Blackboard Ultra

The Blackboard Help site provides numerous support documents for both instructors and students. Ultra is Blackboard’s most modern, intuitive, and personalized user experience, characterized by simplified workflows and an accessible, fully responsive design. Please note the help site may contain help for 'Learn Original”, the old version of Blackboard. Be sure to look for the following to confirm that you are viewing content for Blackboard Ultra Course View:

• UNI eLearning Suite On-Demand Videos
  This page provides links to videos we have developed to get you started with Blackboard Learn Ultra as well as our other eLearning tools. Additionally, videos are included in the list for workshops Anthology provided to help our early adopters come up to speed quickly on Blackboard Learn Ultra.

• Blackboard Learn Help for Instructors - Ultra Course View
  A good starting point for everything Learn Ultra for you, as an instructor. Find how to start as a new user, common questions, and a guide for troubleshooting.

• Blackboard Learn Ultra Tools page
  UNI IT-ETMS Instructional Technology's web page regarding Blackboard Learn Ultra providing links for help on getting started with building content, teaching and learning uses, FAQs, and more.

• A Quick Start for Blackboard Learn
  Bb Help for Instructors document providing guidance on how to get started with Bb Learn Ultra.

• Learn Ultra Course Seminar for Instructors
  Two sixty minute sessions addressing "Setting Up and Designing a Learn Ultra Course" & "Using the Course for Flexible Assessment, Grading Workflows, Interaction, and Collaboration". Sign up for a live session by clicking the title link. Or watch both sessions on demand.

• How to Build a Blackboard Learn Ultra Course
  A PDF provided by Anthology designed to help you get started in building your Bb Learn Ultra course.

• Bb Learn Ultra Webinars & How To Videos
  Our own attempt to align Anthology's Ultra Video Tutorials to their Instructor Webinar Series for Ultra.

• Bb Learn Ultra Instructor Webinar Series

• Anthology webinars on best practice teaching in Blackboard Learn Ultra. Opportunities are available for attending live as well as previously recorded sessions.

• Bb Learn Ultra Video Tutorials Playlist
  Anthology's YouTube playlist for Blackboard Learn Ultra how to videos

• Best Practices in Learn Ultra: Exemplary Course Award Winners' Edition
  An opportuhity to see well-designed courses that have received Anthology's Exemplary Course Award and a great way to get new ideas for your own course.

• Anthology Idea Exchange
  Contribute your ideas to improve Ultra and upvote other community member ideas.

• Learn Ultra Troubleshooting
  This page contains a list of potential Learn Ultra issues and their workarounds to help you move forward with Learn Ultra, when things don't work quite as expected.

• Anthology Community Site
  Your first time, you will need to create an account.

• What's New in Learn Ultra?
  Monthly release highlights for new features and enhancements

• Making Electronic Materials Accessible
  A great opportunity for faculty/staff to see Blackboard Learn Ultra from the student perspective and a good example of best practice course organization in Blackboard Learn Ultra using Learning Modules. This newly available training (as of May 2023) for faculty and staff at UNI addresses accessibility of electronic materials for all users including legal considerations related to accessibility, how to make documents accessible, and resources and support options available. It addresses one of the most-voiced concerns expressed by many on UNI's climate survey...that is accessibility. This course is also available from training.uni.edu.

• Anthology Digital Teaching Symposium
  A full day of free, peer-led virtual sessions on digital teaching strategies

• Learn Ultra Roadmap Series
  Anthology offers regular webinars and recordings regarding upcoming Ultra enhancements.

• Learn Teaching Essentials for Ultra
  This link takes you to Anthology Academy, where you can access the free course, "Learn Teaching Essentials for Ultra". This is a SELF-PACED online course designed for faculty, teachers, course builders, and trainers who will be building courses. It is designed to get you comfortable navigating the Learn site and started building content, creating assessments, and working with discussions in the Blackboard Learn Ultra course view. In addition to the About This Course section, there are five modules in this course that contain lessons.

  1. Getting Started with Ultra

  2. Building Courses

  3. Assessing Learners

  4. Enhancing Communication

  5. Evaluating Your Course