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Blackboard Updates
This page is to help web conferencing users be aware of Blackboard changes or updates. If you have questions about their implications or would like assistance with them, please email help@syr.edu or call 315-443-2677.
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On July 17, 2021 Syracuse University Blackboard updated from Blackboard Learn to Ultra Base Navigation. The change provides users with a modernized landing page that includes a new notification system, a consolidated view of activity across their courses, and easier ways to navigate to course content.
The update does not change any of the following:
- How you login to Blackboard.
- The way that individual courses function once you have entered them.
- The function of course tools such as items, announcements, assignments, test, discussion boards, etc. These will function just as before once you are inside a course.
- Content already built in courses.
- The ability of instructors to copy content, just as before.
- Third party integrations with textbooks, Kaltura, Zoom, Collaborate, Turnitin, etc. — these will work much as before with some small tweaks to how they are accessed.
More information is available on an Answers page dedicated to the update.
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On June 4th, 2021, the integration between Turnitin and Blackboard was updated. This update brings some user interface changes but the service retains the same features. The new connection method will allow for more seamless system updates in the future and offers an improved student submission process. Details can be found in Answers.
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November 25th, 2020
On November 25, 2020 the integration between Kaltura and Blackboard was updated. It has resolved the issue of users seeing metadata in the content editor after inserting Kaltura videos, and resolved an issue with Kaltura Express Capture from within in the content editor.
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November 6th, 2020
On the evening of November 6th, 2020 the vendor will perform an update to Blackboard that includes user interface changes.
Content Editor Improvements
The most signifiant change will be a modernized user interface and improved functionality for the content editor. Blackboard is in the process of updating the content editor documentation on their help site. The information below provides a screenshot of the interface and highlights some of the most important changes. This MS Word Document from Blackboard provides a detailed comparison between the old and new versions.
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When using find and replace, you can now limit your search just to content that's been selected.
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Kaltura Metadata Displayed in Editor (Resolved)
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All users can add Kaltura videos to the content area by using the plus 
button and selecting "Kaltura Media." Once you've selected your media you'll be returned to the editor with a preview thumbnail of your video with some additional metadata displaying below it. This metadata will not be displayed on the page once you press the submit button. We anticipate that the metadata will hidden in a future update but it can be safely deleted or ignored in the meantime. The ancillary metadata is highlighted by the orange arrow in the image below.
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Ensemble Mashups Move
Instructor are encouraged to use the Kaltura video service which is replacing Ensemble for instructional video. After the update, users will no longer be able to access Ensemble from the Mashup button within the content editor. It will still be possible to add Ensemble video to a Blackboard course by selecting the Ensemble Video LTI option under the "Build Content" menu.