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What is the Blackboard Learn Ultra Base Navigation?
The Ultra Base Navigation is an overhaul of update to the layout and appearance of Blackboard Learn, designed to improve the virtual learning environment’s accessibility and mobility.
The Ultra Base Navigation benefits students academic staff in the following ways:
- Modern, intuitive experience.
- Responsive layout for mobile devices.
- The new activity stream and aggregated calendar helps you to better manage your time. The aggreg.ated aggregated courses calendar can be linked to an external calendar tool using an .ics file.Assessment and assignment details can be found in one location (using the Activity Stream)
- Actionable information about your students and modules are available immediately when you login
- Quick access to important information by opening modules and tools in layers, reducing the number of clicks needed to take an action.
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Instead of displaying tabs across the top of Blackboard Learn, there is now a persistent left-hand navigation menu that provides you with access to your modules (and other Blackboard areas) and course tools:
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Note: You can longer use the Personalise Page feature to customise the course menu colour. |
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The animated image (below) also demonstrates the use of layers:
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The purple X, to close the overlay, is in a similar location to the icon that was used to add content and items in the left hand navigation in our current Blackboard Learn. This can be frustrating when you are first using Ultra Base Navigation and it can be helpful to know where the new icon to add navigation elements is. The new icon is highlighted below.
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Personal Profile
The new profile page allows you to select your preferred pronouns and clarify the pronunciation of your name through phonetic spelling and an audio recording. The Profile page can also be used to edit your Global Notification Settings (the e-mails and updates you receive from Blackboard Learn).
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