Using Blackboard Ultra | Help Guides for Students

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

Using Ultra Course View | 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.

Ultra Course View

• Introduction to Blackboard Ultra (video)
• Navigate Inside a Course (written) | Navigate Inside a Course (video)
• Learning Modules (written)

Staying Informed

Ways to stay in the loop so you know what is due and when:

• Activity Stream (written) (jump directly into course actions in real time)
• Course Announcements in Ultra (written)
• Progress Tracking (written)
• Grades | Check Grades (video)
• Calendar (written) | Use the Calendar (video)
• Introducing the Bb App (video) | Using the Bb App (video)

Notification Settings

Set your own notification settings to help manage deadlines:

• Notification Settings in Ultra (written) 
• Profile (written) | Edit your Profile (video)

Course Content

How to find content in Ultra:

• Types of Course Content in Ultra (written) | Types of Course Content in Ultra (video)
  • Accessing Content in your Ultra Course
  • Trouble Seeing Content in Ultra
  • Viewing Alternative Formats (the Ally icon will not be visible in your course)
• Add and Format Content (written) includes:
  • Work with Text, including links (written) | Use the Content Editor (video)
  • Add Files, Images, Video, and Audio (written)
    • To embed a Panopto recording, select Insert > Content Market > Panopto Video Embed. 
  • Add Social Media 
  • Math Editor
• Progress Tracking (written)

Assignments and Tests

How to submit assignments, take tests, and review rubrics:

• Assignments (written)
  • Common Questions
  • Submit Assignments
  • Add Files from Cloud Storage (written)
  • Submit Group Assignments
  • Assignment Grades
  • Avoid Plagiarism
• Discussions (written) | Participate in Discussions (video)
• Journals (written) | Journals (video)
• Tests (written) | The go-to page for information about tests in Ultra 
  • Hotspot Questions (video)
• Work in Groups (video) | Self-Enroll in a Group (video)

Grades

Keep up with your progress in the course:

• Grades (written) | Check Grades (video) 
• Review Assignment Feedback (video)

Contacting your Instructor

Refer to the syllabus to see if your instructors uses Messages in Ultra.

• Sending Messages in all courses (written)

Reminder | Additional Help

Check out the playlist for additional topics:

• Blackboard Student Tutorials (video playlist)