9.11.0
Features
Improvements to mobile session timeouts. Improvements to the Blackboard App authentication process reduce the frequency of logouts and enhance user experience. When Blackboard App 9.11.0 is released (December 2024), users must update the app on their devices for proper functionality. Those who don’t will see a red banner informing them that their session has expired.
Bug fixes
Deleted LTI items still visible in app
Push notifications not received
Push notification doesn’t load a message
9.10.0
Bug Fixes
* Mobile App doesn’t honor an enrollment availability override for a student user trying to access a Locked course.
* Feature list reorganized in More menu to align with the menu order of the desktop view.
8.9.0
New security feature required by institutions seeking IL4 security certification:
- Concurrent Session Control: Now enforces one session per user, automatically logging out inactive sessions on multiple devices.
Features:
- Enhanced Message Control: Instructors can now manage student message access
- Newly Android 11 is supported, discontinuing older versions
Bug Fixes:
- SCORM Opening Issues
- Tab Opening Issues
- Issues with adding attachments and submitting Discussions
- Face ID Issues
8.8.0
New Features:
• Institutions can now manage message availability. Users will see improvements in Messages, making it easier to spot new/unread messages.
• On the grades landing page, users can view overall course grades.
• When an admin specifies an inactive session duration, the app doesn't auto-renew. Users receive notifications prior to logout. This adjustmentensures compliance with security certification and is configured by the institution.
8.7.1
In this patch release, the issue related to the SSO link not reading SSO session after logging into the mobile app has been resolved. Clients experiencing this problem will now find that the LTI link correctly reads the SSO session and no longer prompts for additional logins on the mobile app, aligning with the expected behavior seen on web browsers.
We hope this update will provide better support and we are sorry for the inconvenience these issues have caused our users.
8.7.0
New Features:
-Receive warnings before forced re-authentication or concurrent session logouts when required by your institution
-New Course status indicators
-New label for unavailable messages when switched off by institution/instructor
Bug Fixes:
-Grades order now matches your preferred order in the desktop browser
-Fixed inaccessible content collection and navigation issue
We hope this update will provide better support and we are sorry for the inconvenience these issues have caused our users
8.6.0
In this update, we bring you:
• Messages now respect admin settings to hide disabled course messages
• Resolved expired passwords issue
• Enhanced course settings with new options, relocated for better accessibility
• Fixed missing content issue
• Redirecting issue resolved for uninterrupted pronoun sound play
• Bug fixes to push and calendar notifications
We hope this update will provide better support and we are sorry for the inconvenience these issues have caused our users.
8.5.0
In this update, we bring you several bug fixes:
- Issues with hidden/exposed discussion boards
- Courses displayed outside of current term
- Notification issues
We hope this fix will provide better support and we are sorry for the inconvenience these issues have caused our users.
8.4.0
In this update, we bring you several bug fixes:
- Language issues
- Errors with grading rubrics
- Issues with VoiceThread
We hope this fix will provide better support and we are sorry for the inconvenience these issues have caused our users.
8.3.1
In this release we’ve made some small improvements and squashed a few bugs.
8.3.0
In this update, we bring you several bug fixes to the issues you have reported.
* Missing grades columns
* Announcements issues for custom roles
* Issues with profile image loading
* Language issues
We hope this fix will provide better support and we are sorry for the inconvenience these issues have caused our users.
8.2.1
Mar 12, 2023
After our last update, we identified a couple of issues that were breaking the user experience. We are bringing the new update that fixes the crashing, Login, Calendar issues, and authentication issues. we sincerely apologize to our user for any inconvenience.
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8.2.0
Mar 2, 2023
In this new update, we bring you a couple of improvements and bug fixes that will prevent crashes and issues with grades and courses. The big change that is released in this version is the possibility to update the user profile and all available information from the app.
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8.1.0
Feb 2, 2023
Shortly after our previous update, we offer a couple more improvements to the app that will help with the stabilization and crashes. Among others, we fixed issues with notifications, materials, ZOOM videos, Collaborate sessions, and PDF downloads.
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8.0.0
Jan 24, 2023
This version update brings a couple of exciting new features as well as improvements, bugfixes and optimizations
Optimizations and bugfixes
- Fixed language issue, mainly with Portuguese
- Fixed due dates
- Fixed opening assignments and notes
Improvements to the profile page
- View the expanded profile page
- Play pronunciation
- Update user profile image
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7.10.0
Dec 21, 2022
In this release, we bring you improvements to the following issues. These will help with app stabilization and optimization:
- Wrong format of Due dates
- Issues with downloading course materials
- Issues with downloading files in Ally
- Wrong redirection
- Blank institution pages
- Issues with opening mp4 links
- Issues with HTML and LTI links
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7.9.0
Nov 10, 2022
Last couple of weeks we were working relentlessly on fixing issues that you, our users, are reporting to us. With this release, we bring the following bug fixes and improvements:
-Issues with push notification not sending users to the right locations
-Courses display issue
-Due date error messages
-Additional improvements to help on latency and freezes
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7.8.2
Oct 21, 2022
With this release, we have fixed the issue that have prevented our users from loading courses on the Android App. We sincerely apologize to all our users affected by this bug.
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7.8.0
Oct 12, 2022
With this release, we are introducing new and improved settings as well as a couple of bug fixes. We combined the best from the desktop with the mobile-specific settings to provide our users more control over their accounts and the app. There are new sections that will allow users to use for example Touch ID and manage their notifications and much more.
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7.7.1
Sep 29, 2022
In this release we’ve made some small improvements and squashed few bugs.
7.7.0
Sep 13, 2022
In this release we are changing our branding strategy. Our app has a new name and iconography that corresponds mor with the style we adopted after app consolidation.
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7.6.1
Aug 10, 2022
In this release we’ve made some small improvements and squashed few bugs.
7.6.0
Aug 8, 2022
In the past we had two separate mobile apps: the Blackboard App and the Blackboard Instructor App. The two apps caused confusion for many instructors. They did not realize that they needed to use a different app to manage their courses.
With this release, we are consolidating to a single app for both instructors and students. The user experience will change based on the user’s role within a course. Instructors can use the updated Blackboard app for both Original and Ultra courses.
7.5.0
Jul 7, 2022
In this release we’ve fixed:
• An issue that prevented some users from being able to login properly when using force to web authentication.
• An issue that prevented users in accessing the courses that has custom availability (or) duration for the course, overriding the term’s duration settings.
7.3.0
May 25, 2022
In this release we’ve made some small improvements and squashed few bugs.
7.2.0
April 25, 2022
In this release we’ve fixed:
• An issue of displaying feedback comments that are saved as draft
• An issue of discussion thread not loading
7.1.2
March 17, 2022
In this release, we’ve fixed an issue where content was not downloaded for offline view.
7.0.0
February 11, 2022
In this release we’ve made some small improvements and squashed few bugs.
6.12.0
December 16, 2021
In this release we’ve squashed few bugs and resolved app crashes.
6.11.0
November 10, 2021
In this release we’ve made small improvements to Progress Tracking.
We’ve also resolved bugs displaying incorrect rubric criteria.