Instructional technologies provide many opportunities to support assessment and track student performance in Blackboard.
The following articles provide details describing the best practices we regularly publish to support our pedagogical community of practice.
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DoIT to Change Blackboard Auto Course Creation & User Enrollment
New Process To Be Piloted SU25
To address current and future Blackboard (Bb) system administration issues and opportunities, DoIT will be changing how all Bb courses are automatically created and enrolled. Specifically, the new...
Posted: April 3, 2025, 1:34 PM
April update to Ultra features flexible grading in groups, printing support for Ultra documents & accessibility support for Office Math
New learning object repository designed for flexible content
The April release introduce several new features aimed at improving content management, grading flexibility, and student feedback tracking. Instructors and students can now print Ultra Documents...
Posted: April 1, 2025, 12:46 PM
Printable, pop-out rubrics & new course reports for goal tracking available in March's Ultra update
Improvements to discussion formatting & AI image rendering
In March, Ultra's update includes two new course reports, an exciting rubric enhancement requested by faculty, and improvements to the AI Course Design Assistant. Located on the Analytics page,...
Posted: March 6, 2025, 10:52 AM
February's Ultra release enhances content creation, assessment management, and instructor grading
Updates for AI Tools, file rendering, assessment security
The February update for Ultra features enhancements to support content creation, improved file rendering, assessment security, and grading workflows. Additionally, updates to the AI Course Design...
Posted: February 6, 2025, 10:11 AM
Ultra releases content based on new submission attempt, improves gradebook data entry, and updates course availability settings in January
Improvements to AI, access to Mastery Gradebook available
In early January, the Ultra updates features improvements to course settings, content management, grading, and the AI Course Design Assistant, providing increased flexibility for faculty in...
Posted: January 6, 2025, 1:12 PM
December's Ultra update brings overall enhancements to core functionality
New indicators for discussions, grading, reports
This month's update to Ultra provides new and updates indicators for core functionality in Ultra courses including discussions, grading, and reports. Two improvements to Ultra focus on the AI...
Posted: December 2, 2024, 11:37 AM
WT/SP2025 Courses Created in Blackboard on November 22, 2024
Prepare your Ultra courses for the upcoming term
Blackboard course shells for WT/SP2025 were created on November 22, 2024. All courses now use Ultra per our earlier announcement. Course Materials Publisher Integration Updates in December...
Posted: November 22, 2024, 12:36 PM
Roleplay with AI Conversations and print tests with question pools in November update
Increased support for course management & formatting
This month's update to Ultra increases support for assessment, accessibility, learner engagement, and course management. Instructors can now choose roleplaying as an option for AI Conversations,...
Posted: November 4, 2024, 9:03 AM
RESOLVED - Blackboard Service Disruption - Course Content Access
Access to Blackboard course content may be impacted
Update @ 6:37 PM: After a rolling restart was performed, course menus appear to be consistently stable and content is available. Users also report the error messages are no longer appearing. At...
Posted: October 29, 2024, 11:27 AM
Gamify Ultra courses with achievements & build question banks with AI tools in October update
Enhancements to Ultra Docs & student feedback page
With the October update to Ultra, instructors can gamify their courses or spark learner engagement and motivation using course achievements. Built on performance criteria (e.g., graded items),...
Posted: October 3, 2024, 8:29 AM
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