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New Features and Enhancements System Administration

Release Notes for Release 9.1 Service Pack 3 (9.1.30151.0) Page 6

New Features and Enhancements

The Release Notes provide a high-level overview of the New Features and Enhancements from

the previous service pack on Release 9.1. Release 9.1 Service Pack 3 contains some

enhancements and changes in functionality for most users coming from Service Pack 2.

If you are new to Release 9.1, please refer to the “Understanding the Change” document,

available for each product through

Behind the Blackboard, to get a comprehensive look at the

features and functions of Release 9.1 and how they compare to the your current production

version. Also please work through the

Upgrade Center where we have provided a step by step

planning guide to assist you through this process.

System Administration

Course Quota Updates

Course Quota changes can now be made through the Quotas page accessed from the contextual

menu next to a course name in the Courses list on the Administration Panel. Options are now

available for Course Quota, which refers to the maximum storage for course files, and Legacy

File Storage, which refers to any files that are not moved to course files and still exist in the old

hidden storage system.

Different values can be entered for Course Quota and Legacy Files Storage to take into

consideration whether all or only some course files will remain in the legacy storage system. The

value will also appear in the Content Collection or Course Content Quota page for each course.

The value can be changed from those pages and the change will appear from both the Course

page and the Administration page. The value entered from the Administration panel is the default

for newly created courses once the value is set.

Course Delivery

Adaptive Release

Instructors can now set Adaptive Release rules using a calculated column. Categories for each

item in the Grade Center appear in the Select a Grade Center column drop-down list.

Announcements

New Announcements now appear directly below a repositionable bar. Priority Announcements

can be moved above the bar so they always appear first in the list. Students do not see the bar.

Early Warning System

Instructors can now set Early Warning System rules using a calculated column. Categories for

each item in the Grade Center appear in the Select a Grade Center column drop-down list.