Highlights
Maintenance Fixes
You can view maintenance items for 4000.1 on the Anthology Support Center. Our Known Issue articles provide information for individual bug fixes, and may include bug descriptions and which Learn versions were affected. You can filter bug fixes by SaaS release for easier navigation. Here are highlights of the issues fixed in this release:
Instructor Tools Title Visible to Students - Article #90294
Ungraded Forms Incorrectly Contribute 100 Points to Overall Grade in Ultra - Article #91079
Copied Discussions Boards Give Error When Accessing File - Article #89838
LTI - Clicking (x) In Upper Right of Original Course Tool Peek Panel Throws Exception - Article #78709
Viewer Users are Unable to See the Description Images in the Modules - Article #91020
Replies in Gradable Discussions do not Always Load to Instructors - Article #90668
Grade Approval and Transfer Tools Visible to Students in Tools Area - Article #78683
Original Course Fill in the Blank Questions Can Be Corrupted When Importing to Ultra Courses if There are Brackets or Math Formulas in the Questions - Article #78796
Cannot Remove Due Date Using Date Management Controls - Article #78053
Frequency Data Missing In Rubric Evaluation Reports For Percent Range Rubrics - Article #78274
Users With system.logs.VIEW Entitlement Receive "Log Not Found" Message When Retrieving Session Debug Logs - Article #91055
SafeAssign Direct Submit not Accepting Zip Files - Article #78142
Video Studio Player is Cutting Off the Top and Bottom of Videos - Article #90494
Self-Enrollment Process Sometimes Generates a Grey Screen - Article #78583
Learning Standard Providers are not Removed if Rendered Empty by Moving Their Documents to Another Provider - Article #78440
Ultra Assessments Cannot be Graded With Rubrics - Article #90211
Achievements Tab Forbidden for Student Preview in Closed Courses - Article #90967
Information
Update to client Production environments (Published November 27, 2025):
An updated release of 4000.1.0 (full release number: 4000.1.0-rel.35+52236dd) is being applied to client Production servers on Thursday, November 27, 2025.
We have fixed these issues:
Performance improvement to remove the error message in NewRelic and to minimize the trend.
Performance improvement of the submission card after the proctored test is submitted by the student. The error message has been removed.
Performance improvement to remove the error message that has resurfaced in the Navigation in Learning Module in the November release.
Enhancements to the Quick Enroll option have been implemented to support custom roles within Blackboard. Roles that have the Quick Enroll privilege will be able to self-enroll and self-unenroll from courses without needing any extra privileges.
Performance improvement for content failing to stream and improve overall system performance. This update will address the issue to bring down the trend.
Made changes to the NR log to include if the modal is displayed or not for easier debugging along with log retrieval.
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Update to client Production environments (Published November 20, 2025):
An updated release of 4000.1.0 (full release number: 4000.1.0-rel.30+cd765b4) is being applied to client Production servers on Thursday, November 20, 2025.
We have fixed these issues:
Unable to Reorder Gradebook Columns from Imported Course Packages - Article #90071
Missing Uploads for Student Submission - Article #91206
Enrolled Instructors are Unable to Access to Journal Submissions - Article #91291
Due Date Displays in English for Courses Using Custom Language Packs - Article #91294
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Update to client Production environments (Published November 13, 2025):
An updated release of 4000.1.0 (full release number: 4000.1.0-rel.22+e41406d) is being applied to client Production servers on Thursday, November 13, 2025.
We have fixed these issues:
Performance improvement for an invalid answer for a question and improve overall system performance. This update will address the issue to bring down the trend.
Performance improvement for content failing to stream and improve overall system performance. This update will address the issue to bring down the trend.
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Update to client Production environments (Published November 10, 2025):
An updated release of 4000.1.0 (full release number: 4000.1.0-rel.22+e41406d) is being applied to client Production servers on Monday, November 10, 2025.
