Blackboard Ultra Training Session Recordings

The IDC offers training sessions on Blackboard Ultra, available on YouTube. Links to specific topics from each session are provided below.

Live training sessions are also available, and the schedule is listed in the Faculty Development Opportunities

Table of Contents

• Ultra Training Session 1 - Simple Course Design, Accessibility and Intro to Ultra 
• Ultra Training Session 2 - Assessments: Tests & Assignments 
• Ultra Training Session 3 - Collaboration - Groups & Student Engagement
• Ultra Training Session 4 - Gradebook 
• How to View a YouTube Transcript

Ultra Training Session 1 - Simple Course Design, Accessibility and Intro to Ultra

Introduction to Blackboard Ultra, highlighting accessibility and course design features. Overview of communication tools, student roster, creating and copying content, and Learning Module design.

• Introduction & Overview (0:00)
• Getting Into Your Course (3:00)
• Navigation (5:35)
• Making Your Course Available (8:45)
• Setting up a Course Banner (10:33)
• Announcements (14:27)
• Messages (19:44)
• Accommodations (23:50)
• Creating Course Content (27:10)
• Student Preview (27:43)
• Expanding the Module & Exploring Its Contents (29:19)
• Forced Sequence Option (30:00)
• Course Copy (45:22)
• Uploading Content to Course (53:33)
• Accessibility Meter (56:30)
• Books and Tools (58:48)
• Link from Cloud Storage (1:01:17)
• Closing (1:02:09)

Ultra Training Session 2 - Assessments: Tests & Assignments

Review of assessment tools in Blackboard Ultra. Creating tests and assignments with a variety of settings, options, and reports. Also includes adding and creating rubrics for assessments and discussions.

• Intro (0:00)
• Overview (3:19)
• Creating Assignments (3:56)
• Assignment Settings (7:36)
• Assignment Submissions (18:22)
• Creating Tests (22:29)
• Test Settings (41:15)
• Submission Tab (45:56)
• Closing (51:25)

Ultra Training Session 3 - Collaboration - Groups & Student Engagement

Overview of collaboration tools and resources in Blackboard Ultra. Tools include creating groups and group assignments, discussions, class conversations, journals, and peer review options.

• Intro (0:00)
• Getting Started with Groups (2:31)
• About Group Set (3:04)
• Navigating the Group Set (3:40)
• Sending message to a particular group (4:14)
• Creating Group Set (5:15)
• Two ways to assign your students to the groups (6:07)
• Creating groups randomly (6:57)
• Creating custom groups (8:31)
• Creating a Discussion (11:50)
• More on the discussion (13:55)
• Viewing and grading posts (17:15)
• Creating Group assignment (18:47)
• Grading group assignment (20:20)
• Class Conversion (23:30)
• Creating a journal (25:40)
• Peer review assignment (27:33)

Ultra Training Session 4 - Gradebook

The Blackboard Ultra Gradebook has a new look. This session on Gradebook Management will demonstrate the four different tab views instructors use in grading. Also included are grade book settings, creating manual columns, configuring the overall grade column, flexible grading, and monitoring student activity.

• Overview (0:00)
• Four gradebook views listed (0:39)
• Overview (0:55)
• Gradeable Items (2:01)
• Grades View (4:02)
• Student View (8:51)
• Grades view in detail (10:07)
• Manage Gradebook items and Student Visibility (15:17)
• Adding a new category (18:12)
• Create and Generate Course Rubrics (18:53)
• Track student activity (22:51)
• Internal Notes (24:05)
• Activity Log (24:42)
• Student stats and charts (26:08)
• Accommodations (26:55)
• Sending a message (27:11)
• Overall Grades and grades calculations (28:38)
• Weighted and Advanced Calculations (33:57)

How to View a YouTube Video Transcript

When viewing a video, scroll down to the area just above the comments. There you should see bold text that says "more..." select it to view the full video description.

Scroll down to the bottom of the description and select "Show Transcript."

This should open a transcript window to the right of the video player.