August 2026

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August 2026

In this release:

• Improved Gradebook Grid View
• Duplicate items on the Course Content page
• Manage Group Membership with Drag and Drop
• Create Multiple Groups at Once
• Export Question Banks
• Configure the “From” name for automation messages

Improved Gradebook Grid View

A faster, simpler Gradebook experience is now available. Access this link to explore the upcoming improvements and interface simplifications.

Duplicate items on the Course Content page

Instructors can now duplicate any item on the Course Content page except LTI items, with the copy retaining all content and settings from the original. A new Duplicate option appears in the More options menu for every item. This makes it faster to build consistent, repeating course structures.

Locate the item you want to duplicate, then follow these steps to duplicate a content item:

1. Click on the ellipses of the content item.
2. Click on Duplicate.

Manage Group Membership with Drag and Drop

Instructors can now use drag and drop to manage group membership in the Groups management experience. This makes it faster and more intuitive to assign and remove students from groups without relying on menus and selection lists.

To assign the student to another group, move the mouse over the unassigned student to display the purple handle with which you can drag and drop the unassigned student to the group.

Create Multiple Groups at Once

Instructors can now create between two and 5,000 groups in a single action from the Groups management screen, eliminating the need to add groups one at a time. This streamlines course setup, reduces repetitive work, and makes it much faster to establish group structures, especially in large courses.

Access the group set and follow these steps:

1. Click on the add group button.
2. Click on create multiple groups.
3. Enter the number of groups you need to add to the group set.
4. Click on continue.
   
5. Remember to save the group set.

Export Question Banks

Instructors can now export a question bank as a file to their local device. This makes it easier to back up assessment content or share with other instructors for reuse across courses.

Configure the “From” name for automation messages

Instructors, or any user with automation editing permissions, can now configure who automation-generated messages appear to come from. Each automation has an author, who created it, and a sender, whose identity appears on all messages the automation generates. The author and sender can be different people. This matters when a course builder or administrator creates an automation on an instructor's behalf. The sender can be set to an instructor enrolled in the course so that messages reach students from a recognizable, trustworthy source. Students are more likely to engage with messages when they can clearly identify the sender.

By default, the sender is the automation's author. Any user with editing permissions can update the sender to another eligible user in the course. Each automation supports one sender at a time. If the assigned sender loses course access or is removed from the course, the automation pauses until a new sender is assigned. Blackboard LMS displays a notification when an automation becomes inactive due to a missing or invalid sender, so instructors can quickly identify and resolve the issue.

Access an already created automation or create a new automation, then follow these steps:

1. Click on the pencil next to Send course message to edit the message.

2. Click on the pencil next to the Instructor's name - in this case it is Lebo Intentional.

3. Choose another Instructor from which this automation should come.
4. Click on Save to update the instructor from which the automation is sent.
   
5. Click on Save to update the automation.
   

Credit to Blackboard help