Here are this month’s new and improved features in Blackboard Ultra. For more details, please follow the links below: 

Formative label and Gradebook filter 

When creating an assessment, instructors may indicate to students if it is formative by going into the Assessment settings panel in the Formative Tools section. This will display in these areas: 

• Course Content page 
• Assessment panel before starting an attempt 
• Assessment Details & Information panel during and after an assessment 
• Assessment header when viewing a submission 
• Gradebook 

Note: In the Gradebook grid view, instructors can filter assessments by formative or summative type (if formative setting is not selected). 

Partial and negative credit improvements for the Multiple Choice/Multiple Select question type 

Instructors can now turn on partial and negative credit for each answer when building a multiple choice or multiple select question. This option allows instructors to: 

• Define a positive percentage value to award credit for a correct answer(s) 
• Enter a negative percentage value to subtract for an incorrect answer(s) 
• Allow a negative overall score for the question 

Tab navigation for Assessments 

For improved access to the different sections of the Assessments page, the following sections are now organized into easy-to-navigate tabs: Content and Settings, Submissions, Student Activity, and Question Analysis.  

Exceptions panel updates 

The exceptions panel now includes course, assessment, and student names to help instructions ensure the accuracy of the exception. 

Reminder: The option to grant exceptions for anonymously graded assessments is available from the Student Overview page in the Gradebook. 

File deletion in the course also removes the file from the Content Collection 

In the past, if an instructor deleted a file from an Ultra course, the file remained in the Content Collection. Now, the deleted file is also removed from the Content Collection when it is not used in other courses or another place in the same course. This improvement was made to simplify file and storage space management. 

Manage course duration in course settings panel 

Course users with the correct privileges can modify the course duration settings for their Ultra courses in the new Course Settings option found in the top right corner of the course. The course duration can be set to the following: 

• Ongoing – no restriction 
• Restrict by Dates – course can only be accessed within set dates and times 
• Restrict by number of days from enrollment – course can only be accessed within specified number of days from course enrollment 
• Restrict by the start and end dates of the associated Term (only appears when a Term is defined for the course) 

The full list of July updates is available on the Blackboard Help Center website. 

Need additional support? The IL Support Centre is here to help!

Good afternoon Humber community,

I am pleased to announce that Ann Wallington will be taking on the role of Acting Associate Dean in the Faculty of Social and Community Services effective Monday, July 10, 2023. Ann is a successful professor and researcher who began as a full-time employee in the Faculty of Social and Community Services in 2015. Prior to this, she was a full-time faculty member and program coordinator at Seneca College. During her time at Humber, Ann has served on several committees including the FSCS Teaching and Learning Working Group, and Humber College Council. She also worked as an adjudicator on the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Trades. Ann has been involved in several research projects, most recently as the principal investigator on a three-year project funded through NSERC – CCSIF. Ann holds a Master of Laws from York University Osgoode Hall Law School, a Master of Arts from Central Michigan University, a Bachelor of Arts from Laurentian University, and a certificate in adjudication from Osgoode Hall Law School/Society of Ontario Adjudicators and Regulators. 
 
In February 2023, Ann began a secondment as an Academic Program Manager supporting the Bachelor of Social Science - Criminal Justice, and Child and Youth Care programs (Diploma and Bachelor degree) and has been instrumental in this role and has shown exemplary leadership. Ann will continue to support these programs in the new role as well.  

Please join me in offering her a warm welcome to the Associate Dean role.  

June MacDonald-Jenkins
Senior Dean, Faculty of Social & Community Services
Principal, Lakeshore Campus

Curious to know what this year's Nuit Blanche Fellowship is up to? Check it out in this month's newsletter! 

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Please note that there will be a large film shoot at Lakeshore Campus outside L Commons from Monday, July 10 starting at 7 a.m. (prep day).

The actual filming will take place on Tuesday, July 11 starting at 6 a.m. Access to L Commons roundabout will be accessible, however, there may be a periodic delay during a live shoot.

Please enter from the L Commons field side or back entrance during the filming.

Filming in front of L Commons should wrap up outside by 1 p.m. on Tuesday, July 11 and all access points will be fully accessible.

Accessibility parking will not be affected.

The crew will occupy L1017, L Cafeteria, and L1009 during set-up, shoot and strike.

Wheel-Trans and the TTC bus stops will not be affected during the film shoot.

Assembly Hall parking has been allocated for this film shoot. Parking Lot 4 and 5 will not be affected.

Traffic flow may be interrupted on Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive on Tuesday, July 11 only. Toronto Police will be present to ensure traffic disruption is at a minimum.

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out.

Antonio Folino
Event Logistics Liaison