Blackboard version 7.2, which contains a number of new features, will be available for Fall '07 courses.

New features of this release include:

• Newly designed Discussion Board
• Ability to grade Discussion Board participation
• New options for deploying tests
• Announcements e-mailed to students at time of posting
• Alert faculty trends in student performance via the Early Warning System, enabling them to communicate with students
• Give students more individualized feedback in the Gradebook
• Manage multiple portfolios
• Improve portfolios with enhanced layout, style, and design