Your new Blackboard Ultra teaching module will contain an empty template, but you can easily copy old content across from your older module.
๐ Instructions
The new Blackboard Ultra module template
The Ultra folder structure is two folders deep that means not all previous folder structures can be replicated in the new template. Find out more about the new Blackboard Ultra interface
If you want to build your course from scratch find out about different templates and structures.*
Copying a document or folder from an existing module
We can easily copy a document or content folder from an existing Blackboard original or Ultra module e.g.
Copying a document or folder FROM Blackboard Original
You can continue to copy folders and documents from existing Blackboard original modules by using the drop-down arrow beside the item and select Copy.
This opens the Copy dialogue box, select the Destination Course
โฆ and Destination folder and press Submit.
Check your folder for the copied item.
Copy a folder or document TO Blackboard Ultra module
*QUIZZES,TESTS, PANOPTO,*
In your new blank Ultra module, at the top of the course content area, click the ellipsis (three dots)
Select Copy Items from the menu
This will bring up the Copy Items dialogue box. Enter your module code in the Course name or ID search box.
Click on the course that contains the folder or document you wish to copy.
Then navigate to the folder you wish to copy. The Week 1 folder is located in the Learning content folder. So I click on Learning Content โฆ
then I select the tick box beside the Week 1 folder and select Start Copy.
After a few seconds the folder will copy across.
Copying from Blackboard Original to Blackboard Ultra may generate except notices. Donโt worry, these will normally be caused by formatting issues notified of any issues in an Exceptions warning. Click on the warning and review the Exception Report.
This warning is telling me there may be formatting issues with the content I copied across. I will review the content inside the folder to check for errors.
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 the down arrow review the files and folders.
copy a course
Adding content to the Ultra*