We have fixed these issues:
Large Tests Take Longer Than Expected to Load - Article #91225
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Update to client Production environments (Published November 6, 2025):
An updated release of 4000.1.0 (full release number: 4000.1.0-rel.22+e41406d) is being applied to client Production servers on Thursday, November 6, 2025.
We have fixed these issues:
Performance improvement for error tracking to provide better visibility into issues and improve overall system performance. This update will allow us to identify when error messages are shown to users and capture relevant context for faster troubleshooting.
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Update to client Test/Stage environments (Published November 4, 2025):
An updated release of 4000.1.0 (full release number: 4000.1.0-rel.20+391be77) is being applied to client Test servers on Tuesday, November 4, 2025.
We have fixed these issues:
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Update to client Test/Stage environments (Published October 28, 2025):
An updated release of 4000.1.0 (full release number: 4000.1.0-rel.13+5d7f7b9) is being applied to client Test servers on Tuesday, October 28, 2025.
We have fixed these issues:
Observer can view hidden grade column - Article #91216
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Update to client Test/Stage environments (Published October 21, 2025):
An updated release of 4000.1.0 (full release number: 4000.1.0-rel.8+8dda56a) is being applied to client Test servers on Tuesday, October 21, 2025.
We have fixed these issues:
Long URLs in Discussion Posts Not Wrapping - Article #91141
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Update to client Test/Stage environments (Published October 14, 2025):
An updated release of 4000.1.0 (full release number: 4000.1.0-rel.7+f331808) is being applied to client Test servers on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.
We have fixed these issues:
Additional Information
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Initial Release to client Test/Stage environments (Published October 7, 2025):
The initial release of 4000.1.0 (full release number: 4000.1.0-rel.5+56859dd) is being applied to client Test servers on Tuesday, October 7, 2025.
The November 2025 - 4000.1.0 release is robust with features in four areas:
Instructional design;
Tests and assignments;
Mastery Learning and Learning Pathways;
Gradebook;
Learner Progression & Personalized Experience;
Blackboard Core;
Integrations; and
Premium
These improvements impact instructors, students, and administrators. Some features do require administrative action.
Instructors:
• Bulk change question points in tests
• Improved navigation from Gradebook column headers
• Choose whether to include hidden items in Gradebook downloads
• Automatically send messages to students based on course-level rules
• Generate or upload custom Achievement badges
Administrators:
• Use name or ID to search object Associations in the Learning Object Repository
• Quick Enroll for Ultra Courses
• Node-Admin “Login As” Restriction
• Configure Grade Pill Decimal Display and Rounding
• Grade Export: Choose which grade value is displayed on the grade-level approval screen
• Group subjects into Programs for aggregated reporting
• Course Catalog: Duplicate existing offerings from the Offering Management screen
These improvements impact instructors, students, and administrators. Some features do require administrative action.
Instructional Design
Use name or ID to search object Associations in the Learning Object Repository
Impact: AdministratorsUpdated Help Topic: Learning Object RepositoryIdea Exchange ID: Not applicable
You can now search courses and organizations by name or ID when reviewing the associations for an object in the Learning Object Repository. This improvement streamlines the process of locating relevant learning objects, making it faster and more intuitive to manage object associations.
Image 1: There is now a search box on the association page for objects in the Learning Object Repository.
Image 2: As characters are entered into the search box, the search results are narrowed.
Administrators
Availability: Available for all Ultra courses.
Activation: None needed.
Configuration: None needed.
Mastery Learning and Learning Pathways
Group subjects into Programs for aggregated reporting
Impact: Administrators
Updated Help Topic: Not applicable
Idea Exchange ID: Not applicable
Institutions can now organize subjects into Programs—a new optional curricular structure within Blackboard. This enhancement allows subject and course offerings to be grouped under parent programs, enabling aggregated reporting and analytics across related courses.
This structure supports Anthology Outcomes with Blackboard and lays the foundation for future use in premium features such as TDM/Course Catalog, Milestone & Achievement Studio, Evaluate, and Illuminate.
