Collection of guides: Add, access and manage Blackboard content items or learning resources in both Courses and Organisations.
If you would like to retrieve an item from a Blackboard course prior to 2024/5 the course will be in a different format to the current Blackboard, so some differences in the copying process may exist. Warnings and Cautions Structural differences between Blackboard original and Ultra any copying across these platforms needs consideration Copying from […]
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This guide is for scenarios where instructors manually upload HTML or SCORM packages to Blackboard content collection. By default students only get access to index or main file, and can’t view any linked files or embedded images. Steps below explain How to change folder permissions in content collection:
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How to use the course template This guide describes how to work with the University approved template to build your course that gives students an inclusive, consistent and predicable experience (as part of our commitment to evidence informed inclusive teaching and learning practice). It provides a minimum baseline for organising and presenting course content. The
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Features of Folder Folders are a way organising materials on an Ultra course or organisation. They can be used in conjunction with Learning Modules and Ultra Documents. See the guide Content Containers in Blackboard Learn Ultra for more details. Create a Folder Step 1: Go to the point inside a Learning Module, or on the
Features of Learning Modules Learning Modules are a way of organising materials on an Ultra course or organisation. They can be used in conjunction with Folders and Ultra Documents. See the guide Content Containers in Blackboard Learn Ultra for more details. The course template for modules incorporates a number of Learning Modules, you are unlikely
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Explore guides Blackboard Ultra tools Available via the Ultra ‘Create’ menu: Third party Share via link/embed or content market: Microsoft 365 apps Share via link/embed:
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You can provide some additional customisation to your course by uploading an image as a Learning Module thumbnail. Adding images can increase interest and engagement with your materials, as well as helping users to identify relevant content more easily. Images are not part of the course template (see How to use the course template) but
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The Blackboard Content Collection is a content management system which allows you to upload files to a central location, then make these accessible to students on multiple courses or organisations – updating the file in the Content Collection automatically updates the information visible to students on those courses and organisations. Adding files from the Content
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On a Blackboard Learn Ultra course all the third party tools can be found in the Content Market page. These are tools that you would have access via the assessments or tools menu in Blackboard Learn original, Turnitin Assignment tool, Gradescope, YuJa, McGraw Hill, Maple TA and Talis. For some of these third party tools
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