Let’s Go Ultra!
College of DuPage is currently utilizing Blackboard Ultra Base Navigation but we’ll soon be starting the process of migrating courses to Ultra as well. Here, you can learn what this means for you and your students and where you can find help and support throughout the process.
What Is Ultra?
Learn Ultra is Anthology’s updated and improved LMS offering. It has a modern, intuitive, and fully responsive interface that is easier to use on mobile devices. It also offers some updated tools for teaching and interacting with students.
Learn Ultra is composed of two distinct components: Base Navigation and Course View. We have already implemented Base Navigation and are working towards implementing Ultra Courses. You can learn more about both components below.
Ultra Base Navigation
Base Navigation offers modern, intuitive navigation that provides quick access to the most critical information from across all of your courses. It should make it easier both to see what you need to do in Blackboard and to get it done. This change doesn’t impact your courses themselves–these remain in Original Course View unless you choose to migrate them. College of DuPage launched Base Navigation in our Spring 2023 term.
Ultra Course View
Ultra Course view offers a streamlined, more intuitive interface and workflows for maximum efficiency within your courses themselves. The Ultra Course View is also fully responsive for optimal use on any device and new functionality and enhancements are added regularly. The College is in the process of transitioning to Ultra Course View, with full transition to be completed by the Spring 2026 term.
Interested in Trying Ultra?
Want to try out Ultra Course View? You can give it a go in a development shell to see what it’s like, how you’ll need to structure your course, and what new features have to offer. Send us an email and we’ll get you set up!
Blog Posts on Ultra
Do One Thing in Panorama: Adjust Video Descriptions
Before reading any further, please make sure you have read my initial post on Panorama, where I explain how to set it up for your courses in Blackboard. The point of doing this setup is to then be able to get an accessibility score on all your course elements, detect...
Ultra Transition – Where Are We At?
A while back, I wrote a post about what, exactly, the plan was for our transition to Ultra. It all started with a pilot only a year ago. Then a lot of training from the Learning Technologies department. And, for some of us, a progressive transition to Ultra. The key...
