Ultra: Collaborating Online

Blackboard Collaborate Ultra

Blackboard Collaborate is an interactive web-conferencing tool that you can use on your computer, tablet, or mobile device anywhere, anytime. You can use a variety...

Creating a Custom Group

A Custom group allows you to assign students in your course to groups of your choice. You can create a single, custom group or as...

Creating a Group Assignment in Blackboard Ultra

Current Issues & Bugs: The following are known issues with this feature in Blackboard Ultra. For workarounds and estimated fix timelines please refer to the...

Creating a Microsoft Teams meeting in Blackboard ULTRA

You can now create Microsoft Teams meetings directly into your Blackboard Ultra course. To create an MS Teams meeting: Under Details & Actions area, select...

Creating a Randomly Assigned Group

Students are randomly assigned to the number of groups you choose. You need at least four students so the system can randomly assign students to...

Creating a Self-enrollment Group

This allows students to add themselves to a group of their choice using a sign-up sheet. To create a self-enrollment group: Under Details & Actions...

Creating Discussions in Blackboard Ultra

Current Issues & Bugs: The following are known issues with this feature in Blackboard Ultra. For workarounds and estimated fix timelines please refer to the Blackboard Ultra...

Creating Groups in Blackboard Ultra

Current Issues & Bugs: The following are known issues with this feature in Blackboard Ultra. For workarounds and estimated fix timelines please refer to the...

Downloading Collaborate Ultra Recordings

You can download Collaborate Ultra recordings as MP4 files. To download a Collaborate Ultra recording: Locating Recordings in Blackboard Ultra Under the Details & Actions...

Reusing Groups

You can reuse an existing course group or group set you had created previously. To reuse a group: Under Details & Actions > Course Groups,...

Sharing your Collaborate Recording in Blackboard ULTRA

By default, recordings are available to students in the course or section within which the recording was made. If you want to share a recording...

Sharing your Screen in Collaborate

In Blackboard Collaborate, instructors, students, and guest speakers can share their computer screens for other attendees to see in real time. With screen sharing you can share your desktop,...

Troubleshooting Collaborate Ultra Technical Issues

Solving the Collaborate Ultra spinning circle problem Are you seeing a spinning purple circle when you try to use Collaborate Ultra? If so, watch the...