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Release Notes for Release 9.1 Service Pack 3 (9.1.30151.0) Page 5

About the Release Notes

The Release Notes provide System Administrators with information about the changes from the

previous release to this Service Pack of Release 9.1. These changes have been categorized into

three different types that are meant to assist you with planning your upgrade to this maintenance

release. The highlights below are meant to be a quick reference of changes that we believe will

impact most usage scenarios. Always review the entire document and consider the impacts listed

below to your specific usage patterns.

If you are upgrading to Release 9.1 from Release 9.0, 8.0, 7.x, or CE 8, CE 4 or Vista, please go

to the

Upgrade Center for information targeted to your needs.

 End User Impacts: Items that fall into this category will generally be new features or

enhancements that will improve the experience, but may require training.

• Service Pack 3 of Release 9.1 includes enhancements that are outlined in the New

Features and Enhancements section.

 The new NOOKstudy e-textbook reader Blackboard Building Block™ from

Barnes & Noble has been included.

 Several features to increase instructor efficiency have been added including

question numbers for assessments, the ability to set priority announcements,

and a new Needs Grading page that provides an instant view of items that

need to be graded.

• With every release

Resolved Issues may impact your end users. While we hope this

is a positive impact, review the list for any changes you may want to communicate to

your community.

• We have provided a link to a regularly updated list of

Known Issues specific to this

release that provides a description and targeted path to resolution.

 Clients are cautioned to not use the Move Files Utility as described in this

article.

 System Administration and Integration Impacts: Items that fall into this category impact

the administration of the system, including API integration. A review of Building Blocks,

Snapshot or other integrations may be required.

• With every release, the Release Notes include updates to the following information to

help you prepare your system for the upgrade and make performance tuning

adjustments.

 Performance and Scalability – Details the latest analysis from our

Performance Engineering team and how to tune an installation of this

release.

 Supported Technologies – Gives an overview of the changes to supported

platform technologies and client technologies in this release.

 Installation and Upgrade Information – Provides the supported upgrade paths

to this release as well as tips for running the updater.