What’s New

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, […]

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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 […]

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Here are five Gradebook Setup Tips from your team in Innovative Learning.   “How do I set up Overall Grades?”   Tip #1:* Important 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 to the assessment plan or structure of your published course outline.    “Why can’t […]

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All Live, DEVU, and MSTR courses from Winter 2023 will be deleted from Humber systems on Wednesday, May 31. This includes all Banner- and Destiny 1-generated courses. System clean-ups are scheduled following good practices for data and storage management. Humber’s practice is to retain past courses for one year plus one semester (e.g. last year’s Fall 2023 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 test question generation The AI Design Assistant is an AI-based tool which generates various items according to the course content, description, and configuration settings. Instructors can […]

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We have become aware of an issue this semester where, on occasion, students who have dropped courses in Banner retain access to Blackboard. When systems function as designed, this is not an issue. We are working with the Banner team to resolve this issue, and will provide an update when available. Meanwhile, please submit a […]

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Here are the highlights of this month’s new and improved features in Blackboard Ultra. For more details, please follow the links below: Forms Instructors often find themselves in situations where a survey form is more appropriate than a test when collecting information about students’ preference, interests and opinions. However, in the past, survey forms were […]

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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 – Authentic Assessment prompt generation AI Design Assistant now includes a new feature that helps instructors create more authentic assignments. When creating a new assignment, instructors will see an ‘auto-generate […]

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