Known Issues – Blackboard System Status

Mobile App/Mobile Browser

Unable to assign users to groups in mobile app (New: 2/18/2025)

Issue

When an instructor is using the mobile app and attempts to assign users to groups or move users between groups, the pop-up menu does not display with an option to move to another group.

Workaround

Assign or edit group memberships from a computer.

Potential Resolution Date

Blackboard Inc. is aware of this known issue and are working on a resolution. At this time, there is no known date that this will be resolved, but we will continue to update this page if there are any changes.

URLs containing 4 dots not opening on iOS mobile app (New: 4/9/2025)

Issue

Any URL that contains 4 or more dots in the URL text fails to open or load within the iOS Mobile App.

Workaround

Open the URL on the mobile browser, or on a computer.

Potential Resolution Date

Ultra Courses

Adding course link into folder or learning module causes an error (New: 5/13/2025)

Issue

When adding a course link from a course folder or learning module into a different folder or learning module, an error is displayed and the link is not added.

Workaround

At this time, there is no known workaround.

Potential Resolution Date

Blackboard Inc. is aware of this known issue and a patch is scheduled for the update on August 7, 2025.

Altering question order freezes assignment screen (New: 10/5/2023)

Issue

In an Ultra Assignment where there are multiple questions, when an instructor changes the order of the questions, the screen will freeze. When the screen is closed and re-opened, the new order is presented.

Workaround

Close the frozen screen and re-open it. The new changes should be saved.

Potential Resolution Date

Automated feedback not displayed for tests containing essay questions (New: 5/13/2025)

Issue

If a test includes an essay question, automated feedback for other auto-graded question types, such as multiple choice or true/false, is not shown after the submission, even when the test is set to show automated feedback "after submission".

Workaround

At this time, there is no known workaround.

Potential Resolution Date

Bb Annotate: buttons become inoperable when viewing multiple page documents (New: 6/5/2024)

Issue

When viewing a multi-page document in Bb Annotate, the zoom and page navigation buttons become inoperable when you scroll to the second page of the document.

Workaround

At this time, there is no known workaround.

Potential Resolution Date

Bb Annotate: Comment Mode is not sticking after each comment (New: 8/13/2024)

Issue

When grading an assignment and using the Comment tool, the Comment tool turns off after each comment is made. It should remain on until the user turns off the Comment tool.

Workaround

At this time, there is no known workaround. Click on the Comment tool before making each new comment.

Potential Resolution Date

Blackboard Inc. is aware of this known issue and a patch is scheduled for the update on June 5, 2025.

Bb Annotate: duplicate text function only duplicates first line (New: 10/16/2024)

Issue

When grading an assignment and using the Text tool with multiple lines of text, then using the Duplicate option, only the first line of text will be duplicated.

Workaround

At this time, there is no known workaround. Copy the text using the Control + C shortcut, click Text, then paste using the Control + V shortcut.

Potential Resolution Date

Bb Annotate: inconsistent actions while in Comment Mode (New: 11/19/2024)

Issue

When grading an assignment using Bb Annotate, there are several issues that may arise while editing your comments that moves the cursor to the top of the page.

When typing words using apostrophes too fast, such as "don't", the cursor will move to the top of the page.
When pressing and holding the Backspace key to delete letters or words, the cursor jumps to the top of the text.

Workaround

Type slower if you are typing a word that contains an apostrophe. To remove text, use the Control + A option to select all and remove it, or delete the comment and recreate it.

Potential Resolution Date

Bb Annotate becomes unusable when using browser zoom (New: 4/21/2025)

Issue

When using Bb Annotate with your browser zoom set to 150% or more, the annotation tools may no longer respond or function correctly.

Workaround

Turn the zoom off of your browser while grading.

Potential Resolution Date

Changing grade category for an LTI item with release conditions will not save (New: 10/16/2024)

Issue

When an instructor attempts to change the grade category for a column for an LTI item (such as a textbook integration or VoiceThread assignment) and the corresponding content item has release conditions turned on, the category will not save.

Workaround

Remove the release conditions, edit the category, then re-add the release conditions.

Potential Resolution Date

Blackboard Inc. is aware of this known issue and a patch is scheduled for the update on June 5, 2025.

Correct multiple choice answers labeled incorrect on student view submission page (New: 4/30/2025)

Issue

After completing a multiple-choice test where Question Scores are set to be available only after all grades are posted, students see their correct answers incorrectly labeled as "Incorrect" on the View Submission page.