Benefits include:
Alignment between course subjects and multiple programs for improved data aggregation
Aggregated insights into student performance and engagement across programs.
Enhanced reporting flexibility by organizing data by Programs that allow courses to have a parent-child relationship with more than one Program.
Actionable data for administrators, program directors, and instructional designers to improve curriculum effectiveness and support accreditation.
This update empowers institutions to make data-driven decisions and gain a comprehensive view of learning trends across academic structures.
Administrators
Availability: Available for all Ultra courses.
Activation:None needed.
Configuration:Admins can configure subjects and programs in the Communities section in Administrator tools.
Create custom Achievement images for more engaging badges
Impact: Instructors
Updated Help Topic: Not applicable
Idea Exchange ID: LEARNU-I-6130
Instructors now have three new options for customizing Achievement badge: AI-generated images, choose from a selection of stock images from Unsplash, and manual image uploads.
AI Badge Image Creator: Instructors can enter keywords to generate badge images using the AI Design Assistant. The system auto-generates an image based on the badge’s name and description to help guide image creation. Additionally, instructors can provide their own prompt to be used for image generation. Images are optimized for circular cropping to match the standard badge shape.
Unsplash: Instructors can search from a section of stock images from Unsplash
Badge Image Upload: Instructors can also upload custom-designed badge images for use in Achievements.
Students will see the badges selected or created by their instructors, enhancing personalization and recognition.
Image 1: Instructors can select or generate an image for the custom achievement.
Administrators
Availability:Available for all Ultra courses.
Activation:To enable this feature, administrators must activate the Achievements feature flag. This flag controls visibility and access to all Achievement-related functionality, except AI-generated content (see configuration note below).
Configuration: The AI Design Assistant must be turned on before it can be used for Achievement badge images. In the Administrator panel, go to Building Blocks. Select Installed Tools to access AI Design Assistant and Unsplash settings.
Make sure that the AI Design Assistant is turned on, then set Generate Achievement Images to On.
Tests & Assignments
Bulk change question points in tests
Impact: Instructors
Updated Help Topic: Edit Tests and Questions
Idea Exchange ID: LEARNU-I-247
Instructors can now efficiently update point values for multiple questions in tests using new bulk editing options. This enhancement supports:
Selecting all questions at once, with the option to deselect specific questions if desired.
Selecting specific questions (e.g., question 1, 4, 9, 15, 16, 27, and 32) for targeted point value adjustments.
Selecting questions by type (e.g., all True/False questions) to apply consistent point value changes across that question type.
Selecting questions by type AND specific questions.
Instructors
After students open the assessment or make submissions, instructors can make these changes:
Edit the text of questions and answers
Edit the point value
New grades are recalculated for all previously submitted assessments
Give everyone full credit for a question
Change which answers are correct
Change the scoring options for Multiple Choice and Matching questions
Align questions with goals, from the assessment only
After students open the assessment, instructors can't make these changes:
Add new questions and answers
Delete a question
Delete answers in Matching and Multiple Choice questions
Change the number of blanks in a Fill in the Blanks question
Move the content, such as switch the order of questions, answers, or additional content
Add or remove questions from a question pool or delete a pool from an assessment
Image 1: Instructors select Bulk edit points.
Image 2: Instructors can select the questions that they want included in the bulk edit.
Administrators
Availability: Available for all Ultra courses.
Activation:None needed.
Configuration:None needed.
Gradebook
Configure Grade Pill Decimal Display and Rounding
Impact: Administrators
Updated Help Topic: Default Settings for Courses
Idea Exchange ID: Not applicable
Administrators can now configure how grade pills display numeric values across the system. Previously, grade pills defaulted to showing a maximum of two decimal places with truncation. With this update, admins can choose between 0, 1, or 2 decimal places and select whether values are truncated or rounded half up.
These settings are available in Admin > Course Settings > Grade Pill Settings (formerly Grade Pill Colors). The configuration affects grade pill display only and does not alter stored grade values or calculations.
