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  • New features and enhancements: Explore the latest tools and functionalities that Blackboard Ultra Course View has to offer, empowering you to create engaging and effective learning experiences.

  • Upcoming developments: Stay informed about the future of Blackboard Ultra Course View and anticipate the exciting features and enhancements that are on the horizon.

Table of Contents

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New Feature Highlights

The following features were released within the last quarter or are slated to be rolled out and readily available in Ultra Course View within the next 1-3 months. Please note that this list is not comprehensive and new features are released on a rolling basis.

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For a brief overview of some of our favorite features this month, watch our latest feature release video:

https://fairfield.mediaspace.kaltura.com/playlist/dedicated/272932382/1_i0sv0d7k/1_qlwenwqa

Available Now

Course Layout

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& Navigation

  • Simplified Details & Actions Menu with a dedicated Course Settings area

  • Announcements and Groups tabs moved to the top navigation

  • Thumbnails displayed for Learning Modules

  • Group Collaboration

    • Easily message groups and track collaboration activity within the group workspace

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Content Design

  • Easily add and resize images within an Ultra Document, including the option to upload images from the new AI tool, Unsplash which suggests and generates images

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Assessments & Grading

  • Due Date exceptions for groups

  • Support for large rubrics and improved grading experience

  • Gradebook Grid view improvements including ability to sort columns

  • Tests:

    • Prevent students from earning full credit when selecting all answers choices on a multi-select question with partial credit

    • Flexible grading allows you to tests by student or by question, provide feedback as text or audio, and easily navigate between multiple attempts.

  • Holistic Student Overview

    • View student’s overall grade, last course access, accommodations, and individual grades and feedback on one screen

    • Write private notes on the student’s profile to record noteworthy interactions or events

General Layout & Navigation:

Mobile Improvements:

Communication

Content Design

AI Tools:

Accessibility

Assessments & Grading

AI Tools:

Assessment Settings:

Printing Assessments:

Groups:

Tests:

Discussions

Gradebook Improvements:

AI Tools

UnSplash uses your content to generate search terms for royalty-free images to embed in your course. It can also be used to Generate AI images.

Design Assistant generates course structure, test questions, authentic assessment, discussion, and journal prompts, and rubric suggestions based on existing content or key words entered into the tool. These suggestions are aligned with Bloom’s Taxonomy.

Coming Soon

Course Layout & Navigation

General Layout and Navigation

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  • Enhanced Learning Module Navigation - display a table of contents view of all items within the Learning Module

  • Add links to course content from any content editor, including announcements, messages, and assessments

  • Announcement Controls

    • Students will be able to easily see how many unread announcements are in the course and mark announcements as read or unread

    • Instructors will be able to post announcements in one step and schedule announcements to be sent as an email

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Assessments & Grading

  • Forms is a new assessment type that can be used for data collection, student opinions, and other surveys

  • Gradebook Grid View will display categories and student IDs

  • Student Attempt Logs available to instructors to identify where students are spending the most time on a test and toggle between student attempts when grading

  • Provide feedback when overriding a grade or entering a 0 in the grade book

Release Notes and Details

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  • Skip navigation using the new skip to course information link or tab directly into course information

Mobile Enhancements

  • Rebranding with the updated Anthology logo

Communication

  • Improvements to self-enroll groups

  • Reply to Messages from Email if Allow Replies is checked

Content Design

  • Improved UX when resizing blocks on Ultra Documents

  • Batch Edit default selection will be “Change to specific date or time”

Assessments & Grading

Assignments

  • Student pop-ups for large, unsupported, or corrupted files prior to submission

Tests

  • Ability for students to de-select answers on True/False questions

  • Item Statistics (including average and standard deviation)

  • Print Tests with Question Pools

Forms

  • No updates scheduled

Discussions

  • Indent paragraphs in responses

Journals

  • No updates scheduled

AI Conversations

  • Improved interface when adding new AI Conversation assessments

  • Conversation Types: Socratic Questioning or Role Play

Gradebook

  • Download a student’s activity log

  • Improved visibility of late submissions

  • Grade override improvements - An assessment grade will only count as an Override if there is no existing submission by the student.

AI Tools

  • AI Conversations

    • Improved interface when adding new AI Conversation assessments

    • Conversation Types: Socratic Questioning or Role Play

  • AI Design Assistant

    • Rubric generation upgraded from GPT 2.5-GPT 4o mini

Release Notes and Details

November 2024

Archived Release Notes

Roadmap Recordings

https://www.anthology.com/webinar/learn-ultra-roadmap-update-discover-the-new-wave-of-innovation-november-2023?utm_campaign=FY24Q2_GL_WE_CUST_LearnRoadmap-NAHE_EN_FOLL_CB-33825&utm_medium=email&utm_source=FY24Q2_GL_WE_CUST_LearnRoadmap_EN_ATT_CB-33825&utm_content=Webinar&utm_term=Alana%2C%20Thank%20You%20for%20Attending