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 | 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...