Workaround

At this time, there is no known workaround.

Potential Resolution Date

Discussions in hidden learning modules still appear on Discussions tab (New: 4/10/2025)

Issue

When a discussion that is visible to students is placed inside a learning module or folder that is hidden from students, the discussion is still available through the Discussions tab on the menu, bypassing the availability settings of the parent folder or module.

Workaround

Make the discussion hidden from students.

Potential Resolution Date

Documents inserted in table will not display title correctly (New: 2/16/2024)

Issue

When creating a table and adding a document into the table, the name of the document, and the table itself, will not display correctly.

Workaround

Use a shorter title name, or do not add the document into the table itself, and add it below the table.

Potential Resolution Date

Downloaded gradebook omits overall feedback for attempts with override grade (New: 4/30/2025)

Issue

When attempting to download a gradebook with overridden grades, the feedback for the attempts where a grade was overridden will not be visible in the downloaded file.

Workaround

At this time, there is no known workaround.

Potential Resolution Date

Editing fill in the blank questions break access to student attempts (New: 12/9/2024)

Issue

Editing a fill in the blank question in a question bank when it is added to a question pool will break any student attempt that has that question included.

Workaround

Reverse the changes and access should be restored.

Potential Resolution Date

Folder names and descriptions appear to update without saving (New: 5/13/2025)

Issue

When editing folders in Ultra courses, the name and description update in real time on the Course Content page as changes are made. However, if the Edit panel is closed without saving, the updated values still appear on the Content page until the course is refreshed.

Workaround

Be sure to click Save when editing the folder name and description.

Potential Resolution Date

Forced sequence modules cause Cengage LTI links to appear broken (New: 11/11/2024)

Issue

In a module when force sequence has been activated, then a Cengage link is placed inside the module, the link will appear with a label "This link is broken. The corresponding placement has been deleted. Select Synchronize Placements if you want to recover it."

Workaround

Either disable force sequence on the module or place the Cengage link outside of the module.

Potential Resolution Date

Grade history does not show who cleared grades (New: 4/21/2025)

Issue

When a user deletes a test or assignment from the course outline, all associated attempts are deleted. However, the "Attempt Grade Cleared" record, which should show who removed the attempt, in the grade history has no user information.

Workaround

At this time, there is no known workaround.

Potential Resolution Date

Blackboard Inc. is aware of this known issue and a patch is scheduled for the update on June 5, 2025.

HTML characters in inline grading comments translated to plain text (New: 3/12/2024)

Issue

When adding comments using the inline grading comment feature, the characters "&", "<", and ">" will be translated from html to plain text, instead showing '&lt', '&amp', and '&gt'.

Workaround

At this time, there is no known workaround.

Potential Resolution Date

Hyperlinks in Announcements and Messages not displayed properly (new: 5/13/2025)

Issue

When pasting a URL hyperlink into an announcement or message, and the URL contains an ampersand (&), the link is not preserved correctly, and will become altered.

Workaround

Create a web link in the course content with the URL, and point students to that location to open the URL.

Potential Resolution Date

Incorrect message displayed when copying rubrics (New: 7/24/2023)

Issue

In Ultra, when copying a rubric, a message is displayed saying "When you create a copy, existing grades will be converted to overrides." However, the grades are not actually overridden, and the message is displayed incorrectly.

Workaround

At this time, there is no known workaround.

Potential Resolution Date

Manually overridden scores in gradebook are not reflected in downloaded results file (New: 10/21/2024)

Issue

When an instructor manually overrides the score for a test or assignment in the gradebook, the updated scores appear correctly in the grid view. However, these manually overridden scores do not match the scores displayed in the offline workbook or the downloaded results file.

Workaround

At this time, there is no known workaround.

Potential Resolution Date

No indication that feedback is saved on group submissions (New: 7/22/2024)

Issue

When an instructor adds feedback to a group submission and saves the feedback, the text editor does not exit Edit Mode, and there is no visual indication that the feedback has saved.

Workaround

The feedback should be saved automatically. Reload the page, clicking Save if prompted to save or discard the feedback, and the feedback should be visible.

Potential Resolution Date

Removing a group set causes group submissions to be lost (New: 2/23/2024)

Issue

When an instructor removes a group set that has assignment submissions, all of those submissions are lost. The grade will remain, but will only be visible to students.

Workaround

Make the group set unavailable instead of deleting it.

