This series of short videos is designed to help familiarize you with Ultra Course View. In this Getting to Know Blackboard Ultra area, you will find a tour of Ultra course view from both student & instructor perspectives, a detailed overview of the toolbars.
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Tour of a course from instructor and student perspectives
Instructors can add documents, folders/modules, links, assessments, etc. the course content area using. In this video I show a course (from both the instructor and student perspectives) as an example of one way a course could be set up.
Students and instructors will notice some ‘built in’ consistency as top and side toolbars are consistent in ALL ultra courses
Folders (or modules) can group information related to a specific topic/area (Similar to the area headings you may have had on your left side panel if you are transitioning from Original).
A document is can further organize contents by combining images, videos, word/pdf/ppt files, and text to help guide students through a more specific area (Instead of adding independent items that need to be opened and closed, a document allows the student to see text, images, etc all at once).
Instructors can easily move content in and out of folders by using the up and down arrows that appear when you hover over the content.
Instructors can access, edit, and grade assessments directly from the gradebook! You can also choose an individual student to see all their assignments and assessments.
Progress tracking (on by default) can help students keep track of where they have been in the course and which tasks they have completed.
Students can access and submit assessments from the gradebook OR where the assessment is located in the course.
Students see a pop-up when the instructor has sent them out a new announcement to the class.
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This series of short videos is designed to help familiarize you with Ultra Course View.