System Announcements

• Bb Annotate- New Tool for Inline Grading (Wednesday, July 15, 2020)
  

  Updated: July 15, 2020

  Bb Annotate, Blackboard's new inline assignment grading tool is now available. Created in partnership with institutions around the globe, Bb Annotate will replace the existing inline grading tool found in your courses today. This new tool will offer a more robust feature set for you to provide customizable feedback to your students, including a sidebar summary view, freehand drawing tools, various color selections, and more.

  To prepare for the arrival of Bb Annotate:

  1. Watch a video about Bb Annotate:

  • Bb Annotate Overview in Blackboard Learn

   

  2. Download your Quick Start Guide:

  •  Bb Annotate Quick Start Guide for Instructors (.pdf)

  3. Visit the Help documentation site:

  • Instructor Help Page
  • Student Help Page

  For more information, see https://uis.jhu.edu/bb-annotate-new-tool-for-inline-grading/

• Phishing emails appearing to come from Blackboard (Tuesday, June 23, 2015)
  

  Phishing scams use fraudulent emails to get users to reveal confidential information. Such emails usually look like they come from a legitimate organization such as Blackboard but contain links to illegitimate sites.

  Blackboard has become aware of a mass phishing scam targeting customers using Blackboard Learn. To be clear, Blackboard Learn has not been hacked -- these are emails sent directly from a spammer to emails it may have harvested by spidering the institution's websites for email addresses.

  For more information see:  https://uis.jhu.edu/blackboard/blackboard-known-issues/phishing-emails-appearing-to-come-from-blackboard/