The Activity Stream lets you see an up-to-the-minute list of course activities. This includes new content, announcement, and grades in the Blackboard app.  It will help you prioritize the tasks that need attention. Users can select the notification in the activity stream and will be taken directly to that item. Users may set their activity stream notifications based on their own preferences.

Assignments allow students to submit electronic documents, text, or media in Blackboard Ultra Courses.  This walkthrough covers adding assignments to Ultra courses as well as assignment settings and grading.

Announcements are an idea tool for communicating time sensitive material to students in Blackboard.  This guide covers how announcements are added, scheduled, and posted to Ultra Courses. 

A quick start guide that touches on creating a Blackboard Ultra Document and how content is added to the document. 

When adding content in the Ultra Course view, you can embed files direclty in the document, allowing students to view them in order with the desired content. This guide shows you how.

This video covers using the Blackboard Learn Ultra AI Design Assistant to auto-generate suggested course content in the form of Learning Modules.

This Quick Start Guide covers using the Blackboard Learn Ultra AI Design Assistant to auto-generate suggested course content in the form of Learning Modules.

Batch Edit is a tool that allows instructors to udpate common settings across all content such as visibility, due dates or even delete content.  This guide covers all of those features and more.

The calendar in Blackboard Learn Ultra view global calendar allows you to see all of your upcoming due dates and meetings across all courses. You can see and create events for one course or all courses, as well as mark your office hours and course-specific meetings. Use the settings feature to add notifications for certain events. 

This document covers accessing your course, posting announcements, sending messages, adding course content, copying course content, and previewing your course as a student.

Content Editor is a tool that has many new and enhanced features compared to the old text editor. Features include lists and bullet choices, symbols, block quotes, emoticons, table creation/editing, expanded support for files such as graphic images, media, mashup objects, and an easy-to-use visual mathematics editor.

The gradebook in Blackboard Ultra can be accessed from several different places. In the gradebook, you can manage grades, leave feedback, view student engagement, set accommodations, and message your students about the assignments. 

Creating groups within your Blackboard course can be done four ways: custom, randomly assign, self-enrollment, and reuse groups. With groups you can create group assignments and encourage collaboration between students.

Journals are a private communication tool between you and your instructor. Journals can be assigned for individual projects, ideas, and self-reflection. Instructors have two options to make journals a graded assignment and create a rubric for grading.

Journals are a private communication tool between a student and instructor. Journals can be used for individual projects, ideas, self-reflection, or however you see fit. Instructors have two option to make journals a graded assignment and create a rubric for grading.

Enhance engagement with Kaltura. Kaltura is a tool that allows you to integrate rich media content into your courses. You can use Kaltura to create, host, and share videos, images, and audio files within your courses directly. 

Use Kaltura Capture to record videos of your desktop and webcam then embed them directly in your Blackboard Ultra course. This tool can record two camera inputs simultaneously, or a camera and a screen, or two screens. The recordings are automatically stored in your Kaltura My Media. You can even record and place it directly in your course for ease of use and enhanced student engagement.  

Express Capture allows you to record from the browser without needing to install any software. You can record and embed right in your course where you want the media. Record video or audio directions or course announcements while you are already in Blackboard Ultra. Express Capture will not record the screen only audio and video. 

Express Capture allows you to record from the browser without needing to install any software. You can record and embed right in your assignment, journal, or discussion post. Record video or audio while you are already in Blackboard Ultra. Express Capture will not record the screen only audio and video.