Blackboard Ultra Staff Support

Setting up your module

• Get access to your teaching module

• Roll-over a Blackboard Ultra module

• Set up a blank Ultra development area

• Article: Seven steps for preparing your module for Ultra

• Troubleshoot student access to their module

• Check out the new Blackboard AI tools

Adding Course Content

• Copying course content into BB Ultra

• Making your modules usable and accessible

• Build out your module template

• Adding documents and folders etc.

• Adding Video

• Setting up Groups

Setting up your Assessment

• Different forms of assessment in Ultra

• Setting up Blackboard tests

• Setting up a Blackboard Assignment dropbox

• Setting up Turnitin Assignment dropbox

• Accommodations, exceptions and exemptions

Marking and Feedback

• Marking and feedback in Blackboard Assignments

• Marking Turnitin Assignments

• Setting up graded columns in Gradebook

• Understanding Rubrics

Student guides

Troubleshoot Online learning (students)

• Uploading coursework to assignment dropboxes

• Submitting video assignments

• Taking a Blackboard test

• Troubleshooting assignments

Getting help with BB Ultra

New to Blackboard Ultra? See the Getting Started section

• Troubleshoot Blackboard Ultra (staff)

• Register for Ultra training

• Ulster University CDLE website

• Ulster University Digital Services