Using Blackboard Ultra | Help Guides for Faculty

 

Using Blackboard | Main Webpages

Support pages for Blackboard:

• Blackboard Help for Instructors (written) 
• Blackboard Help Video Tutorials (Vimeo)
• Blackboard Help: Video Tutorials (YouTube)

Using Blackboard | Help Guides

These Blackboard resources answer many common questions. To help quickly find what you need, they are organized by topic. Click any link to learn more about the topic.

Each of these tutorials is demonstrated in the Blackboard for Instructors except where noted.

Getting Started | Faculty

• Introduction to Blackboard (video)
• Getting Started (written) 
• Profile (written) | Customize your profile (video) (for students, too)
• Find your Courses (written)
• Activity (written) (how to jump directly into course actions in real time)
• Calendar (written) | Manage your Calendar (video)  
• Announcements (written) | Announcements (video)
• Progress Tracking and Student Progress Reports (written)

Share Information with Students

• Grades (written) | Check Grades (video)
• Progress Tracking (written)

Building Your Course from Scratch

• AI Design Assistant (written)
• Add Content (written) | Add Content to the Course Content Page (video)
• Create Assignments (written) | Creating Assignments (video) 
• Create Discussions (written) | Create Discussions (video)
• Create Documents (Ultra Documents) (i.e., content items) (written) | Create Document (video)
• Create Containers for Content (written) | Create Learning Modules (written) | Create Learning Modules (video)
• Assessment Settings (written) | Display One Question at a Time (video)
• Journals (written) | Create a Journal (video)
• Student Preview (written) | Student Preview (video) (previewing your course as a student)
• Content Release Conditions (written) | Release Conditions (video)
• What Does the Content Editor Do? (written) | Content Editor (video)
• Reuse Content (written) | NEW! Duplicate Content (written) | Copy Content (video)

Building Your Course from Copied Content

• AI Design Assistant (written)
• Reuse Content (landing page with options)
• NEW! Duplicate Content within a Course (written)
• Copy Content from Other Courses
• Import Course Packages
• Export and Archive Courses
• Batch Edit

Assessing Learning

• Roster (written)
• Grant Student Accommodations (video)
• Set Up Attendance in Gradebook
• Attendance (written) | Attendance Tracking (Marking Attendance) (video)
• Create Rubrics (written) | Rubrics (video) 
• Grade with Rubrics (written) | Grade Using Rubrics (video)
• Create and Edit Assignments (written) | Creating Assignments (video)
• Using SafeAssign in Assignments (written) | How to enable SafeAssign (video)
• Assignment Inline Grading (Bb Annotate) (written) | Grading Assignments (video) | Annotate (inline grading) (video) | Download Assessments (written) | Download Assessment Submissions (video)
• Self and Peer Assessment (landing page with options)
• Submission Receipt Enhancements (written)
• Create and Manage Groups (written) | Create Groups (video) 
• Grant Exceptions and Exemptions (written) | Grant Exceptions and Exemptions (video) 
• Create Tests (written) | Create Tests (video)
• Reuse Questions (written) | Question Banks (written) | Question Pools (written)
• Grade Tests (landing page) (written)
• Analytics (written) | Analytics (video)

Communicating and Collaborating

• Announcements (written) | Announcements (video)
• Create Discussions (written) | Create Discussions (video) 
• Create and Manage Groups (written) | Create Groups (video) 
• Journals (written) | Create a Journal (video)
• Messages (written) | Messages in Blackboard Ultra (video)

Mobile App

• Blackboard LMS App (written)