Ultra: Communicating in Blackboard

Creating a Journal in Blackboard Ultra

Journals are a means of private communication between you and your students. Journals allow students to reflect on their learning, post their opinions, analyze course...

Creating Announcements in Blackboard Ultra

Announcements are an ideal way to post time-sensitive information critical to course success, and to demonstrate instructor presence in your courses. Students see new announcements...

Creating Discussions in Blackboard Ultra

A discussion is a place for the class to discuss certain topics, post ideas, and carry a conversation asynchronously. You can create Discussions in the...

Enabling Class Conversations

Class conversations are an optional tool you can enable. Class conversations are areas within individual content items, students can discuss the content with you and...

Sending Course Messages in Blackboard Ultra

You can use Course Messages as an alternative to email when communicating with your students. Course Messages remain in the course. You can receive notifications...