Potential Resolution Date

Replies in gradable discussions do not always load for instructors (New: 4/21/2025)

Issue

When instructors view student posts in a gradable discussion, some replies may not appear and are hidden behind a visual indicator.

Workaround

At this time, there is no known workaround.

Potential Resolution Date

Rubric disappears while grading (New: 1/21/2025)

Issue

When instructors try to grade assessments associated with rubrics, the rubric does not show up on the grading page.

Workaround

At this time, there is no known workaround.

Potential Resolution Date

Blackboard Inc. is aware of this known issue and a patch is scheduled for the update on August 7, 2025.

Rubric not showing correct points when grading (New: 4/3/2025)

Issue

When instructors try to grade assessments associated with rubrics, the score will not round properly, leading to a difference in the score being show in the rubric and in the grade.

Workaround

At this time, there is no known workaround.

Potential Resolution Date

Rubric values being cached between submissions (New: 10/16/2024)

Issue

When navigating between student submissions that have rubrics for grading, the rubric values are being cached between submissions. They will display correctly on the student's page, but will be cached between views on the instructor page.

Workaround

At this time, there is no known workaround.

Potential Resolution Date

Selecting one row in a table automatically expands to select the whole table (New: 7/22/2024)

Issue

When editing a table inside of a textbox and selecting the contents of only one row, it will instead select the entire table.

Workaround

At this time, there is no known workaround.

Potential Resolution Date

Self enrollment group date and time picker disappears after groups are created (New: 7/22/2024)

Issue

When an instructor creates a self-enrollment group, and reloads the page, the date and time picker for the enrollment period start and end time disappears.

Workaround

Close and reopen the course to view the date and time picker again.

Potential Resolution Date

Spaces removed from content editor during tests (New: 6/11/2024)

Issue

When a student is editing an essay response on a test, some spaces or indentations are removed when the test is submitted.

Workaround

At this time, there is no known workaround.

Potential Resolution Date

Student created discussion board shows as anonymous inside folder (New: 2/5/2025)

Issue

When a student creates a discussion board, and the instructor moves the discussion board into a folder, the creator's name changes from the student's name to "Anonymous".

Workaround

Do not move the discussion into a folder.

Potential Resolution Date

Blackboard Inc. is aware of this known issue and a patch is scheduled for the update on June 5, 2025.

Students cannot submit test when internet is reconnected (New: 4/3/2024)

Issue

When students submit a test attempt while disconnected from the internet, the attempt will not submit. After reconnecting to the internet, they are still unable to submit their attempt.

Workaround

Make sure to check the internet connection prior to starting the attempt, and when possible, use a wired internet connection when taking a test.

Potential Resolution Date

Time limit inconsistencies when extra time is allowed in tests (New: 10/16/2024)

Issue

When Extra Time is set for the time limit for the test itself, the test time is displayed as the entire time (time limit + additional time), instead of displaying the time limit plus any additional time granted.

Workaround

At this time, there is no known workaround. For student's clarification, the instructor can add the time limit information to the Details section of the test.

Potential Resolution Date

Unable to drag and drop images for students in test questions (New: 2/18/2025)

Issue

When a student attempts to drag and drop an image into the content editor on a test, the screen freezes and will not render the image.

Workaround

Do not use the drag and drop, instead upload using the paperclip attachment icon.

Potential Resolution Date

Unable to edit visibility of Cengage assignments in gradebook (New: 10/21/2024)

Issue

When viewing the Ultra gradebook, instructors are unable to edit the visibility of Cengage assignments. This prevents students from viewing their grades.

Workaround

At this time, there is no known workaround.

Potential Resolution Date

Unpredictable search behavior in Gradebook (New: 3/25/2024)

Issue

If an instructor attempts to search for a student using the search bar on the Students list in the gradebook list view, the search bar results are unpredictable and not correct.

Workaround

At this time, there is no known workaround.

Potential Resolution Date

Viewing problems in learning modules with release conditions and force sequence (New: 6/20/2024)

Issue

When an instructor creates a learning module with force sequence, and places a release condition on an individual item inside of the learning module that allows for only a specific user or group to access it, the rest of the students in the course cannot advance past the item with release conditions. They will see the existing items that they need to access, but they will have a lock and cannot be unlocked.

Workaround

Remove any release conditions. If an item needs to be set with release conditions for only a specific user or group of users, list the item outside of the learning module.

