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UA Learn Blackboard Upgrade Summer 2017

Blackboard is Being Updated!

On July 1, 2017, UA Learn will be unavailable from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m to allow for the upgrade. Please note, the look and feel of the system will not change on July 1st. This upgrade will include new features, detailed below.

What's New?

When you log in to the upgraded UA Learn system the interface will continue to use the Original Experience and look the same. The faculty and student user interface changes are as outlined below. A more in-depth look at the updates can be found here.

File Drag & Drop Feature

You will now be able to drag and drop content from your computer when you see the dotted line box, pictured in the images below, in all of the following:

Content Text Editor
Content Collection
Blank Page
Blog
Journal

Faculty View of Drag & Drop Option in Edit Mode

Image of Drag and Drop feature in UA Learn

Student View of Drag & Drop Option when submitting an assignment

Student Submission Receipt

Confirmation number given to students

Image of student submission receipt in UA Learn

More Resources

Blackboard Instructor Resources

UAA Academic Innovations & eLearning
UAA/APU Consortium Library, 215
3211 Providence Drive
Anchorage, Alaska 99508
(907) 786-4496
uaa_ai@uaa.alaska.edu