Stay ahead of the curve and enhance your Blackboard Ultra Course View experience by exploring the new feature highlights and roadmap webinar archives. These comprehensive webinars provide valuable insights into the latest features, enhancements, and upcoming developments in Blackboard Ultra Course View.

Immerse yourself in the roadmap webinar archives and discover:

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.

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.

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

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Course Layout & Navigation	General Layout & Navigation: Reply all in messages Course content page enhancements Calendar event management 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	Content Designer: Enhanced Documents Convert Content Areas to Learning Modules Note: this has been enabled at Fairfield University Math formula enhancement Content Designer: Knowledge Check in enhanced Documents Usability improvements for Documents Usability improvement for Knowledge Checks AI Tools: Image Generation Improvements
Assessments & Grading	AI Tools: AI Design Assistant – Context picker for Learning Modules, Assignments, Discussions, and Journals New Assessment Type! AI Conversation Generate question banks Assessment Settings: Supporting multiple performance criteria in release conditions Multiple rules for release conditions Default question points value changed from 10 to 1 Anonymous student responses for Forms Multiple attempts for Forms assigned to groups Printing Assessments: Print answer key for assessments Improvements to prevent printing a question across pages Groups: Self-enrollment group improvements Tests: Generate question banks Discussions Anonymous posts for Discussions Ability to ‘Follow’ Discussions for Enhanced Engagement Assessment Email notifications for followed discussions Gradebook Improvements: Improved navigation between students in Flexible Grading Hide unenrolled students from the gradebook Status information removed from the gradebook download file Student Activity Log View items that need grading and posting in the new Overview tab   View late submissions that need grading Exclude attempt when grading Students can review instructor feedback on the student submission review page Students can access assignment feedback hidden by release conditions Enhancements to student submission review page Flexible Grading performance improvements Quickly access items that need grade reconciliation
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. AI Design Assistant – Context picker for Learning Modules, Assignments, Discussions, and Journals Image Generation Improvements AI Conversation Generate question banks

Coming Soon

Course Layout & Navigation
Communication	Improvements to self-enroll groups Reply to Messages from Email if Allow Replies is checked
Content Design
Assessments & Grading	All Assessments/Content Tests Ability for students to de-select answers on True/False questions Item Statistics (including average and standard deviation) Forms Discussions: Gradebook
AI Tools

Release Notes and Details

August 2024

July 2024

Archived Release Notes

Roadmap Recordings

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New Feature Highlights

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Roadmap Recordings

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