Planned release window: 2024-12-16 – 2024-12-20
Please note that the regular webReader release may contain notes that are relevant for Blackboard Learn Ultra users: Preliminary – webReader December 2024 (v 3.8.7)
New Features and Changes
Limit Features on Assessments and Quizzes
The Dictionary, Translation, and download MP3 features will be disabled when users open an assessment or quiz page. #7737
Open documents with docReader only Displayed if Documents are Detected
The Open documents with docReader link in the course banner will only be displayed if the documents can be detected on the current page. #8173
Close the Player when the User Navigates
The webReader player will now be stopped and closed when the user navigates to a different page. #7704
Improved Document Detection
Documents will now be identified based on meta data, rather than the file name. This means that documents that don’t end in .docx/.pdf will still be detected. #8308