Using Blackboard Ultra | Help Guides for Faculty

These Blackboard resources answer many common questions. To help quickly find what you need, they are organized by topic.

 

Using Ultra Course View | Main Webpages

These two links open support pages provided by Blackboard:

• Blackboard Help for Instructors | Online written guides and videos
• Blackboard Help: Video Tutorials (YouTube) | Playlist of video tutorials on Blackboard Ultra experience for instructors

Using Learn Ultra | 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 Ultra Experience for Instructors except where noted.

Getting Started | Faculty

• Getting Started (written) | Ultra Base Navigation (video)
• Profile (written) | Edit your profile (video) (for students, too)
• Activity Stream (written) (jump directly into course actions in real time)
• Calendar (written) | Use the Calendar for Instructors (video)  
• Announcements (written) | Announcements (video)
• Grades (written) | Check Grades (video) (to share with students)
• Progress Tracking (written) | Progress Tracking (to share with students)

Building Your Course from Scratch

• Create Content (written) | Add Content to the Course Content Page (video)
• Create and Edit Assignments (written) | Create an Assignment (video) 
• Create Discussions (written) | How to Create a Discussion (video)
• Create Ultra Documents (i.e., content items) (written) | Create a Document (video)
• Create Containers for Content (written) | Create Learning Modules (written) | Create Learning Modules (video)
• Test Settings (written)
• 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 Editor Do? (written) 
• Reuse Content (written) | Copy Content from Other Courses (written)

Building Your Course from Copied Content

• Reusing Content (landing page with options)
• Copy Content from Other Courses
• Import Course Packages
• Export and Archive Courses
• Batch Edit

Assessing Learning

• Roster (written) | Grant Student Accommodations (video)
• Attendance (written) | Attendance Tracking (video)
• Create Rubrics | Rubric Association (video) 
• Grade with Rubrics (written) | Grade Using a Rubric (video)
• Create and Edit Assignments (written) | Create an Assignment (video)
• Using SafeAssign in Assignments (written) | Use SafeAssign (video)
• Assignment Inline Grading (written) | Grading Assignments (video) | Annotate (video) | Inline Grading (video) | Download Assessment Submissions (video)
• Self and Peer Assessment (landing page with options)
• Create and Manage Groups (written) | Course Groups (video) 
• Grant Exceptions and Exemptions (written) 
• Instructor Questions about Tests in Learn (written)
• Create Tests (written) | Create a Test (video)
• Reuse Questions video) | Using Question Pools on a Test (video)
• Grade Tests (written)
• Analytics for Learn (written) | Analytics (video)

Communicating and Collaborating

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