Description
The instructors and students are experiencing issues with the text editor in Ultra courses. For instance:
The undo button does not replace images or table.
In Edge the screen doesn't update while holding a key down. In Chrome it's sporadic when holding a key down.
The images cannot be copied from one location in the text to another.
When editing text in or around a table the text can move to a different position in the table or from outside the table into the table.
Steps to Replicate
Prerequisite: Use Chrome/Firefox/EdgeChromium
Log into Blackboard Learn Ultra Experience as a student or instructor
Navigate to System Admin > Courses > Access a course
Create a document in Course Content, or create a post or thread in a Discussion board
Create a table
Put images in some of the cells: by using the clip icon in VTBE (Attachment)
Put text in the free cells. Also try to write text at the left of the images.
Place the cursor on the row at the top of the table and hold a letter in the keyboard
Observed Behavior:
After following the steps, the user encounters the following issues:
When copying/pasting the whole table or copying/pasting images (with Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V), everything but the images gets copied/pasted.
The text cannot be written on the left of the image within the cell
The "Undo" button and Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y do not do anything
When editing text in or around a table the text can move to a different position in the table. or from outside the table into the table.
Expected Behavior:
The issues mentioned above do not occur.
Affected Versions
Older Versions
Target Release
SaaS Fixed (v4001.7.0)
Information
This issue has been resolved in the new Blackboard Content Editor and will not be fixed in the current editor.
Key updates:
Blackboard is rebuilding the Content Editor from the ground up, and this issue has been fixed in the new editor.
Development efforts are focused on the new editor; therefore, content-authoring fixes and enhancements will not be backported to the current editor.
Institutions can evaluate the new editor through the Early Access Program:
Rich Content Editor: Early AccessBeginning with the August release, institutions can enable a beta experience for Blackboard Documents, allowing instructors to create content using either the current or new editor.
From September through December, monthly updates will continue to improve feature parity, introduce new capabilities, and refine the user experience based on feedback.
The new editor is currently planned for broader availability across Blackboard, including Announcements, Assignments, Tests, Journals, Discussions, and other content-authoring areas with the December release.