Blackboard Ultra allows you to add additional columns to the Gradebook. These can be used for returning marks and feedback to students when the assessment has taken place outside of Blackboard and there is not submission to mark. Please note that you can not use a Rubric with these manual columns. Add a Column New […]
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Blackboard courses have a file storage limit, to help you keep within that limit there are restrictions on uploading files of a particular files size or file type, see our guide Blackboard File size limits. Video files should be stored in YuJa, this offers: How to reuse videos from your original course to your Ultra
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Online Exam Practice areas for 2025 are now live (for Staff – available to students from 9th December): Course Code/link Practice course PRACTICE_AREA_APD_2025 Online Exams Practice Area – Agriculture 2025 PRACTICE_AREA_HES_2025 Online Exams Practice Area – Archaeology, Geography & Environmental Science 2025 PRACTICE_AREA_BIO_2025 Online Exams Practice Area – Biological Sciences 2025 PRACTICE_AREA_HUM_2025 Online Exams Practice
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Online Exams 2025 recommended settings Programme Admins: All the information regarding the exam type, submission type and specific tool recommendations are covered in the guide Recommended tools and settings for Online Exams 2025, Administrator training will be provided for setting up Online Exams in Ultra courses. If you need a refresher training session on “How
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Recommended Settings for submission points The recommended settings for each of the possible assessment tools are laid out step by step in the document Recommended settings for Online Exam submission points 2025, this is a word document, which will download. This is designed as a working document for Programme Administration teams, to help them apply
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It is possible to set up a blackboard discussion to be used as a space where students can upload files and access one another’s files. Groups have separate channels within a discussion and cannot see the other groups’ discussions, instructors can see all groups. The students respond to a discussion using the full text editor
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A Document, in Ultra, is a way of organising materials on a course or organisation. They can be used in conjunction with Learning Modules and Folders. See the guide Content Containers in Blackboard Learn Ultra for more details. Documents are comparable to Items in original Blackboard but can been used more like a webpage. You
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Question Banks are a collection of questions that can be used to create Tests and Pools within Tests. Please see our guide on Using Question Banks and Pools for further information on how they can be used in your Tests. Locating Question Banks The link to the Question Banks area is on the Details &
Blackboard Tests are created by instructors on the course. Programme administrators will check the settings so that the test is released to students correctly and the timer has been set up. This guide will cover: Test Settings The test settings allow you to make the test fit your specifications for assessment. Most settings are unticked
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