December 2025 Features & Releases

December 2025 Blackboard Production Releases v4000.4

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

Instructors:

1. Set release conditions for open or started and for non-assessment content items
   
2. Improved handling of group membership changes
   
3. Aligned gradebook submission counts with Show/Hide Unavailable Students Gradebook setting
   
4. Standardized tabbed interface in Flexible Grading
   
5. Improved Automations experience
   
6. Specify participation requirements for Discussions
   
7. AI Conversation - Remove Originality Reporting
   
8. Better Audio and Video in Feedback
   
9. Learning Module Table of Contents - Instructor View

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Instructors and Students:

1. AVA - Responses to Student Messages
   
2. Support Inline and Display Formulas in MathJax
   
3. Video Studio: Recording Minimize Workflow
   
4. Video Studio: Record Screen and Camera Simultaneously

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Students:

1. Course Catalog: Use Trust Payments to pay for courses
   

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Instructors and Administrators:

1. Use New Spectator Role (Course Role)
   

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All Users:

1. Manage Blackboard App Session Timeouts and Session Controls
   

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Administrators:

1. Customize grade pills to reflect incomplete/complete status and exemption criteria
   
2. Apply schema-based gradebook calculations
   
3. Enhance Control Over LTI Proctoring Tools with Institutional Hierarchy
   
4. Permanent "Course Complete" Banner in Closed Original Courses
   
5. Import and Export Privileges for System and Course Roles
   
6. Switch on or off Discussion tool visibility
   

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API Updates:

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

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