Options include:
Decimal precision: 0, 1, or 2 (default: 2)
Rounding mode:
Truncate: RoundingMode.DOWN (default)
Round: RoundingMode.HALF_UP
Values 0 to <5: round down
Values 5 to <10: round up
Image 1: How rounded grades display in the Gradebook.
Image 2: How truncated grades display in the Gradebook.
Image 3: Configuration for Decimal Handling, where admins can select the number of decimals to display in grade pills and if the grades should be rounded.
Administrators
Availability: Available for all Ultra courses.
Activation:None needed.
Configuration: Admins can configure this setting in Admin > Course Settings > Grade Pill Settings (formerly Grade Pill Colors).
Improved navigation from Gradebook column headers
Impact: Instructors
Updated Help Topic: Not applicable
Idea Exchange ID: Not applicable
We enhanced the gradebook grid view to streamline access to submission pages from column headers on the Grades page. These updates improve clarity and consistency across item types.
Changes include:
Assignments, Tests, Forms, Discussions, Journals:
Replaced the Edit option with a View Submissions option using the eye icon.
Renamed the grade cell menu option from View to View Submission.
Manual Items, Calculations, Total Calculations:
Added a View option to the column header that routes to the submission page.
SCORM Items:
Added a View Submissions option with the eye icon.
Renamed the grade cell menu option to View Submission.
Removed Edit and Preview SCORM options from the column header menu.
Attendance:
Replaced the Edit option with a View option using the eye icon.
Navigation behavior remains unchanged, with users being routed to the attendance page.
Image 1: Improved navigation in the Gradebook column headers.
Administrators
Availability: Available for all Ultra courses.
Activation: None needed.
Configuration: None needed.
Choose whether to include hidden items in Gradebook downloads
Impact: Instructors
Updated Help Topic: Work Offline with Grade Data
Idea Exchange ID: Not applicable
Instructors now have more flexibility when downloading the gradebook for offline use. Previously, downloads included only the columns visible to instructors. With this update, instructors can choose whether to include hidden items in the download file. This enhancement builds on prior improvements to the Item Management view, which introduced bulk show/hide controls.
Instructors
A new Include Hidden Items option appears when selecting Full Gradebook in Download Options. When selected, the download will contain all gradebook columns, including those hidden from instructor view.
Image 1: Include Hidden Items toggle switch in the Download Grades panel.
Administrators
Availability:Available for all Ultra courses.
Activation:None needed.
Configuration:None needed.
Learner Progression & Personalized Experience
Automatically send messages to students based on course-level rules
Impact: Instructors
Updated Help Topic: Automations
Idea Exchange ID: Not applicable
Instructors can now create automations that send congratulatory or supportive messages to students based on custom rules set at the course level. Instructors define the score thresholds and write the messages. These automations help instructors deliver timely, personalized feedback throughout the course, boosting student engagement and saving time.
Instructors
In the Virtual Assistant panel on the Course Content page, instructors select View Automations to manage their automations.
Image 1: Instructors see a Virtual Assistant panel with a View Automations link.
In this initial release, two automations are available. Instructors choose to either Send congratulatory message or Send supportive message. Congratulatory messages are sent when a student earns a high score; supportive messages are sent when a student does not achieve a specified score. Instructors select the grade item, set the score threshold as a percentage, and enter the message text.
Image 2: In the Automation trigger section, instructors set the conditions that will trigger the message to be sent.
Image 3: In the Action to be taken section, the instructor writes the message that will be sent to students when the rule is triggered.
Administrators
Availability: Available for all Ultra courses.
Activation: None needed.
Configuration: Select Configure in The Ultra Experience is Here! module. Select Automations to turn automations on.
Integrations
Grade Export: Choose which grade value is displayed on the grade-level approval screen
Impact: Administrators
Updated Help Topic: Configure the Grade Extract
Idea Exchange ID: Not applicable
Administrators can now choose which grade value appears on the grade-level approval screen. This update helps ensure the value instructors see during grade approval matches what appears in their gradebooks, reducing confusion.
