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NEW Ultra Course View for Instructors
Below is an overview of Blackboard Learn Ultra Course View for Instructors.
Overview
Blackboard Learn Ultra is the most modern, intuitive, and personalized Blackboard Learn user experience. Learn Ultra is characterized by simplified workflows and an accessible, fully responsive design making it easier than ever to teach and learn from any device.
Getting Started
- Contact the LAIC with your interest in getting your course set up in the new Blackboard Learn Ultra environment.
- Determine how to create your new Ultra course, create new or select content, and copy over.
- Set up your Blackboard Ultra profile and notification to best meet your needs and update you on course information.
- We have compiled tips and basic-to-advanced steps for all novice or expert instructors to build and teach using Blackboard Ultra.
Best Practices
Course design is focused on setting your students up for success and providing a quality learning experience. This means designing learning to give students transparency and clarity about your expectations of their learning, and their performance through assessment. It begins with backward design, considering learning goals first and moving on to aligning assessments and activities with those goals.
Learn More/How To's
- A Quick Start Guide - make sure to scroll down to Ultra Course View
- Setting Up a Course - Set Up Notifications, Calendar, Student Preview, and more.
- Course Content - Create Content, Content Release Conditions, and more.
- Adding a Course Materials Link (Textbook Publisher) to Your Blackboard Ultra Course
- Assessments - Create Tests, Edit Tests, and Questions, Create Forms, and Create Assignments
- Interacting with Students - Groups, Journals, Announcements, Discussions, and more.
- Gradebook - Settings, Rubrics, Accommodations, and more.
- Analytics - Course activity reports, Student Activity Details for Assessments, and more.
- Browser Support
- Instructor On-demand Video Tutorials - short videos to get you started!
FAQs
- Coming Soon!
Use Cases
- Delivering instruction, assessing student learning, facilitating communication, and fostering collaboration
Universal Design/Accessibility
- Using strategies and guidelines from Universal Design for Learning and ensuring all of the course content is accessible creates a welcoming and inclusive classroom environment.