to printing tests and assessments<\/h5>\n

    Following on from last month\u2019s upgrade, which introduced the option for staff to print Ultra tests and assignments, this month\u2019s upgrade has added the option to select whether to include both the questions and correct answers (where specified) or just the questions.<\/p>\n

    \"Image<\/a>Ultra test with print button highlighted.<\/sup><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

    *NOTE<\/strong> The print button is available to staff only, and there are no plans to make the print button available to students.\u00a0 Also, note that there are certain limitations with the initial release of the print functionality, specifically that when a question pool is used as a question type, these are not included in the print.<\/p>\n

    Improvements to prevent printing a question across pages<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Some staff have reported problems with printed content that is split over multiple pages, Anthology Blackboard is aware of this problem and has addressed it in this month\u2019s update.<\/p>\n

    The print functionality has been improved for assessments to ensure a more user-friendly experience. In the following instances, questions are now printed so that the question is not separated incorrectly on the physical or digital paper page break (such as in PDFs). This improves readability and ease of use.<\/p>\n