The Course Content page is the default page that opens when you enter a course. Here, you can begin to create Learning Modules or Folders in which to organize your content, copy content from a previous course, upload files from your computer or Cloud Storage, etc.
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Add new content
Within the Course Content window, hover your mouse where you wish to add new content and select the (purple) + icon.
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📘 Create a learning module
From the Course Content itemsItems, select Learning Module. The panel will now display the create Learning Module screen.
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At the top of the panel add the name of your Learning Module
Change the setting “Hidden from students” at this point or later from the course content
Add a Description – this text will appear on the Learning Module in the course content
Add Image – if you decide not to add an image a Learning Module icon will appear
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Check the box to turn on Forced Sequence (optional) .
Save
You can create new items within the learning module by selecting the plus button that appears over blank areas in the module. Items created will appear in the location that you created them in.
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📘 Create a folder
From the Course Content itemsItems, select Folder. The panel will now display the create Folder screen.
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At the top of the panel add the name of your Folder
Change the setting “Hidden from students” at this point or later from the course content.
Add a Description – this text will appear on the folder in the course content.
Save
The new Folder will appear wherever you clicked the add content icon.
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You can create a Blackboard document or (also known as a Page) and add text, audio, video, files, and images.
📘 Create a document
From the Course Content itemsItems, select New Document. The following options appear:
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Add HTML - embed external learning, e.g. Menti, Sway, Forms, etc
Upload from Computer/ Upload from cloud storage
You can select documents to upload from your local drive (desktop) or cloud storage (OneDrive, Google, etc).
You also have the option to add files within the text field provided with the 'Add Content' choice above by clicking on the paper clip in the editor to upload from your computer or the plus icon to upload from cloud storage.
These files then display in-line and allow a whole week of content to be nicely created in a single document for ease of use for students.
These an be expanded or collapsed using the arrow to the right hand side of the document title.
Links
A (web) link can be to an external website or content outside of your Ultra course., e.g. a website or reading list or it . You can also link to content in the same module, e.g. a Learning Module or Folder.
📘 Create a Link
From the Course Content itemsItems, select Link. The New Web Link page will open.
There are two tabs in the top menu: Create Web Link and Create Course Link. A web link creates a link to an external website. The course link allows you to link to content elsewhere in the same course/ module, e.g. from an assessment brief to an assessment submission point.
To create a web link:
Add a name for your link, e.g. BBC website
Choose ‘Visible to students’
Add the URL to the Link URL field e.g. https://www.bbc.co.uk/
Add a description (optional)
Press Save.
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To create a Course Link:
To create a course link select Select the Create Course link Link tab from the top menu.
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Search for an item on the course you wish to link to.
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You can use a keyword and/or category (Document, Assessments, SCORM, File, LTI or Journal) to search for the item you wish to link to.
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The search results will appear in the right-hand side panel.
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Select the item you wish to link to.
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Find the item you wish to link to from the list of search results, and select it using the radio buttons.
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You will then reveal the options to give this link a Display Name and a Description.
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Save.
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The links Links will display in Course Content, with the usual edit options:
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