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Do One thing in Ultra: Giving Feedback

There are actually several ways to give feedback in Ultra. I have already covered how to set up some automated feedback. In this post, I want to look at the ways we can give manual / individual feedback. The type of feedback you can give depends on whether you are...

Do One Thing in Ultra: Set Up Automated Feedback

There are lots of different way to provide feedback in Ultra (I counted four so far). In this post, I want to show how to set up automated feedback. Automated Feedback Automatic feedback is something you would set up when you create a test. This might be especially...

So what’s the plan, again?

It seems there is still some confusion about the plan to transition to Ultra so I thought I'd write a post about that, with lots of links to the relevant resources. Hopefully, this will clear things up for everybody. So first things first, the official launch date for...
Back-to-School Blackboard FAQs

Back-to-School Blackboard FAQs

Trying to get your courses ready for Fall Term? You're not alone! We get a lot of similar questions as faculty and staff ready everything for the first day of classes. Here are some of our most frequently asked questions (and their answers) at this time of year! How...

Blackboard FAQs: Messages

Blackboard FAQs: Messages

The update to Blackboard Ultra Base Navigation came with a great new way to communicate with your students: Messages! Messages allow you to easily keep in touch with students without having to take conversations outside of Blackboard as everything happens right on the...

Blackboard FAQs: Courses Page

Blackboard FAQs: Courses Page

The Courses page in Blackboard is where you can find all of your current, upcoming, and past courses and manage them as needed.  Not sure how this page works? We’ve got some answers to frequently asked questions below:  How can I hide past courses?  You...