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 | 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...
by Christine Monnier | Dec 3, 2025 | Blackboard Ultra, Christine Monnier, Featured, Features, Guest Blogger, SaaS
As mentioned before, now that we are no longer self-hosting Blackboard but using SaaS, Blackboard can push new features all the time. There are two new things that are coming up very shortly that I wanted to highlight here. Fine-Tuning Your Discussion Parameters The...
by Christine Monnier | Nov 4, 2025 | Blackboard Ultra, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger
But first, Christine’s cranky thought of the week that does not involve the LT office. Here goes: Seriously. Troubleshooting students is not their job, and they’ve got plenty to do with their actual jobs, which is supporting faculty. Where should students...
by Christine Monnier | Oct 21, 2025 | Blackboard Ultra, Christine Monnier, Featured, Guest Blogger
Christine’s Cranky Thought of the Week That Does Not Involve LT If you spend any time on YouTube these days, you cannot avoid the increasing number of AI-generated videos. And they’re all universally bad. Thankfully, there’s a browser extension you...
