by Christine Monnier | Apr 7, 2026 | Blackboard Ultra, Christine Monnier, Do One Thing in Ultra, Guest Blogger
When you want to grade an assignment, by default, Ultra will list your submissions in alphabetical order. But what if you wanted a different order? For instance, I prefer grading in chronological order: the oldest submissions get graded first. Ultra gives you four...
by Christine Monnier | Mar 17, 2026 | Blackboard, Blackboard Ultra, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger
Coming up in early April 2026, Blackboard will have additional options for assignments submission options, so I just thought I’d give y’all a preview so no one freaks out. You will see these new options under your assignment settings, with a new section...
by Christine Monnier | Mar 9, 2026 | Blackboard Ultra, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger
So this is a problem that has been brought to the attention of, well, a lot of people: a faculty has an assignment done offline, but with grades to be posted in the gradebook. Said faculty creates the assignment in Blackboard, then check the “Collect Submissions...
by Christine Monnier | Feb 3, 2026 | Accessibility, Ally, Blackboard Ultra, Christine Monnier, Ed Tech Tools, Guest Blogger, Integrations
But definitely use Ally. If you haven’t yet used the Ally accessibility dashboard, I strongly recommend you start ASAP and then start working on whatever remediation your courses and files need. I would always recommend starting with the most serious issues...
by Christine Monnier | Jan 27, 2026 | Accessibility, Ally, Blackboard Ultra, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger
If you attended my presentation at kick-off, last Thursday, you might remember I mentioned an issue with YouTube videos where the fix offered by Ally simply removed the video (so don’t do it). I thought I’d just show you more specifically what the issue...
by Christine Monnier | Dec 17, 2025 | Accessibility, Ally, Blackboard Ultra, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger, SaaS
First off, allow me to gloat for a second. I have completed the accessibility remediation of one of my course shells (see my previous blog posts on fixing my low-scoring issues and my medium-scoring issues): Behold! There are a couple of high-scoring items that remain...
