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When will Blackboard’s User Interface be changing? As of Thursday, January 8th, Blackboard Ultra’s appearance will be upgraded!   Why is this change happening? According to Anthology, these changes are designed to help you find what you need faster, reduce clicks, and make every interaction simpler and more efficient. Anthology states that these are the reasons […]

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​These are the highlights of this month’s new and improved features in Blackboard Ultra that will be live Thursday, January 8th. The most relevant updates are related to a few key areas: Instructional Design Tests & Assignments Blackboard Core   Instructional Design Usability improvements for Document Block Layout To improve usability and accessibility, Anthology has restructured […]

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​These are the highlights of this month’s new and improved features in Blackboard Ultra that will be live Thursday, December 4th. The most relevant updates are related to a few key areas: Mastery Learning and Learning Pathways Communication & Collaboration Gradebook Integrations Blackboard Core   Mastery Learning and Learning Pathways Set release conditions for open or […]

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​These are the highlights of this month’s new and improved features in Blackboard Ultra that will be live Thursday, November 6th and the changes that were made that went live Thursday, October 2nd. The most relevant updates are related to a few key areas: Communication & Collaboration Tests & Assignments Gradebook   Communication & Collaboration Improved […]

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​These are the highlights of this month’s new and improved features in Blackboard Ultra that will be live Thursday, September 4th. The most relevant updates are related to a few key areas: Instructional design Communication & Collaboration   Instructional Design   Enhance Documents with Block Styling Options Anthology will be adding block styling to Documents, […]

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​These are the highlights of this month’s new and improved features in Blackboard Ultra that will be live Thursday, August 7th. The most relevant updates are related to a few key areas: Instructional design Communication & Collaboration Gradebook Instructional Design   Enhance Documents with Block Styling Options Anthology will be adding block styling to Documents, […]

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New incident: Investigating Users trying to access the Blackboard mobile app on Android or iOS devices are experiencing issues logging in. We are investigating the issues and will provide updates as soon as they are available. Thank you for your patience as we investigate this issue.

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Midterm season is around the corner! Here are a few Gradebook Setup Tips from the team in Innovative Learning. “How do I set up the overall grade in my course?” Use the weighted grading calculation to show students the running total of their overall grade. Assign the weighted percentage values to each gradable item according […]

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These are the highlights of this month’s new and improved features in Blackboard Ultra that will be live Thursday, November 7th. The most relevant updates are related to 4 key areas: Instructional Design Tests and Assignments Communication and Collaboration Learner progression and personalized experience Review the full details of this month’s updates here! Instructional Design Improvement […]

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These are the highlights of this month’s new and improved features in Blackboard Ultra that will be live Thursday, September 5th. The updates are related to 3 different areas: Instructional Design Flexible grading Learner progression and personalized experience Feel free to review the full details of this month’s updates here. Instructional Design Knowledge Checks in […]

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