by Christine Monnier | May 29, 2024 | Blackboard, Blackboard Ultra, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger
The only third-party feature I use from publishers is the test bank. So one of the first things I learned to do in Ultra was import my textbooks’ test banks. It is also easy to do in Ultra. The video below is my demonstrating how you can import 15 test banks...
by Christine Monnier | May 27, 2024 | Blackboard, Blackboard Ultra, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger
As you all probably know by now, there isn’t a lot of visual customization that can be done in Ultra. But there is one thing you can do to personalize the look of your course (and for me, to differentiate all my intro shells on my Blackboard landing page without...
by Christine Monnier | May 2, 2024 | Blackboard, Blackboard Ultra, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger
After working with the Ultra gradebook for almost a full semester, I thought I’d share with you guys some of the lessons I’ve learned so far. Lesson the first: always check what you are doing in student preview, otherwise, be prepared for a few fun...
by Christine Monnier | Mar 11, 2024 | Blackboard, Blackboard Ultra, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger
I have been blogging about my experience with the Ultra Courseview (UCV) for 7 weeks now. That’s about a dozen posts covering the basics of the UCV, as I have experienced them in my own courses. But then, I’ve been here so long, this kinda feels like...
by Christine Monnier | Mar 7, 2024 | Blackboard, Blackboard Ultra, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger
Adaptive release is one area where I find the Original course view to be superior to Ultra. I don’t know how many of us use adaptive release, but if you have used it, you know it allows you to be pretty granular on to release your content, even with the basic...
by Christine Monnier | Mar 4, 2024 | Blackboard, Blackboard Ultra, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger
A propos of nothing: And yes, it’s real. Anyhoo, there are different ways that you can set up your attendance in Ultra, depending on whether or not your gradebook is already populated. If your gradebook is still empty, just click on the gradebook tab and you...
