Organizing Content
Courses are populated into Blackboard with a template including a Additional Tools and Resources for popular tech tools and a Course Introduction folder which includes an accessible syllabus template and steps to incorporate features such as a video introduction into your course. You can reorder, hide, delete, or add new items to the course content to customize your student's experience within your course.
Folders
Folders and Learning Modules are both great options for organizing your course content. In fact, when copying content from an Original Course to an Ultra Course, content pages are converted into folders.
You can create two levels of folders to organize your content. Students won't get lost looking for materials, and your content is easier to manage. Also, students can navigate easier on smaller screens when they don't have to search for materials. After you already have two levels of folders, you can't create a third level or upload a folder into the second-level folder.
If you don't add a title, New Folder and the date appear in the content list. If you add no content, an empty folder with the placeholder title appears on the Course Content page.
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Learning Modules
Blackboard Ultra Learning Modules are similar to folders, but offer students another option for navigating between content within the module rather than closing out of the content item to return the main content area first.
Modules let students navigate from one content item to the next without distractions or extra clicks. A learning module helps immerse students in the lesson or concept you're teaching. If you use a textbook or other materials as the basis for your course curriculum, modules are an effective and logical way to group content to match the pace of these materials.
Adding Content
From the course content page, you can create new content or organization structures (see Organizing Content), copy content from another course, upload files from your computer, cloud storage, or your Blackboard content collection, or use one of the Learning Tool Integrations (LTIs) such as Kaltura.
Create Content
Document
Create a document to build a single page with multimedia. What sort of multimedia can you add to a document?
- Text, including Math Formulas
- Files, including Images
- Control whether students should be able to download the files or simply view them within their browser or app.
- Links
- LTIs
- HTML Embed Codes
Link
Create a link to a web resource or another page within the course.
SCORM Package
If you have a SCORM package, you may upload this to your course as well. Additional Information Coming Soon.
Assessments
From the Create menu, you may create a new test, assignment, discussion, or journal. For more information, see Blackboard Ultra Assessments.
- Test
- Assignment
- Discussion
- Journal
Copy content from another course
From within your current course, you may copy content from another course which you are enrolled as an instructor.
Upload files
Upload files from your computer, cloud storage, or your Blackboard content collection.
Content Market (Multimedia and other Learning Tools)
Academic Computing has connect several learning tools such as LinkedIn Learning, McGraw Hill, and many more. We encourage you to explore the options by opening Content Market. If you are searching for a specific integration, please note that they are listed alphabetically.
Popular LTIs
- Follett Discover for Faculty
- Kaltura and Blackboard Faculty Features
- Harmonize Faculty Features
- LinkedIn Learning (see below)
Assessments
For information on adding assessments, see Blackboard Ultra Assessments.
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