Potential Resolution Date

Viewing submission focuses on Bb Annotate comment instead of submission (New: 5/14/2025)

Issue

When a user goes to view a submission that has comments from Bb Annotate, instead of being able to view the submission on the screen, it instead focuses on one of the comments. This leaves the submission and other comments inaccessible in the window.

Workaround

Resize the screen when viewing or adding comments.

Potential Resolution Date

Accessibility Issues

Ally accessibility indicators not displayed for attached assignment files (New: 5/13/2025)

Issue

When files are attached to the instructions section of an assignment in Ultra, the Ally accessibility indicators, including the icon to choose a different format, are not visible to students.

Workaround

Post the assignment instructions as a separate item in the content page above the assignment.

Potential Resolution Date

Alternate formats not showing for download only documents (New: 3/12/2024)

Issue

When uploading a file to an Ultra doc and selecting the "Download Only" option from the menu, the accessible alternative formats are not listed.

Workaround

Use the "Download and View" or "View Only" option for the alternative formats to be available.

Potential Resolution Date

High contrast mode will not highlight selected answer on test (New: 4/18/2024)

Issue

When taking a test, if the user has high contrast mode enabled on their computer, the selected answer for the test question will not be highlighted properly in high contrast.

Workaround

At this time, there is no known workaround.

Potential Resolution Date

Keyboard scrolling functionality is lost after screen interaction in assessments (New: 12/15/2023)

Issue

After opening an assessment (i.e. test or assignment), using the arrow keys will scroll the page up or down. However, after interacting with the page, including by clicking anywhere on screen, the keyboard scroll function is disabled.

Workaround

At this time, there is no known workaround.

Potential Resolution Date

Blackboard Inc. is aware of this known issue and a patch is scheduled for the update on June 5, 2025.

NVDA Screen Reader does not properly read numerical values in test questions and answers (New: 4/21/2025)

Issue

When using the NVDA Screen Reader while taking a test, if the answers are numerical values only, the answer options are not properly distinguished.

Workaround

At this time, there is no known workaround.

Potential Resolution Date

Blackboard Inc. is aware of this known issue and a patch is scheduled for the update on June 5, 2025.

Screen Reader JAWS detects unavailable buttons (New: 10/21/2024)

Issue

In Ultra courses, users utilizing JAWS screen reader encounter accessibility issues. When navigating courses, pressing the down arrow key after selecting a course title causes JAWS to announce a disabled button, which can divert users to an unintended navigation list.

Workaround

At this time, there is no known workaround. However, this is only affecting JAWS. Other screen readers do not have encounter this issue.

Potential Resolution Date

Unable to click on download original file option when using VoiceOver on iOS devices (New: 4/9/2025)

Issue

When using VoiceOver on iOS devices, the option to select "Download Original File" will not work.

Workaround

Download the file on a non-iOS device.

Potential Resolution Date

Browser Issues

Cross-site tracking preventing login and access to integrated applications (New: 3/11/2025)

Issue

When users attempt to log into Blackboard on Safari or Chrome, they may receive an error message stating they cannot log in. This may also affect users when they attempt to open an integrated application, such as VoiceThread or a textbook publisher.

Workaround

By turning off cross-site tracking, users are able to log in successfully. Instructions for each browser are below.

Safari:

Click Safari in the top left corner of the screen
Select Preferences or Settings
Click Privacy
Uncheck the box next to Prevent cross-site tracking
Close the window and reload the page

Chrome:

Click the three dots in the upper right corner
Click Settings
Click Privacy and Security
Click Third-party cookies
Select Allow third-party cookies
Verify Send a "Do Not Track" request with your browsing traffic is toggled off
Reload the page

Potential Resolution Date

Chrome/Windows - Unable to generate image from AI Generate option on module (New: 4/21/2025)

Issue

When using Google Chrome on Windows, and creating a module, the instructor is unable to insert an image using the Generate Images option, and receive the error message "An error occurred processing the image."

Workaround

Create the module, then use another browser to generate the image.

Potential Resolution Date

Blackboard Inc. is aware of this known issue and a patch is scheduled for the update on June 5, 2025.

Safari browser - long question text prevents drag and drop reordering (New: 4/9/2025)

Issue

In Safari, the drag-and-drop reordering of questions cannot scroll beyond the currently displayed content on the page. If a question is too long, other questions cannot be moved above it because the drop zone becomes unreachable.

Workaround

Shorten the question until reordering is complete.