Available grade display options include:
Grade Letter: Returns a letter grade if the schema value is a letter; otherwise, returns an empty string.
Schema Value: Returns the grade column Primary display.
Percentage Score: Returns the calculated percentage score.
Secondary Schema Value: Returns the grade column Secondary display (applies only to Original courses).
Score Value: Returns the score value.
Image 1: Administrators now have the option to choose the Grade Display Value Configuration.
Administrators
Availability: Available for all Ultra and Original courses.
Activation: None needed.
Configuration: None needed.
Blackboard Core
Quick Enroll for Ultra Courses
Impact: Administrators
Updated Help Topic: Enroll Users
Idea Exchange ID: Not applicable
Administrators can now use Quick Enroll in Ultra Course Settings to temporarily join a course as an instructor. This feature streamlines troubleshooting and content updates by allowing admins to enroll in courses, make changes, and then unenroll—all within the course UI.
Image 1. The Details and Actions panel on the Course Content page allowing administrator users to quickly enroll in an Ultra
Course to make necessary changes.
When an administrator selects Quick Enroll within a course, a confirmation modal appears. Upon confirmation, the admin is enrolled as an instructor and can perform necessary actions. Once finished, selecting Quick Unenroll removes the role and any participation data (e.g., discussion posts or submissions) created during the session.
Image 2. An administrator user, once they have enrolled into a course to make necessary changes, can also unenroll in the course by selecting the option in the Details and Actions panel.
This feature is designed to reduce friction in support workflows while maintaining auditability and accessibility standards.
Administrators
Availability: Available for Ultra courses only. Visible to users in the Support Admin group.
Activation: Feature flag “Enable Support Quick Enroll” (opt-in, off by default).
Configuration: Required privilege: Course/Organization Control Panel > Quick Enroll. Audit logs capture user ID, course ID, timestamp, action type, and outcome.
Node-Admin “Login As” Restriction
Impact: Administrators
Updated Help Topic: "Login As" Tool
Idea Exchange ID: Not applicable
This update enhances security for institutions using Blackboard’s Institutional Hierarchy by restricting the “Login As” privilege for Node Administrators. Previously, a Node Admin could use “Login As” to access nodes in the hierarchy they should not have access to, potentially exposing sensitive information across multiple campuses or institutions within the same Blackboard system.
This feature is especially critical for institutions with multiple colleges or universities under one Blackboard instance, where each node represents a separate entity.
The feature behavior includes:
The “Login As” privilege is now restricted so that Node Admins cannot log in as users or admins in other nodes where they do not have appropriate access.
System Administrators retain full “Login As” privileges at the system level.
Node Admins can only use “Login As” within their assigned node(s); attempts to access other nodes are blocked.
The restriction prevents cross-node access, ensuring that admins cannot view or manage users, data, or settings outside their designated scope.
Administrators
Availability:Available for all Ultra and Original courses using Institutional Hierarchy.
Activation:None needed.
Configuration:None needed.
Premium
Course Catalog: Duplicate existing offerings from the Offering Management screen
Test/Stage: week of 20 October 2025; Production: week of 20 October 2025
Impact: Administrators
Updated Help Topic: The Offering Management Screen
Idea Exchange ID: Not applicable
Offering managers can now duplicate existing offerings directly from the Offering Management screen. This feature helps managers quickly create new offerings that share most characteristics with an existing one, while updating only the details that need to change. New offerings are set to be unavailable by default to avoid confusion while they are configured. Duplicating offerings reduces the time and effort needed to create new offerings based on existing ones.
Image 1: The menu on the Offering Management screen now includes a Duplicate Offering option for original offerings.
Image 2: The manager can specify the Offering ID of the new offering, then selects the Duplicate button.
Administrators
Availability:Available for all Course Catalog courses.
Activation:None needed.
Configuration: None needed.