Adaptive Release is a Blackboard Learn tool that allows you to set one or more conditions that must be met before a content page, folder, course module, or test is made available to the students. One common use case is when the instructor wants to make sure a student has passed a test on Module 1 before proceeding to Module 2 content.

Release Criteria can be any of the following:

• Access by Date/Time (note: 12:00 noon is PM, 12:00 midnight is AM)
  • Open After Specified Date/Time
  • Open Until Specified Date/Time
• Access through Membership in a Group you created
• Access based on a Grade
  • User has Passed a Test with a specified score or percentage
  • The User has Completed an Attempt (An attempt is recorded in the Grade Center when the user submits a Test, Survey, or Assignment, or when a grade is entered or edited.)
• Access after User clicks the "Mark Reviewed" button on a specified piece of content.

Example: Let's say that you require students to pass the Module 1 Quiz with an 80% grade before the Module 2 Content Folder is released to the student.

1. Create the Module 1 Quiz. (A Grade Center column is automatically created when you save the quiz.)
2. Ensure that Edit Mode is turned ON.
3. Create the Module 2 Content Folder (content can to be added later) and select Adaptive Release from the pull-down menu.
4. Scroll down to the GRADE section of the Adaptive Release criteria.
   1. Select the Grade Center column for Module 1 Quiz.
   2. Click the Percent button and select Greater Than or Equal To from the pull down menu, and enter "80" in the box.
   3. Click the Submit button at the bottom of the page.

Note: After you have set up Adaptive Release, the Module 2 Content Folder will be hidden from students and will only be visible to you when Edit Mode is ON.

Adaptive Release Advanced allows you to set multiple conditions for the release of an item. For example, you could say that the Module 2 folder is only available after a student has passed the Module 1 quiz with 80% and the date is October 1, 2018 or later. Both conditions have to be true before the item will be released, so this is a way to further narrow the release criteria. Use Advanced only when you need more than one release condition.