Adaptive Release
Blackboard Created Tutorial: Adaptive Release
Blackboard Created Materials: Review Status
Blackboard Manual Directions:
Adaptive Release: 
Adaptive Release Function:
Adaptive Release Criteria:
Review Status:
Performance Dashboard:
User Progress:
Status Tracking:
Content Release and Tracking Student Progress: An Introduction
Although this seems like a very long name we are going to be looking at three separate features in Blackboard that are related to each other.
Review Status
The Review Status tool allows each student to track their own progress and concurrently allows instructors to track student’s progress of specific content items. Be aware that only the last entry by students is recorded, the record of previous status is erased. Look at the Blackboard Created Tutorial in this section to see the Review Status feature in action.
Adaptive Release
This feature allows instructors to release content based on a set criteria. There are two types of Adaptive Release, Basic and Advanced. Below are key points to remember when using the Adaptive Release feature.
- Planning is an important key to using adaptive release
- Displays content to students based on a set of rules.
- Rules consist of criteria (availability, date/time, individual users and user groups, scores/attempts on any Gradebook item, review status
- Adaptive Release options:
- Basic – one rule per item
- Advanced – multiple rules per item however, only one date and membership criteria can be used
- User Progress – View details of course items (reviewed/not reviewed, visible/not visible)
- Item availability set on the Add item page supersedes Adaptive release rules
Performance Dashboard
The Performance Dashboard provides a “window into all types of user activity” including:
- First/Last/User Name
- Role
- Date/time of last login
- Days since last login
- Review Status
- Adaptive Release information
- View Grades
The Performance Dashboard has a print option which allows the user to print the Dashboard.
Content Release and Tracking of Students
Content Release and Tracking of Students
You will need to download the two files listed below to complete this exercise:
Right-click on the file and choose "Save Target As." Save the file to your hard drive.
Rain Forest Introduction
Rain Forest Monkeys
Accessing Adaptive Release
This exercise uses the Basic Adaptive Release feature.
- Navigate to the Control Panel.
- Click on desired Content Area.
- Click on Add Item. Enter the text "Rain Forest Introduction" in the Name text box. In Section 2, add the Rain Forest Introduction document to the item by clicking on the Browse button. Click on the Submit button.
- On the Receipt Success page, click OK.
- Click Manage button next to the Rain Forest Introduction item.
- Choose the Review Status link.
- Click on the radial button next to Enable. The successful submission page should appear. Click OK.
- Add a second item by clicking on Add Item. Enter Rainforest Monkeys int he Name text box. In Section 2, add the Rainforest Monkeys document to the item by clicking on the Browse button. Click on the Submit button.
- On the Receipt Success page, click OK.
- Click on the Manage button next to the Rain Forest Monkeys document.
- Select the Adaptive Release link.
- Scroll down to Section 4, Review Status and click on the Browse button. The Course Map will appear.
- Select the Rain Forest Introduction page.
- Click on the Submit button. The Receipt Success page will appear. Click OK.
- Navigate to the Content Area that you chose through the Navigation Bar.
- Notice that the Rain Forest Monkey document is not present.
- Click on the Review Status button. The Rain Forest document should appear.
