Your new Blackboard Ultra Unless you have created an development version of last years module in ultra, you will not be able to migrate your course as normal. Instead September 24’s teaching module will contain an empty Ultra template, but you can easily copy content across from other Original and Ultra modules.
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👉 CDLE recommend copying individual documents or folders TO the new Blackboard Ultra template folder structure This will allow you to gradually build up the new Blackboard Ultra content structure for your module.
Use this method to copy documents, folders, tests, assignments, Panopto videos, discussions, announcements and SCORMs.
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Copying a document or folder TO Blackboard Ultra module
CDLE recommend this approach for copying old Blackboard module content into the new Blackboard Ultra template. This process allows you to plan your course structure and gradually build up the course content for your new Ultra module.
For instance, copying over weekly folders from Blackboard Original into the a Blackboard Ultra Learning Materials folder.
To copy from another module into your Ultra Course Content area; either
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Either click on the plus + and select Copy Content from the drop-down menu.
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… or at the top of the Course Content area, click the ellipsis (three dots)
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The copied folder will appear at the bottom of the Course content list. By default, the folder and its contents will be hidden from students.
Click on the copied folder folder’s (Week 2) down arrow to review the files.
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Click on the arrow to reveal the contents of the Week 2 folder, then open the contents of the nested folders.
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Then drag and drop the contents of the nested folders 1.Learn, 3. Investigate, 4. Consolidate into the Week 2 folder.
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It is important to check your tests when they are copied over. A , a number of test and question options are no longer available.
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Remove any empty or unnecessary files. Drag and drop the required files into the Ultra template folders of Module Overview, Learning Materials (or Learning modules) and Assessmenttemplate’s Module Information folder, Weekly Learning modules or Assessment folder.
Folders that exceed Ultra’s three levels will be retained but displaced from the original course structure, drag and drop files and documents between folders to flatten the course structure.
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Check your links, make sure they don’t navigate back to the original course. Check your documents you may need to reformat some elements.
When you are happy with the Course content, make the item visible:
Use the drop-down arrow to change to visible to students.
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Discussions will appear in Course Content and in the Discussions area. NB you can remove any discussions from the Course content area and they will remain in the Discussions area.
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Any Blackboard and Turnitin dropboxes will be visible in Course Content and be accessible via Gradebook and Calendar due dates (if a due date has been set)
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When you are happy with the items, make them visible:
Use the drop-down arrow to change to visible to students.
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Copying a whole module TO Blackboard Ultra
This approach is NOT recommended, folder structure changes and formatting and tool settings exceptions can be chaotic and overwhelming.
It is recommended you take a piecemeal approach, copying content in stages, see above.
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When you copy over a full module, all the content will be added to the the bottom of the Course Content area, nested folders deeper than three levels will have their folder structure changed to reflect the simplified Ultra structure.
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Copying a document or folder FROM Blackboard Original
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Copying FROM Blackboard Original is not suitable for copying Tests, Surveys, Blackboard dropboxes or SCORMS use copying TO Blackboard Ultra. |
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