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Check out the optional Blackboard Basics for Students course to view training materials and practice using the tools and submitting assignments. This class appears in your Courses list 5 weeks before your DMACC class starts. View more Blackboard tutorials.
Dec 16, 2021 · Assist - A new student success hub, Assist, will be added to the main Blackboard navigation menu. It will allow students to quickly access DMACC resources, such as the Academic Achievement Center, Testing Center, and Advising. For more information, see Assist for Instructors and Assist for Students.
Blackboard is DMACC's learning management system (LMS) and is used for all course delivery methods: face-to-face, online, web blended, and virtual. To access Blackboard and your courses, follow the steps below or the Access Your Class Guide (PDF) . Click on the myDMACC button at the top of the DMACC website.
Bb Annotate - A new inline grading tool for assignments will replace Box. Annotate is a Blackboard-developed grading tool which allows you to markup documents and highlight passages to make comments on student-submitted work. It supports more file formats and allows you to download the marked-up document. See Bb Annotate help for more information.
Collaborate will automatically reduce the videos to 4 if your network connection is poor.
Language of Email and SMS Notification Messages - System email/SMS notifications used to be sent in the system's default language, but will be sent in the user's chosen language instead.
Grade Questions feedback - If you used the "Grade Questions" feature of tests, the Response Feedback textbox was missing in the new Content Editor and text entered in it wouldn't save. This issue has been fixed.
Secure Sessions by Default - If you wish to allow guest access, you will need to select the checkbox to enable it; it is no longer enabled by default for new sessions. Existing sessions should retain their previous settings (i.e., if you had it enabled before, it should still be enabled).
Content Editor - The content editor you use whenever you add/edit content like announcements, assignments, discussions, etc. will be majorly updated and include a lot of new features. For example: YouTube video links will automatically embed, pasting in a full link will automatically be a clickable link, images can be resized by dragging the corners, when you paste in text from Word or other sources you can remove the excess formatting, and there will be an Accessibility Checker. For more information, please see the Content Editor Quick Tips (PDF) or the Content Editor Detailed Comparison (PDF).
Chat Profanity Filter - This is a new feature that is off by default, but can be enabled in the Session Settings. If enabled, profanity in English, Spanish, or French will be replaced by a series of asterisks in the chat.
Moving to SaaS is important and efficient to allow updates, patches, and features to be added in the future without any downtime. We will be on the continuous release contract moving forward so we will see updates to our system every quarter.
Another major change with this upgrade is the transition from our tab-based interface to the new Ultra Base Navigation to streamline access to courses and communities, as well as many new tools to help you and your students know where you stand in your courses.