When an Ultra course is opened, Course Content displays in the centre of the page, and to the left there is a list of Course Staff. There are a few rules which dictate which staff display here. Only instructors on the course display under Course Staff. Only two instructor names…
Introduction The Blackboard Content Collection houses all the files which staff upload to courses and organisations. If you are an Instructor or Assistant on a course, you will have full access to the Content Collection folder for that course. The Institution Content area contains folders for Schools and support functions….
Customise your Organisation When you open your new Organisation there are a few things you will need to do to customise it. Add additional staff to Organisation Set your Primary Instructors Add an Organisation Image Turn on Progress Tracking Class Register From the Details and Actions menu use Class Register…
Decide whether you would like to Turn on Progress Tracking. Progress Tracking allows students to keep track of which items they have viewed, giving them the option to “mark as read” any item they have opened. It is also possible for instructors to see the how many students have opened…
Student Preview Students and Instructors see material in slightly different ways in Blackboard Learn. It is helpful to see how and which materials students can see. Student Preview will allow you to do this. Enter Student Preview The button to turn on the Student Preview can be found in the…
Blackboard Learn Ultra is the new, enhanced version of Blackboard Learn, our university Virtual Learning Environment. It retains aspects that you are familiar with but has a more usable and intuitive interface, and introduces new features and functionality – things that we know you have been asking for. See the…
To control what students can see and when you can use a number of functions in Learn Ultra courses. Make your course/organisation available or open All new Ultra courses will be hidden from students, marked as private, by default. When you are ready to allow students access to the Organisation…
Releasing content in a specific sequence A useful feature of Learning Modules is the function Forced Sequence, this will allow you to release content to students in a pre-defined order so that students need to complete an item before moving on to the next. Another function that will help to…
There are two main ways you can present files to students: Directly on the Course Content page. Inside a Document. For either option you can: upload your content from your local computer (using drag and drop) use Batch Edit to make the file(s) visible/invisible to students use Folders and Learning…
Link Link is one of the options on the Create Content menu. You can use this to create a link to a Web page, or to link to content inside your Course or Organisation. Create Link Options From the Create Items menu under Course Content items select Link. The New…