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Export Rubrics from Dedicated Hub in Blackboard's October Update
Keep AI conversations in the target language
Down the hall, a colleague teaching another section of the same course asks to borrow the rubric you spent a weekend refining. How do you easily share this rubric in a Blackboard format? Later in...
Posted: October 15, 2026, 3:30 PM
Restrict File Types in Assignment Submissions in Blackboard's September Update
Preview Outcomes mastery also available in gradebook
A student submits their essay as a Pages file. Another turns in a .zip when you asked for a single PDF. By the time you notice, you're chasing down a resubmission instead of grading. September's...
Posted: September 17, 2026, 3:00 PM
13 Tips to Get Your Blackboard Course Ready
Checklist to optimize your course before the semester starts
The week before the semester starts can feel like a sprint: A full inbox, a syllabus that still needs one more edit, and a course shell that isn’t quite ready for students yet. Before the scramble...
Posted: August 12, 2026, 10:00 AM
Blackboard's August Update Redesigns Grading, Navigation, and Group Tools
A quick rundown of what's new for faculty & students
Blackboard's August update is one of the bigger releases we've seen in a while, touching grading, navigation, assessments, and course workflows all at once. Here's what's changing, organized by...
Posted: August 7, 2026, 3:31 PM
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