Release Notes for the Blackboard App

Graded discussion notifications in Activity Stream. Graded discussion notifications now appear correctly in the Activity Stream with the Discussion icon.

LTI tools opened in new window. Closing LTI content opened in a new window now returns users to the original course location.

Unable to view Assessment submissions. Tapping "View Submissions" on an Assignment or Test now opens submissions correctly.

Back icon on Liquid Glass devices. The back icon in Settings now displays consistently on Liquid Glass-supported devices.

Grades landing page performance. Grades and Course Timeline now load through a direct API integration, reducing latency on the landing page list.

Star icon not announced as selectable favorite. Screen readers now identify the Star icon as a selectable control for marking courses as favorites.

"Cap" announced before day of week in Calendar. Screen readers now read days of the week without the extraneous "Cap" prefix.

Filter icon not detected by screen reader on Courses screen. The filter control on the Courses screen is now selectable and announced by screen readers.

"View Profile" button announced as "button button". The View Profile button is now announced with its correct label.

Dismiss button not selectable in Activity Stream. The Dismiss button can now be selected and activated using VoiceOver.

Crash on opening large course announcements. Large announcements no longer crash the app from transaction size limits.

Calendar event screen crash on app resume. The Calendar screen no longer crashes when returning to the app after viewing an institution event.

File upload crash. File uploads now complete successfully without crashing.

Biometric and login enhancements - FTW login. Now available to users authenticating via Force Web Login.

Redundant LTI authentication prompts in Blackboard Ultra. When accessing Google Workspace content, users are no longer prompted to re‑authenticate their Google account for each item after they are signed in.

Discussion item in Calendar screen. A Discussion item navigates to corresponding Ultra page instead of showing error message.

Activity Stream shows old announcement data. Stream now shows correct content when viewing new announcements.

Video Studio permission dialog loop. User can now proceed to feature's functionality instead of being re-prompted with a permission dialog.

Crash on opening large-content announcements. Large-content announcements no longer crash from transaction size limits.

Splash Screen image update. The splash screen image displayed during app launch is updated for mobile devices. The new design reflects the Blackboard company’s new branding.

Unable to open files in Original Course View on Blackboard App. After selecting a file in Original Course View, a white screen appears and no further action occurs. The file does not open.

Improved native mobile app login experience. We have enhanced the Blackboard App login experience to include biometric login capabilities and clearer communications to stay logged in. These features improve the user experience while maintaining robust security. This update is for mobile login only.

Localized numeric grade formatting. Grades now respect the user’s language and locale settings, displaying numeric values using the appropriate decimal separator.

Modernized bottom navigation for Liquid Glass displays. Rebuilt bottom navigation to ensure full compatibility and proper rendering with the new iOS Liquid Glass–style system UI, improving visual stability and touch accuracy.

Jones & Bartlett content launch on iPhone. Content from Jones & Bartlett 4th Edition failed to open, preventing LTI content from launching correctly in Blackboard App.

Organization filter retention. Filters and search preferences persist across sessions on the Organization landing page.

Enhanced navigation. Slimmer nav bar auto-hides when scrolling down, reappearing when scrolling up.

Improved offline content flow. When offline, the app redirects to the offline screen to access downloaded content or shows a no content message.

Open App option on YouTube player doesn’t open video on Blackboard App.

Can't add file from Google Drive using insert content.

Course filters remain active after removal in Arabic.