Here are the highlights of this month’s new and improved features in Blackboard Ultra. For more details, please follow the links below: Content Designer: Enhanced Documents Content design is a critical element of learner experience. The new release includes features that offer flexibility for instructors, making it easy to create engaging content. Comprehensive new layout […]
Here are the highlights of faculty questions from July. These are not necessarily the most frequently asked questions, but helpful for all faculty members. Question (Panopto link): I need help adding a Panopto video link to Blackboard. How can I do this? Answer: We have a step-by-step guide on how to embed videos in Blackboard […]
Here are the highlights of faculty questions from June. These are not necessarily the most frequently asked questions, but helpful for all faculty members. Question (Microsoft Teams): Where can I find recorded files of MS Teams meetings? Answer: You should be able to find them inside the folder called “Recordings” on your One Drive. Here’s […]
Here are the highlights of this month’s new and improved features in Blackboard Ultra. For more details, please follow the links below: Print answer key for assessments Last month, Blackboard Ultra added the printing functionality for Tests. Now, the option to print with answer keys is added. By clicking the print button on a Test, […]
Here are the highlights of faculty questions from May. These are not necessarily the most frequently asked questions, but helpful for all faculty members. Question (Saving results of Likert questionnaires): I’m interested in knowing how to create a Likert question in Blackboard for a poll and how to download the results into an Excel sheet. […]
Here are the highlights of this month’s new and improved features in Blackboard Ultra. For more details, please follow the links below: AI Design Assistant – output language selector Generating content in multiple languages can be beneficial for various courses. To accommodate this, the AI Design Assistant now includes an option to select an output […]
MS Teams is our video hosting platform for live, online classes in Blackboard Ultra. When sharing your screen in MS Teams, choosing to share a specific application window may affect the behavior of the selected application. If you’re teaching using MS Teams, we suggest sharing your entire screen instead. Remember to close any unnecessary applications […]
Here are the highlights of faculty questions from April. These are not necessarily the most frequently asked questions, but helpful for all faculty members. Question (Linked assignment not visible to students): I have a link to an assignment and made it visible to students, but students can’t see it. Why? Answer: Original assignment you linked […]
Here are the highlights of this month’s new and improved features in Blackboard Ultra. For more details, please follow the links below: Supporting multiple performance criteria in release conditions Release conditions allow instructors to control both who can access content items and when they can do so. This gives instructors the ability to manage content […]
Here are the highlights of this month’s new and improved features in Blackboard Ultra. For more details, please follow the links below: AI Design Assistant – Context picker for Learning Modules, Assignments, Discussions, and Journals Last month, a feature called context picker was released which allows specific course items to be associated with particular tests, […]