April 2026 Features & Releases

April 2026 Blackboard Production Releases v4000.12

Please use the links below to learn more about topics that interest you or may help with day-to-day tasks. 

All Users:

1. Student access to Mastery powered by Outcomes

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Instructors and Students:

1. Review both sets of Discussion due dates across multiple views in Blackboard
   
2. AI Conversation: Use Message Limits
   
3. Specify assignment submission type
   
4. Improvements to multiple choice and multiple answer questions
   
5. Increased SafeAssign file size limit to 25 MB for Direct Submit
   
6. Video Studio: Control Playback Speed

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Instructors:

1. Add Substantive and Non-Substantive Content indicators in instructor discussion analysis
   
2. Adjust grades for individual student attempts in group submissions
   
3. Student names display in chosen sort order in Flexible Grading

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Administrators and Instructors:

1. Create multiple repositories with support for Institutional Hierarchy in the Learning Object Repository
   
2. Copy automations in course copies

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Administrators:

1. Filter objects by type in the Learning Object Repository
   
2. Improved support for Ally in the Learning Object Repository
   
3. Handle images as thumbnail links in Announcement emails
   
4. Associate subjects using Flat File SIS feeds
   
5. Grades Journey: Apply the Format for date column setting to the Last Attendance Date
   
6. Universal Authentication Solution: Support password-only authentication in secure environments
   
7. Preserve activity data for individual Assignments during Original to Ultra conversion through Bulk Copy and Convert
   
8. Course Catalog: Preview certificates on the Certificate Management page
   
9. Milestone: Award macro badges based on earned micro achievements for Open Badges 3.0
   

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API Updates:

For more information about APIs, please explore the LEARN APIs page.

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