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Join this weekly meeting facilitated by the Client Experience, Product Management and Blackboard Support teams, to hear about and discuss the latest new features, releases and top reported known issues. You will have the opportunity to learn from your peers and Blackboard experts through weekly topics and discussions.

Every Tuesday at 12:00pm - 1:00PM ET.
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Nikki Tremann
Build Number Updates
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Hi! Making sure everyone is aware of an upcoming change in release communications. As discussed in Office Hours this week, we will no longer update the Release Notes page with the latest build numbers and send page notifications. You ...
Nikki Tremann Category Learn Office Hours Jan '25
Adam Hogan Adam Hogan 7d

Hi, @Nikki Tremann .

I heard about this change but missed the discussion. Does this mean we will no longer receive ...

Nikki Tremann Nikki Tremann 3d

@Adam Hogan hi there! No, the release notes and screenshots otherwise remain the same.

Sherry Boyd
Rubric Pop-Out
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We are not seeing the new Rubric pop-out on staging. Image 1 shows what was presented in the meeting: This is my view:
Sherry Boyd Category Learn Office Hours 20d
Joshua Abrams Joshua Abrams 20d
We had the same issue, but the pop-out icon appeared only when the browser was fully expanded. We opened case - ...
Annette Marshman Annette Marshman 20d

@Joshua Abrams @Sherry Boyd This one had me stumped… here's what I'm finding now:
laptop display 1366 x 768 (100% ...

Mel Barrand
Office Hours Recording for 15 Oct
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Hi, the link on Office Hour recordings page isn't working (just says ‘sorry, we couldn’t find that page'.
Mel Barrand Category Learn Office Hours Oct '24
Emma Thompson-Chesters Emma Thompson-Chesters Oct '24

Hi @Mel Barrand , sorry about that - the link has now been fixed.

Kim Bateman
Office Hours Recording for this week
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Will the recording from this week be posted soon? Thanks!
Kim Bateman Category Learn Office Hours Oct '24
Emma Thompson-Chesters Emma Thompson-Chesters Oct '24
Hi Kim Bateman ‍ the recording is now uploaded - really sorry for the delay with this one: ...
Elena Ioannidou
New assignment conversion
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What exactly was the reason for separating assignments and tests in the latest release? Being able to mix-and-match questions in both formats was one of the best features in Ultra. Additionally, the lack of file conversion for BB ...
Elena Ioannidou Category Learn Office Hours Oct '24
Chris Bray Chris Bray Oct '24

@Elena Ioannidou That was actually in the 3900.98 release… so in August….

One of our biggest issues with the ...

Elena Ioannidou Elena Ioannidou Oct '24

@Chris Bray I'm aware of the awful open assignment → create attempt issue that was happening and you would think the ...

Laura Lopez
Kaltura B2 to LTI 1.3
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Hi all,  What are some of the difficulties faced when converting the Kaltura building block to the LTI, specifically 1.3? Our institution heavily relies on the Media Gallery presented within the courses itself from the instructor ...
Laura Lopez Category Learn Office Hours Feb '24
Claudia Pearson Claudia Pearson Mar '24

Hi @Laura Lopez , one difficulty has been trying to understand the ongoing SaaS updates including new features ...

Chris Bray Chris Bray Mar '24

@Claudia Pearson
the v1,v2,v3 isn't dependent on a specific Building Block version.  You could have all 3 within ...

Lee McMinn
Jan 9 Meeting
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What's the link to the Jan 9 meeting?? Lee McMinn
Lee McMinn Category Learn Office Hours Jan '24
Nichole Stabile Nichole Stabile Jan '24

@Lee McMinn …hopefully this works for you.

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Hengameh Vosough
Is there a call this week?
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Hi all, Do we have a call on November 21st?
Hengameh Vosough Category Learn Office Hours Nov '23
Emma Thompson-Chesters Emma Thompson-Chesters Nov '23
Hi Hengameh Vosough ‍, yes we do have an Office Hours today - usual time :)
Stephanie Brantley
August 2023 links missing
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I went back to review some of the Office hours I have had to miss this month and the only active link currently for August is the slides for August 22. All the other slide links and all of the recording links are not there. Could they please be ...
Stephanie Brantley Category Learn Office Hours Aug '23
Emma Thompson-Chesters Emma Thompson-Chesters Aug '23

@Stephanie Brantley Hi Stephanie, sorry about there - there was a bit of a glitch on the Community that removed all ...

Megumi Taguchi
Office hours chat
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Hello - is there a way to have access to the office hours chat? It seems there is some discussion after office hours ends, and I'm not able to see any of it. Thanks!
Megumi Taguchi Category Learn Office Hours Aug '23

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03/18/2025 12:00pm EDT
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03/25/2025 12:00pm EDT
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04/01/2025 12:00pm EDT
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04/08/2025 12:00pm EDT
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Office Hours: Blackboard
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04/15/2025 12:00pm EDT
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04/22/2025 12:00pm EDT