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The process of routinely deleting old Blackboard courses continues. By March 18, 2022, all Blackboard LIVE (Banner generated), DEV and SBX courses from Summer 2019 to and including Fall 2020 will be permanently purged. Note: Routine purges will continue. Please remember to archive your blackboard courses at the end of each semester. For help with […]

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In support of our work in Blackboard Ultra, Innovative Learning has created a living document to centralize all known issues around unsupported features, issues with current features, and known bugs in Blackboard Ultra. Please refer to Blackboard Ultra Issues & Workarounds for more information.

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This issue has been resolved. ****************** Students and secondary instructors may receive a “Not Found. The specified resource was not found or you do not have permission to access it” error message when attempting to open attached files that were copied from another Blackboard Ultra course. We have reported this issue to Blackboard and they are […]

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Students and secondary instructors may receive a “Not Found. The specified resource was not found or you do not have permission to access it” error message when attempting to open attached files that were copied from another Blackboard Ultra course using the “Copy Content” feature. We have reported this issue to Blackboard and they are working to […]

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As of January 7th, 2022, Blackboard, our LMS provider, has enabled the ability to Course Copy and also copy individual content items from Original into Ultra. Humber’s Digital Learning team DOES NOT recommend using this tool to copy from a Blackboard Original site to an Ultra course site as it has not been tested and adapted […]

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During the month of September 2021, Humber participated in an international pilot with Blackboard to test its auto-captioning software. That pilot has ended and unfortunately auto-captioning will no longer be available until Blackboard permanently implements this tool. As an alternative, you can use MS Teams. MS Teams has many superior features, including auto-captioning, chat history, […]

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From May 2021 to August 2022, Humber will be moving all courses to Blackboard Ultra.  Have questions? We have answers! Check out the resources below to find out more. The Move to Ultra Kit: Everything you need to know about Humber’s move to Blackboard Ultra   

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UPCOMING TRAINING Check our Innovative Learning site for all upcoming training sessions. Check back often for new topics and dates. BB ULTRA TRAINING RECORDINGS Getting Started with Blackboard ULTRA: (60 minutes) This session focuses on the new Blackboard ULTRA dashboard and course navigation. Participants will learn how to apply the Humber template and create and […]

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Did you know that Humber has numerous licensed video tools for making short content pieces for your courses? They include: Adobe Spark Animoto (brand new!) Camtasia Lumen5 Powtoon Vyond You can check out more information on these tools through our Creative Studios: Create Short Video Content.

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Earlier this year Humber ITS implemented a new Microsoft login experience with the goal of reducing the number of times you are prompted to log in as you use various software. They have gradually included various Humber’s tools and on June 1, 2021, Blackboard was added. If you are having login issues with Blackboard, ensure […]

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