Here I will outline the changes I've made over time...
- Increased the text size of the time indicator on videos
- Fixed the current time not showing when hovering a video's progress bar
- Restyled the current time on videos
- Switched to using the Inter font by default instead of Atkinson Hyperlegible: I think this is a better default for most people
- Added a volume amplifier to the video player
- Desaturated most colors for a more mature look
- The Leanpub styles and scrolling improvements are now part of the browser extension. You can now remove the Stylus userstyle and Tampermonkey userscript if you have them installed.
- Fixed the backgrounds of the icons on the Activity Stream page of Blackboard Ultra.
- Made subheadings in the course content sidebar smaller to differentiate them from the sidebar links
- Replaced the "i" logo on the Institution Page to fit in with the rest of the website better
- Removed the filter dropdown on the courses page which seems useless as far as I can tell
- Set a max size for the captions so they don't take up the whole screen
- Added a subtle border around the video progress bar so it's easier to see how far through the video you are
- Styled the video captions settings dialog
- Fixed the Duo authentication prompt being too large on mobile
- Set the active navbar item on Blackboard Ultra to purple
- Fixed video buttons having the wrong icons
- Restyled the video volume slider
- The Firefox extension has been reverted to manifest v2 as Firefox for Android does not fully support manifest v3 yet
- Whether you have captions enabled is remembered between videos
- Double click in a video to toggle fullscreen
- Fixed the
ckeyboard shortcut not working in videos
- Fixed conflicts with table styles when course pages have custom styles
- Removed the "Error: Item isn't available for students" warning when middle clicking on a course card
- Finished converting this into a browser extension. See the README for instructions on how to install it.
- Styled the "Institution Page" (homepage) on Blackboard Ultra
- Misc styling fixes
- I'm working on converting this into an extension which solves some issues... But I need to wait for Mozilla to approve it before I can publish it.
- Much easier to install
- No need to manually check for updates
- Styles kick in immediately, rather than after the page loads
- Since scripts don't need to be installed one-by-one, I can add more features
- Removed curved corners from the navbar on Blackboard Ultra
- Makes the list view on Blackboard Ultra more compact
- Added a button to the course iframe to open the course content in a new tab
- Middle-click on a course card to open it in a new tab
- Fixed the minimum height of the page when viewing a course so the navbar reaches the bottom of the screen
- Fixed the video title not having the title font
- Fixed video keyboard shortcuts accidentally triggering the currently focused button
- Fixed the captions keyboard shortcut (
c) sometimes not working - Added images to the course list view
- Blackboard automatically hides the course content menu when the screen becomes small, but doesn't expand it again when the screen becomes large. Added a script that restores the menu when the screen becomes large again.
- Added stylings for the "Your download will start shortly. If it doesn't, download the file now." page
- Switched the default body font to Atkinson Hyperlegible.
- Fixed a Blackboard Ultra bug on mobile where the breadcrumb bar would be floating near the top, rather than at the top.
- Styled (and fixed) the mobile header on Blackboard Ultra.
- Set the background color of the loading screen to be less jarring.
- Set the video title bar to have a dark background.
- Removed the margin around the video toolbar, and fixed the alignment of its icons.
- Styled and fixed the Blackboard Ultra header on mobile
- Added an "open with new tab" button to Blackboard videos. Requested by a friend so she could have a video and her notes in split screen.
- Fixed weirdness with the sizing of Blackboard videos (stops them sometimes scrolling off the screen)
- Initial stylings for the course page of the new Blackboard Ultra website, including:
- Reduced the size of each course card (in the grid view) to fit more on the screen.
- Decluttered the list view, removing mostly everything apart from the module title.
- Decluttered the grid view, removing the internal module code and the course status (open vs closed).
- Stopped cards moving up on hover.
- Performance optimisations for the add_course_images script.
- Versions prior to today break the new Blackboard Ultra website. It'll get stuck on the loading screen. Please update to the latest version of the script as soon as possible.
- Added a script to automatically click the login button on the Blackboard login page if your details are saved in your browser (see the README for instructions)
- Restyled the asides in course pages (in my course, they're labelled "Learning Outcomes" on each week's section)
- Differentiated 1st and 2nd semester courses more. Specifically, 1st semester courses have a desaturated color, and their images are slightly blurred.
- Fixed the highlight_current_modules.js script not doing anything sometimes (the window load event was not being fired).
- Fixed a subtle animation bug when hovering on 1st semester courses.
- Fixed the appearance (height) of the
:focusring on module cards. - Subtitles in videos are now left-aligned instead of centered.
- The Pixabay API is now used to get images for unknown modules.
- Fixed non-current modules being incorrectly clipped.
- Fixed issues with tables that have a
<thead>element- The first non-header row was being styled as a header
- The header was incorrectly given rounded corners
- Ensured that the course pages' sidebar takes up the full height of the viewport
- Added a subtle border between a module image and its title
- Set the color of selected text on the quiz page
- Made module images clickable again
- Styled tables in course pages
- Headings will use the "Urbanist" font, and the body text will use the "Inter" font
- Improved the look of the module cards
- Added an Atkinson Hyperlegible addon (see the README for instructions)
- Fixed the look of the mobile menu dropdown button (#menuPuller)
- Updated the colors to better match a Material You palette
- Added a subtle transition to the module selection grid
- Fixed the add_course_images script sometimes not working
- Added images for individual modules (with the add_course_images script)
- Added popup icons when you play/pause a video (just like on YouTube)
- Fixed icons not displaying in Blackboard videos (such as the fullscreen icon)
- Videos are no longer anti-aliased so they look sharper. On lower resolution displays, this could cause the video to look pixelated.
- Updated the styling for the assessment page
- Fixed video popup menus always being hoverable
- Hidden the "Download Subtitles and Transcription" button from videos
- Used less-rounded corners on the Blackboard course tabs
- Fixed inconsistent spacing on the Blackboard homepage
- Added a third script to add images to the module list on the Blackboard homepage (see the README for instructions). Currently, only COMP and MATH modules are supported, but please let me know your module codes and I'll add them.
- Added more custom icons to Blackboard course pages
- Replaced images from my personal website with their original sources
- Added a second script to add keyboard shortcuts to the Blackboard video player (see the README for instructions)
- Left and right arrow keys to skip 10 seconds
- Up and down arrow keys to increase/decrease volume
- Spacebar to play/pause
- F key to toggle fullscreen
- C key to toggle captions
- Fixed the optional script sometimes not working
- Adapted the optional script to also highlight 2nd semester courses in the former-courses tab
- Uploaded the script to https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/478967-uom-blackboard-userscript
- Users are recommended to install from there (it will automatically replace the old version of the script)
- This script will now auto update (hopefully)
- Replaced the generic image on the Blackboard homepage with an image of The Queen's Arch here in Manchester
- Fixed videos getting cropped weirdly