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.

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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:

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Available Now

Course Layout & Navigation	General Layout & Navigation: Reply all in messages IMPORTANT Manage course access from Course Settings Mobile Improvements: Landing page enhancements for Blackboard Learn Mobile app Long names visible and sorting controls for the Student Activity report for assessments on small devices and mobile app Email notifications for followed discussions (mobile)
Communication	Send a message to a group from Group Spaces Email notifications for followed discussions
Content Design	Usability improvements for Documents Usability improvement for Knowledge Checks Improvements to file uploads for Content Designer: Documents Improvements to content blocks for Content Designer: Documents AI Tools: Improvements to AI Design Assistant Outputs Improvements to AI Design Assistant Image Generation Expanded language Outputs for AI Design Assistant Accessibility Download Original File from Alternative Formats Dialog
Assessments & Grading	AI Tools: AI Design Assistant – Context picker for

test question generation

Mobile Improvements:

Send messages to students from the Student Activity report for assessments on small and medium devices and the mobile app

Assessment Settings:

Gradebook Improvements:

Text grade schema converts to points

Gradebook item statistics

Last used view state of flexible grading side panels preserved

Learning Modules, Assignments, Discussions, and Journals
New Assessment Type! AI Conversation
Generate question banks

Assessment Settings:

Printing Assessments:

Groups:

Self-enrollment group improvements

Tests:

Generate question banks

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.

Context picker for test question generation

Coming Soon

Communication

Ability to reply to Emails

Course Layout & Navigation

Announcements
- A number indicator in the top navigation will show any new announcements to increase visibility
- Students can mark announcements as read/unread

General Layout and Navigation

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

Broken Link Checker

	Improved UX when resizing blocks on Ultra Documents Batch Edit default selection will be “Change to specific date or time”
Assessments & Grading

Batch Edit release dates and due dates

Tests:

Print blank tests for paper-based administration

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)

Provide dedicated feedback on question responses

Discussions:

Follow discussions
Improved notifications

AI Tools

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