Blackboard Outcomes
Blackboard Outcomes extends Blackboard by integrating learning outcome measurement capabilities. This allows institutions to begin measuring, interpreting, and visualizing learning outcome performance directly within Blackboard, while maintaining alignment with institutional assessment practices.
With Blackboard Outcomes, institutions can establish a shared framework for outcome measurement by defining institution‑wide performance scales, identifying key assessments, and surfacing outcome results to instructors and students—without requiring users to leave the Blackboard experience. These capabilities support consistent, longitudinal measurement of student learning across courses, programs, and terms to support institutional continuous improvement.
Blackboard provides the instructional and assessment context where learning occurs, while Outcomes provides the broader administrative and analytical tools for institutional assessment and reporting.
For comprehensive information about Outcomes—including outcome management, assessment reporting, and administrative workflows—visit the Outcomes help site.
Note
Blackboard Outcomes must be provisioned for the institution. Contact your account team for further support.
After Blackboard Outcomes is configured for the institution, instructors can select to show or hide the Outcomes tab for students. The Mastery outcomes tab for students setting is located in Mastery Gradebook - Visibility Settings.
Student view of Blackboard Outcomes
If Blackboard Outcomes is enabled for the institution and the course, students can view outcomes in the Outcomes tab of the Gradebook.
