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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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Community Administrator
The New Anthology Community is Coming
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A new Community experience is coming! Look out for an email to your inbox in the coming week to unlock access to our improved interface for sharing best practices and making connections. There, you can find content, discussions, ...
Community Administrator Category Learn Office Hours 20d
Lorena Martinez-Diaz
August 12 Recordings
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@Emma Thompson-Chesters Please note that the two recordings for August 12 are the same. The label is different but both links is the same recording. Would you please have a look? Thanks!
Lorena Martinez-Diaz Category Learn Office Hours Aug '25
Emma Thompson-Chesters Emma Thompson-Chesters Aug '25

Thanks @Lorena Martinez-Diaz - its been updated.

Lorena Martinez-Diaz Lorena Martinez-Diaz Aug '25

@Emma Thompson-Chesters Thank you so much!

Erik Watkins
How does one join this meeting?
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Is there a link to the meeting somewhere? I see links to the recordings and links to information about the meeting.
Erik Watkins Category Learn Office Hours Mar '25
Emma Thompson-Chesters Emma Thompson-Chesters Mar '25

Hi @Erik Watkins ,

You need to register to receive the Office Hours link - you can do that here:

I'll send you a direct ...

Brian McIntyre Brian McIntyre Aug '25

@Emma Thompson-Chesters
this works to add to my Google calendar but neither of the Outlook options work. Any ...

Payton Miller
Calendar Invite For Meeting?
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So I tried to reregister for the standing Tuesday meetings, but the “add to your calendar” isn't working - normally it gives me like a .ics file and opens up in my outlook just fine but I have tried all three outlook versions with no luck - ...
Payton Miller Category Learn Office Hours Jul '25
Emma Thompson-Chesters Emma Thompson-Chesters Jul '25

Hi @Payton Miller , we've been having some issues with our calendar downloads this time around! A new email was sent ...

Paula Lee Paula Lee Jul '25

@Emma Thompson-Chesters Hi Emma.

I did not receive an email about this. I am not sure if I subscribed to a calendar or ...

Hengameh Vosough
Recording of July 22nd Office hour
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Hi @Andrés Trujillo I just received the notifications about yesterday's session. Is the recording supposed to be available too? I don't see it. I want to share it with others. Thanks!
Hengameh Vosough Category Learn Office Hours Jul '25
Ricardo Untem Ricardo Untem Jul '25

Hello, @Andrés Trujillo !
Same here!
Thank you!

Michelle Welch Michelle Welch Jul '25

@Andrés Trujillo The link is not found on the website. Thank you. Can't wait to watch.

Jacob Martar
Course Evaluation Tool Integration
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Hi everyone, just wanted to pick your brain. Our institution is in need of a formal course/instructor evaluation tool. (We currently use Bb Enterprise Survey) I plan to kick off a task force to find a tool. I know most of the major ...
Jacob Martar Category Learn Office Hours May '25
Tucker MacNeill Tucker MacNeill May '25
Heya Jacob,
We use Explorance at UoB. We actually never integrated it into Bb, it's only plugged into our SIS. We ...
Christopher Daniele Christopher Daniele May '25

@Jacob Martar We use Explorance, with full LMS integration. Their support is not very competent and overall, it's ...

Sharon Paul
Lock items from moving in Content are for Ultra
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Is there any option to lock items in the content area for Ultra so that they cannot be moved around by instructors. For instance, we have some items that are in all classes such as the Entry Verification Item. We want that to be the first ...
Sharon Paul Category Learn Office Hours Apr '25
Kelly Hambel Kelly Hambel Jun '25

@Sharon Paul
Currently, there is no option for that. If I understand the Course Templates that will be coming out in ...

Sharon Paul
Time selection quick pick
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Is there any conversation about having the time short cut selection in Ultra as opposed to the current selection view? I know it seems minor, but the selection of a time is much quicker than using the 3 selection boxes.
Sharon Paul Category Learn Office Hours Apr '25
Sharon Paul
Rubrics in Ultra, features now and possibly on road map
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We are just starting our move to Ultra. we will be running some courses in the Summer. We have run into some functionality that is not in Ultra for Rubrics that we have in original. If I am missing something, please let me know For Ultra is ...
Sharon Paul Category Learn Office Hours Mar '25
Robert Obermeier Robert Obermeier Mar '25

@Sharon Paul I support all these items. I believe the answer to item 3 is to check the offline submission check box on ...

Craig Wakefield Craig Wakefield Mar '25

@Sharon Paul We use a ‘gradebook item’ for assessments without a submission (e.g. like a manual column in ...

Hanrahan Highland
'Hide Discussions tab' item disappeared
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There was an item in the release notes for the 112 release called 'Hide Discussions tab from student course view', which we'd looked at and were keen to use when it went onto Production. It now seems to have disappeared from the release ...
Hanrahan Highland Category Learn Office Hours Mar '25
Jeffrey Ries Jeffrey Ries Mar '25

@Hanrahan Highland
See the February 18, 2025 Blackboard Office Hours where the change was discussed/shared in ...

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