Blackboard update August 2022

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Undo and Redo annotations

Blackboard has released “undo/redo” features to help markers easily edit annotations.

Image showing undo and redo button in Blackboard annotation

Undo: revert the last annotation/s you did (or use Ctrl + Z on windows shortcut key)

Redo: bring back (restore) any annotation/s that have been undone using undo.


New version of Turnitin has been enabled

Please watch quick video introduction or for details please visit Turnitin LTI assignments support guide


YuJa is the new Learning Capture application

YuJa is now the new Learning Capture applications used to store all teaching and learning video content.


Blackboard Instructor App discontinued

Support for Blackboard instructor app will end in September 2022. Instructors, Teaching assistants, and Markers should download the Blackboard app for iOS or Android.


File Upload Indicator for Original Course View

Users sometimes upload large files or have slow upload speeds. Blackboard has added file upload indicator to four course tools where large file uploads are most common. Other pages stay the same. The upload indicator will now appear on these pages:

  • Assignment Submission
  • Content Item
  • Discussion Board Thread or Reply
  • SCORM

screenshot of Blackboard file upload indicator